Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicKara-Lis Coverdale – From Where You Came
The Canadian composer’s fourth album is a beautiful collection of ambient compositions that explore the interconnectedness of all things Read more »| 06 May 2025 -
Musicbilly woods – GOLLIWOG
Working with an array of collaborators with impressive cohesivity, on his latest album, billy woods reflects on race and class through surrealist, horror-inspired soundscapes Read more »| 06 May 2025 -
FilmKarim Aïnouz on Motel Destino
Motel Destino is a steamy neo-noir in which a young man hides out at a roadside motel, only to find more danger when he gets romantically entangled with the woman who manages the establishment with her volatile husband. Director Karim Aïnouz tells us more Read more »| 06 May 2025 -
FilmMotel Destino
Steamy Brazilian noir Motel Destino is at its best when exploring its characters' carnal desires, but gets tripped up by its loose plotting that can feel anticlimactic Read more »| 05 May 2025 -
BooksBabylon, Albion by Dalia Al-Dujaili
In her memoir Babylon, Albion, Dalia Al-Dujaili examines her personal and political relationship to the landscapes of her home and adopted countries Read more »| 05 May 2025 -
FilmRiefenstahl
Andres Veiel's collage digging into the life and legacy of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a dense burrowing into the psyche of one of cinema’s most fractious figures Read more »| 05 May 2025
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FilmThe Surfer
Low on gloom, high on doom, paradise is lost in this hauntingly bright Ozploitation psychological thriller starring Nicolas Cage Read more »| 05 May 2025 -
MusicNo Windows – The Great Traitor
No Windows' second outing on Fat Possum sees the duo expand their musical palette Read more »| 05 May 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Miwa Nagato-Apthorp
Ahead of releasing her debut EP Noren at Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, we catch up with Hawick artist and folk musician Miwa Nagato-Apthorp Read more »| 01 May 2025 -
BooksLove Languages by James Albon
Two women fall in love across boundaries of language in James Albon's beautiful latest graphic novel Read more »| 01 May 2025 -
MusicScottish New Music round-up: May 2025
The release schedule in Scotland continues to overwhelm. We celebrate new music from Maranta, Faith Eliott, Rebecca Vasmant, Quinie and more Read more »| 01 May 2025 -
ArtPower Play: Inside Perth Museum's new Macbeth exhibition
From historical figure to blockbuster anti-hero, Macbeth: An Exhibition at Perth Museum traces the many reincarnations of a Scottish king Read more »| 01 May 2025 -
MusicCloth @ Mono, Glasgow, 27 Apr
Cloth launch their new album Pink Silence with an understated yet sublime performance in Glasgow Read more »| 30 Apr 2025 -
MusicJenny Hval on perfume passion and new album Iris Silver Mist
As Jenny Hval prepares to release her ninth studio album – Iris Silver Mist – we ask the Norwegian artist about her multidisciplinary approach and perfume passion Read more »| 30 Apr 2025 -
BooksScottish Books Events: May 2025
One for the romance fans – First Date, Edinburgh's romance festival, returns to the city this month. Elsewhere, Katie Goh launches their debut memoir and Kirsty Strang-Roy's Write Like a Grrrl course returns Read more »| 30 Apr 2025