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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FilmRed Dawn
In 1984, the year Orwell prophesied doom, writer-director John Milius took the Cold War to its barely logical conclusion for Red Dawn, imagining a Third Worl... Read more »| 11 Mar 2013 -
ComedySanderson Jones: "We will celebrate the hell out of life"
One of the most innovative comedians in the world right now, Sanderson Jones wants to sell you a ticket to his show. Yes, you personally Read more »| 11 Mar 2013 -
Film
Beyond the Hills
Cristian Mungiu established himself with the Palme D’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, a gritty tale of illegal abortion and rape in Communist... Read more »| 08 Mar 2013 -
ArtInterzone @ The Whisky Bond
It’s over 56 years since the dissolution of the Tangier International Zone, an entity immortalised by no end of bad spy movies and impenetrable, soul-s... Read more »| 08 Mar 2013 -
MusicPearl Jam's Bass Heroes: Under the Influence
A homage to players ranging from late Stax legend Duck Dunn to hardcore punk pioneer Mike Watt, Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament tells the story of his bass neck Read more »| 08 Mar 2013 -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 8 March
Frightened Rabbit conquer the USA; new music from Factory Floor, Lapalux, Mudhoney and Baths; Sparklehorse documentary in the works, plus all the latest summer festival news... Read more »| 08 Mar 2013
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Music
DJ Day – Land of 1000 Chances
Hailing from sunny Palm Springs, California, DJ Day's first full-length studio album sees him exploring funk, jazz and lounge music through the medium of the... Read more »| 08 Mar 2013 -
Music
Ensemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl
Instead of mirroring the primitive drone of early Earth, Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley takes a more majestic approach to experimental music with this collabor... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
Music
Steve Mason: "Protest needs to be rethought completely"
With righteous new album Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time setting the world to rights, we sit down with Steve Mason to discuss his politics of dissent Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
Film
Side Effects
So does Steven Soderbergh’s filmmaking career end with a bang or a whimper? Unfortunately it’s closer to the latter. Out of the genre tombola fro... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
Music
CHVRCHES / Young Fathers @ The Arches, 2 March
Young Fathers' periodic reinventions have seen them try on many different styles and sounds. Their latest incarnation – as post-modern A... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
Music
Frightened Rabbit / Wintersleep / Three Blind Wolves @ Barrowland, 28 February
Tonight’s the final UK date of what Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison will later describe as “one of the best tours we’ve ever had.... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
Music
Veronica Falls / Fear of Men / Sacred Paws @ CCA, 26 February
Despite a pre-8pm start time, there’s an impressive crowd present as Sacred Paws open the night; the Glasgow/London duo’s capriciously rough-edge... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
Film
The Paperboy
It's Florida in 1969 and in the midst of a summer so hot that “God himself must’ve been sweating", a small-town sheriff is murdered. Hillary Van ... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
Theatre
Richard O'Brien: Still Rocking
The Skinny talks to Richard O'Brien, author of The Rocky Horror Show, on the eve of a fortieth anniversary tour Read more »| 07 Mar 2013