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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FilmThe Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro is on Pan’s Labyrinth-level form with this whimsical love story about a mute woman (Sally Hawkins) falling for an aquatic creature Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers
Godspeed You! Black Emperor's apocalyptic vision remains as relevant and powerful as ever on Luciferian Towers Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
MusicAmadou & Mariam – La Confusion
Amadou & Mariam's ninth studio album, La Confusion, is never anything less than engaging Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Books
Clemens Meyer & Jenny Erpenbeck on the German Novel
While their own broadsheet culture pages may often claim that The German novel is dead, The Skinny speaks to the exciting and experimental authors Clemens Meyer and Jenny Erpenbeck to find out how they are disproving this theory Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Film
Borg vs McEnroe
Shia LaBeouf's standout performance brings a much needed jolt to Janus Metz Pedersen's Borg vs McEnroe, which otherwise plays a safe game and goes out in the quarter finals Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
The Horrors – V
V sees The Horrors return to the abrasive noise they flirted with in their early days Read more »| 18 Sep 2017
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MusicScottish Music Highlights: 19-25 Sep
From Micah P. Hinson to Siobhan Wilson, L.A. Witch to Sigur Ros and clubbing on the Isle of Skye, this week there is quite literally something for everyone Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
MC Almond Milk – Full Day, Cool Times
While Full Day, Cool Times is easily the darkest record James Scott has produced, the MC's humour and inventiveness shines through Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Music
Ewan Cruickshanks ft. Siobhan Wilson – Dreams (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Dreams by Ewan Cruickshanks featuring Siobhan Wilson Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Film
Miss Sloane
Jessica Chastain shines as a ruthless political lobbyist, but this slick drama is let down by a script that becomes increasingly preposterous Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Theatre
Eastern Promise: 2017 Preview
Glasgow’s Eastern Promise festival returns for its seventh outing and this year, for the first time, theatre will stand alongside the festival’s blend of vibrant and diverse live music Read more »| 15 Sep 2017 -
Clubs
Otherwordly Talent: Introducing Fergus Clark
Ahead of his performance alongside Optimo's JD Twitch for The Rum Shack’s 3rd birthday next month, we catch up with prodigal DJ talent Fergus Clark Read more »| 15 Sep 2017 -
Books
The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose
The stakes are low and the quality lower in Augustus Rose's trudge of a debut novel Read more »| 15 Sep 2017 -
Film
The Love of a Woman
This graceful romance is a fitting swan song for Jean Grémillon, one of France's finest filmmakers Read more »| 15 Sep 2017 -
Books
H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker's new novel is somehow altogether chilling and inspiring Read more »| 15 Sep 2017