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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MusicPapier Tigre – The Screw
Riveting Nantes trio Papier Tigre have been pedaling their post-hardcore chops for ten years now, and from Fugazi to Faraquet, their fourth album feeds on th... Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
FilmThe Firm
Alan Clarke's study of tribal violence starring a rarely better Gary Oldman Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
ClubsGuest Selector: Luke Vibert
We go poking around the versatile producer's record collection to discover exactly where that versatility stems from Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
Film
Victoria
Sebastian Schipper's stunning single shot Berlin odyssey comes to Blu-ray and DVD Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
Music
The Kills – Ash & Ice
Five years can be an eternity when it comes to what we feed into our ears; that which sounded daring and inventive quickly grows passé when vogue star... Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
Film
Journey to the Shore
Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivers an existential ghost story where the haunting tone and sublime cinematography make up for a certain implausibility Read more »| 24 May 2016
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Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 24-31 May
This week the degree show action keeps on, as Dundee continuesand Edinburgh opens on Saturday. There's also a whole host of talks and openings across Scotland. Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
Music
Globelamp – The Orange Glow
A gleeful, headlong adventure, Elizabeth Le Fey's debut finally receives a UK release. If Connan Mockasin taking a spanner to Kate Bush's The ... Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
MusicAnna Meredith @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 17 May
Pop arrives in many shapes and sizes – only sometimes it takes an outsider to point things out. Anna Meredith’s background may be in classical co... Read more »| 23 May 2016 -
Film
Ken Loach wins big at Cannes, plus awards controversy
Despite rumours that he was to retire, Ken Loach returns to Cannes for the 13th time, winning his second Palme d’Or for stirring anti-austerity drama I... Read more »| 23 May 2016 -
Film
When Marnie Was There
This bittersweet gem may be Studio Ghibli's final film for the foreseeable future Read more »| 23 May 2016 -
Art
Dundee Degree Show 2016: Getting Personal
It's the first Scottish degree show of the year, and the Duncan of Jordanstone graduates are taking it seriously, with ambitious and well-produced work Read more »| 20 May 2016 -
ClubsPreview: Riverside Festival 2016
As the second Bank Holiday weekend in May draws closer, it’s once again time to don those dancing shoes, keep fingers crossed for sunshine, and ready o... Read more »| 20 May 2016 -
Film
The Nice Guys
Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling are hilarious in this wisecracking buddy-movie from Shane Black Read more »| 20 May 2016 -
Film
Why Xavier Dolan doesn’t care what critics think
Critics at Cannes have their claws out for Xavier Dolan's latest melodrama It's Only the End of the World. It's currently the worst reviewed films at the fes... Read more »| 20 May 2016