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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FilmSharlto Copley and Ben Wheatley on Free Fire
Free Fire's director and one of its stars on single-location thrills and spirited scumbags. Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
FilmFree Fire
Shades of Sam Peckinpah in this star-studded action film about an arms deal gone wrong from Sightseers director Ben Wheatley Jean-Luc Godard once said that ... Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
Music
Astronomyy – Everythin' on my Mind: Track Premiere
Listen to a brand new track from the Worcestershire-based producer's brand new EP Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 17-23 Feb
Take your pick from disco, Nightrave grooves and a special one-off film screening in this week's Glasgow clubbing highlights Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 17-23 Feb
It's a German extravaganza this week in Edinburgh's clubs, with The Zenker Brothers, Ostgut Ton's Tama Sumo and Ninetoes all stopping in to spin the goods Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
Film
Folk Hero & Funny Guy
Disappointingly generic buddy road movie starring Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner and Melanie Lynskey. Read more »| 17 Feb 2017
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FilmOriginal Bliss
This cinema adaptation of AL Kennedy’s short story collection from German filmmaker Sven Taddicken is a disquieting investigation into marriage, faith, sex and violence Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
Music
Tsutro – Tsutro
On the one hand, Jacob Montague is the canonical hipster – plaid shirts, strong beard, enjoys “San Francisco’s finest iced coffee” on... Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
FilmMindhorn
Julian Barratt's performance is almost Partridge-esque in its clueless pomposity in this hilarious British comedy Read more »| 16 Feb 2017 -
Film
All This Panic
A remarkable documentary capturing the dreamy haze of a particular point in a group of young women's lives Read more »| 16 Feb 2017 -
Film
Heal the Living
Katell Quillévéré's third feature is her most accomplished yet Read more »| 16 Feb 2017 -
Books
A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume
Finding only anxiety and unhappiness in the city, Frankie moves to her late grandmother’s bungalow in the country. There she will find the healing powe... Read more »| 16 Feb 2017 -
Music
Cologne Tape – Welt 8: Track Premiere
Listen to Welt 8 by Cologne Tape featuring drums from Battles' John Stanier Read more »| 16 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week: 16-23 Feb
It's a varied weekend in Leeds clubs as hip-hop and grime night Lord of the Tings makes its city debut, big-top DJs Dusky play Canal Mills and ALTER explore the psychedelic end of techno with Peter Van Hoesen. Read more »| 16 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 16-23 Feb
Some interesting choices on the Liverpool club scene this week, including a tribute to J Dilla at 24 Kitchen Street and rising star Or:la playing her first full, all-night set. Read more »| 16 Feb 2017