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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FilmHors Satan
No one goes to French filmmaker Bruno Dumont for easy answers or anything approaching ‘fun.’ His oeuvre is marked by an ascetic aesthetic, employ... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
FilmHal Hartley: The Believable Truth
Hal Hartley, one of the most distinctive voices on the American indie film scene, talks to The Skinny ahead of the re-release of three of his early films on DVD and Blu-ray Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Clubs
The End of the Beginning: Producer Koreless in Interview
Returning with a new EP that marks a dramatic departure from his earlier work, Koreless explains how he has shed his skin and taken his sound forward Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
FilmA Hijacking
The understated manner in which the taking of a cargo ship occurs in A Hijacking is indicative of Tobias Lindholm's approach to the subject. He avoids the sc... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Theatre
A Wondrous Place @ Royal Exchange, Manchester, 11-22 Jun
Four new short plays offering altered perspectives on contemporary Northern cities come together in A Wondrous Place, a new production combining th... Read more »| 04 May 2013 -
Music
Primal Scream – More Light
Primal Scream are no strangers to robust political debate. This is a band that once planned to release a song entitled Bomb the Pentagon, and felt comfo... Read more »| 03 May 2013
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Music
Post-Everything: Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos talks life beyond 'post-dubstep'
Newly signed to Warp and ready to release their staggeringly diverse second album, Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos discusses their myriad influences and creative recording techniques Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Music
Talib Kweli – Prisoner of Conscious
Talib Kweli's new album features guest appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Busta Rhymes, with beats from a wealth of up and coming producers lik... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
BooksGranta Best of Young British Novelists 4
Once a decade, since 1983, Granta has compiled a list of the 20 best British novelists under the age of 40. Accompanying the announcement is a volume featuri... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 3 May
RIP Jeff Hanneman; trailer emerges for new short scored by Flying Lotus; William Hazlitt essay prize launched; Cargo Publishing sign Mark Z. Danielewski; new music from MF Doom, Kim Deal; more additions for Melt, OYA and Electric Picnic Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Film
Village at the End of the World
Many small-town teens dream of moving to the big city, but few experience as profound an isolation as 16-year-old Lars. Living in the remote Inuit settlement... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Clubs
Beneath the Label: Wet Play
Manchester's underwater boogiedrome bursts its vinyl bubble Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Music
Small Black – Limits of Desire
Although Limits of Desire is Small Black's second album proper, it's also a follow-up to last year's fantastic Moon Killer mixtape, released online for ... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Music
Low @ The Classic Grand, 27 April
Ten minutes before tonight’s headline set is scheduled to start, a projected clock commences a countdown. With fifteen seconds left, Low take... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
Music
Matthew E. White @ The Arches, 24 April
For whatever reason, it seems to take Matthew E White a couple of songs to find his feet tonight. Opener Will You Love Me waltzes past with negligi... Read more »| 02 May 2013