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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FilmDevil's Knot
So lurid and bizarre were the details of the West Memphis Three trial that a dramatisation of events to accompany the several documentaries on the subject wa... Read more »| 13 Jun 2014 -
Film
Nashville
Nashville, Robert Altman’s 1975 masterpiece set over five days at a country and western festival, is full of contradictions. It’s an epic, runnin... Read more »| 13 Jun 2014 -
MusicAngel Olsen / Jaye Bartell @ Mono, Glasgow, 9 Jun
Performing solo for the most part, yet blessed with the kind of oaken baritone that can enthral a crowd unaided, Jaye Bartell gently starts tonight’s b... Read more »| 13 Jun 2014 -
FilmOculus
A malevolent killer mirror runs amok in suburbanites’ psyches in writer-director Mike Flanagan’s very silly but really quite effective horror. Ka... Read more »| 12 Jun 2014 -
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Horsin’ Around: Benedikt Erlingsson on Of Horses and Men
Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson talks sex, death and global warming ahead of his delightful debut feature, Of Horses and Men, trotting into UK cinemas Read more »| 12 Jun 2014 -
MusicThe Say Award: Race for the Prize
Now in its third year, the SAY Award has become an established fixture on Scotland’s cultural calendar – celebrating and focusing attention on the nation’s premiere musical talents. We talk to organisers and past winners about SAY to date Read more »| 12 Jun 2014
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Music
Remember Remember – Forgetting The Present
If the sole mark of a good band is the consistent progression of a singular sound whilst remaining true to a core ethos, then Glasgow sextet Remember Remembe... Read more »| 11 Jun 2014 -
FilmReturn to Jonestown: Ti West on The Sacrament
Ti West discusses The Sacrament, his deeply disturbing new feature based around the Jonestown Massacre, talks genre and reminisces about horror in the 70s Read more »| 11 Jun 2014 -
Music
Deathcats – All Hail Deathcats
Considering Glasgow’s reputation of being madly in love with electro and bass bins, the city still knocks out high-calibre guitar groups at a rate unma... Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
Music
PAWS / Tuff Love @ The Art School, 6 June
Punters who made the mistake of bringing a jacket on what is an unusually warm Glasgow evening must be envious of Julie Eisenstein from Tuff Love. The guitar... Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
Music
Boom Town Glory: Liverpool's Natalie McCool moves on up
Natalie McCool was working with one of the most respected producers in music. As she readies herself for a new single and an appearance at next month's X&Y Festival, she tells us why it wasn’t working out Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
Music
Africa Oyé 2014
With Africa Oyé, the UK's biggest free celebration of African music, returning to its home in Sefton Park this month, we sat down with new festival director Paul Duhaney to find out what makes this event so special Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
Film
Mistaken for Strangers
”I feel like I'm on the outside looking in,” opines Tom Berninger, halfway through this brilliantly idiosyncratic documentary in which he is both... Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
Books
Organised Crime: An Interview with Doug Johnstone
The Skinny talks with prolific author Doug Johnstone, who having just published his excellent new crime novel The Dead Beat, is already preparing for the next Read more »| 09 Jun 2014 -
Music
Son Lux @ Broadcast, 3 June
Local lads Kill The Waves draw a big crowd for their dream pop-inflected indie set – tracks Friend and Oak Tree showcase some serious songwriting chops... Read more »| 09 Jun 2014