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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Comedy2016: A Horror Story
Are we actually just living in a slasher movie? Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
Music
Invisible Boy – Invisible Boy
Polica bassist Chris Bierden finally takes centre stage after a decade of solo shows Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
MusicZOOEY – The Drifters
While it didn’t make the shortlist for the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year, “self-care” had to be a contender – af... Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
BooksMontpelier Parade by Karl Geary
A cold, wet spring in Dublin. Sonny sees Vera for the first time while he’s working in her garden with his da. She walks down the path towards him and ... Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
MusicRun The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3
Equal parts red-hot fire and cold hard reality, Killer Mike and El-P’s third album as Run The Jewels is a muscular call to arms Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
Film
Trailer for Carrie Fisher-Debbie Reynolds HBO doc
HBO have released a bittersweet trailer for their new documentary following Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, which will air this week on the US channel. Read more »| 04 Jan 2017
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Film
Ryan Gosling & Iggy Pop for new Terrence Malick film
Song to Song, the latest film from Terrence Malick, features Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender alongside a slate of musicians. Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
FilmMorris from America director: "I humped my pillow a lot"
We spoke to American director Chad Hartigan about his new indie Morris from America (coming to DVD this month), autobiographical filmmaking, working with perennial comic scene-stealer Craig Robinson, and, uh, pillow stimulation. Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
Film
Michelle Williams: "It’s unnatural to see yourself large on a screen"
From Dawson’s Creek heartbreaker to indie royalty, we speak to the incomparable Michelle Williams, who gives a stunning performance in Manchester by the Sea, the new film from Kenneth Lonergan. Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
Film
Manchester by the Sea
A shattering and surprisingly hilarious study of death, guilt and family centred on a revelatory performance by the good Affleck brother Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
Music
Cate Le Bon @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 21 Dec
'Life-affirming' is a tired platitude, but it’s nothing short of a truism when talking about Cate Le Bon’s recent live performances. Even more sp... Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
Film
La La Land
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are LA dreamers in Damien Chazelle's immaculately dressed contemporary musical Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
Film
Richard Kelly on how the UK saved Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko, that irresistible tale of teen depression and time travel from 2001, is back in UK cinemas; we talk to writer-director Richard Kelly Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Film
The Man from Laramie
Anthony Mann's psychological westerns starring Jimmy Stewart gets the Masters of Cinema treatment Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Film
Fright Night
80s comedy-horror, about a teen boy and his vampiric neighbour, gets a new Blu-ray Read more »| 20 Dec 2016