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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MusicCHVRCHES @ SWG3, Glasgow, 12 Mar
CHVRCHES return to Glasgow for a long-overdue hometown show and bring with them bags of charisma, drama and brilliance Read more »| 16 Mar 2022 -
MusicBabeheaven – Sink Into Me
Babeheaven's second album is a notable leap forward for the London five-piece Read more »| 15 Mar 2022 -
ClubsMax Cooper on Unspoken Words, and the limits of language
On his latest album, Unspoken Words, Max Cooper pushes himself further than he ever has before. We meet the Belfast-born audiovisual artist to discuss the multifaceted project and the limitations of language Read more »| 15 Mar 2022 -
MusicFontaines D.C. play St Patrick's Day livestream for Jameson
Jameson Irish Whiskey team up with Fontaines D.C. this St Patrick’s day for a free global Jameson Connects Livestream Read more »| 14 Mar 2022 -
MusicHinako Omori on her debut album, a journey...
After working as a session musician for a who’s who of pop talent, Hinako Omori is ready to take centre stage with the release of her debut album, a journey... Read more »| 14 Mar 2022 -
MusicThe Ninth Wave – Heavy Like a Headache
The Ninth Wave return to deliver a delightfully ambitious second album brimming with confidence and emotion. Read more »| 14 Mar 2022
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FilmMurina
Arriving with the best first feature film award from Cannes and with Martin Scorsese on board as an executive producer, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s fraught family drama Murina is one of GFF22’s hottest tickets Read more »| 14 Mar 2022 -
FilmThe Novice
Isabelle Fuhrman is fantastic as a freshman rower with an obsession to be the best in this gripping, gut-punching sports drama Read more »| 11 Mar 2022 -
TheatreEwan Downie on Company of Wolves' Julius Caesar
We chat to Ewan Downie about mob mentality, laboratory theatre and directing Shakespeare in a different way Read more »| 11 Mar 2022 -
FilmMy Old School
Alan Cumming lip-syncs to the voice of notorious Bearsden Academy student Brandon Lee in Jono McLeod's fun and moving documentary My Old School Read more »| 10 Mar 2022 -
FilmGFF 2022: Angry Young Men
There's plenty of invention in shoe-string budget feature Angry Young Men and sequences that work brilliantly, but there's little to draw you into its central drama Read more »| 10 Mar 2022 -
TheatreThe Children @ Dundee Rep
The Scottish premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's Tony Award-nominated play The Children does its intricate script justice Read more »| 10 Mar 2022 -
FilmHappening
Set in 1960s France, Audrey Diwan's powerful film explores the plight of a promising young university student who becomes unwillingly pregnant and tries to do something about it, despite abortion being illegal Read more »| 09 Mar 2022 -
FilmGreat Freedom
Franz Rogowski gives a soulful performance as a gay man who lives a recidivistic life in post-WWII Germany thanks to the country's brutal Paragraph 175 regulations Read more »| 09 Mar 2022 -
BooksThe Voids by Ryan O'Connor
The Voids is a portrait of the city, the margins of society, and of a young man, that captures the wealth to be found in perceived emptiness Read more »| 09 Mar 2022