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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FilmGFF 2013: The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Writer-director Davide Manuli takes the basic concept and some specific details from the true story of Kaspar Hauser, and twists it into a surreal techno-wes... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
MusicDeftones @ Barrowland, 15 February
Since side-stepping the bad old days of nu-metal with their dignity intact (while former peers turned to Dr Drew and Skrillex for career advice), Deftones ha... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Shell
In an emotionally frozen recess of the Highlands lives a father and daughter alongside the gaping void left by her mother. The child is named Shell and, like... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Nothing Can Hurt Me tells the story of Memphis power pop icons Big Star in a very conventional music-doc manner, complete with all the expected genre hallmar... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
FilmGFF 2013: Sleep Tight
Luis Tosar's performance is central to the success of Sleep Tight, a taut psychological thriller set in an upmarket apartment block. Tosar plays Cesar, a pol... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: The Thieves
This South Korean blockbuster incorporates stars and locations from across Asia, though is most strongly influenced by the American Ocean’s and Mission... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013
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GFF 2013: Indie Game: The Movie
Indie Game: The Movie is – as the title suggests – an indie movie for indie video game addicts. While teams of hundreds toil away on big-nam... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 20 February
In today's Bulletin: Billy Corgan shills furniture, new music from Atoms For Peace, How To Destroy Angels, Bat For Lashes and Diplo, Stirling's The Changing Room faces possible closure, more festival news, plus: Interzone comes to The Whisky Bond Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
BooksThe Fields by Kevin Maher
The Fields by Kevin Maher is a coming of age novel set in Ireland during the 1980s. Although the Troubles are present, the focus remains firmly on the a... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Shooting Star: The Legacy of Dark Star
Sheffield electronica duo Animat furnish cult sci-fi Dark Star with a fresh soundtrack. We revisit the film's creaky corridors and find its lustre undimmed Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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The King of Kitsch: George Kuchar
Following Glasgow Short Film Festival's mini retrospective, Glasgow Film Festival welcomes the sweaty palmed chaos of Kuchar's feature length work to its heaving bosom Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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The Thieves: Big Box Office Action in the East
With South Korean hit The Thieves playing at Glasgow Film Festival, we take a look at the country's recent action movie purple patch Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Naked Lunch
Susan Sontag questions the motives of Seán Ó Cualáin’s Men at Lunch from beyond the grave Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Men at Lunch
'Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ is undoubtedly a potent photograph, securely stitched into New York’s rich iconography. The oft-reproduced shot o... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Gray's Anatomy: Alasdair Gray - A Life in Progress
A Life in Progress, a portrait of a Scottish institution Alasdair Gray, is set to offer fresh insight into the iconic artist's work Read more »| 20 Feb 2013