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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FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2023: Ten unmissable films
From environmental dramas to playful documentaries, here are ten unmissable films at this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 22 Feb 2023 -
MusicGorillaz – Cracker Island
It may not reach the dizzying heights of previous records, but Cracker Island proves that the Gorillaz formula still slaps Read more »| 22 Feb 2023 -
Musicshame – Food for Worms
South London guitar quintet shame return to their valiant, charismatic best on new record Food for Worms Read more »| 22 Feb 2023 -
MusicTAAHLIAH: The Ultimate Angels @ SWG3, Glasgow, 18 Feb
Heaven and Earth collide at the SWG3 Warehouse tonight for Glasgow icon TAAHLIAH’s highly-anticipated live hometown show Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
TheatreMacbeth (an undoing) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Zinnie Harris' new adaptation of Macbeth is a powerful and unnerving retelling of the Scottish play, shedding new light on old wounds Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
MusicMiss Grit – Follow the Cyborg
Miss Grit's debut album invokes surrealist sensibilities and melodic hooks marking them as one to watch Read more »| 21 Feb 2023
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FilmVoices from the Margins: Lee Grant interview
Lee Grant has lived a life. Cannes award-winner at 22. Blacklisted during the Communist witch hunts. An icon of 70s New Hollywood. A pioneering documentarian in the 80s. We discuss her extraordinary career ahead of her Glasgow Film Festival retrospective Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
BooksOwlish by Dorothy Tse
Dorothy Tse's Owlish is a surreal fairytale that tackles the political reality of Hong Kong through a shifting dreamspace Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
BooksHome Country: Orsola Casagrande on Kurdistan + 100
Orsola Casagrande introduces Kurdistan + 100, an anthology of speculative fiction which seeks to embed the Kurdish identity in the historical record Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
MusicFree Love – INSIDE
Glasgow duo Free Love return with another collection of woozy synth soundscapes and acid techno Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
MusicAlgiers – Shook
Algiers blend everything they’ve ever been and more into their latest album, but lose something of their focus in the process Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
MusicCaroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Caroline Polachek stretches the boundaries of the surreal as she explores her desire for desire itself on her compelling new record Read more »| 17 Feb 2023 -
MusicWeyes Blood @ QMU, Glasgow, 10 Feb
Through the use of simple yet effective theatre, by the end of tonight's show Natalie Mering has the QMU crowd eating out the palm of her hand Read more »| 14 Feb 2023 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Adura Onashile on Girl
Fresh from Sundance, Adura Onashile's tender drama Girl gets a hometown premiere at Glasgow Film Festival. Onashile tells us about the film's inspiration Read more »| 14 Feb 2023 -
MusicKhotin – Release Spirit
Release Spirit is an understated and often incredibly pretty addition to Khotin’s discography Read more »| 14 Feb 2023