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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FilmJohn Butler, Matt Bomer and Alejandro Patiño on Papi Chulo
Papi Chulo is a sweet comedy-drama about an LA weatherman going through an existential crisis. At Glasgow Film Festival we sit down with John Butler, Matt Bomer and Alejandro Patiño – Papi Chulo's director and co-stars respectively – to discuss the film Read more »| 25 Feb 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Eighth Grade
Adolescence is hell in this spiky but tender debut from US standup Bo Burnham, which follows a painfully awkward 13-year-old on her last few days of middle school, with high school looming Read more »| 25 Feb 2019 -
ComedyNish Kumar @ Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
The Mash Report host pairs high-octane style with analytical substance as he takes on the causes and effects of society's flaws Read more »| 25 Feb 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Fighting with My Family
Stephen Merchant's wrestling comedy Fighting With My Family sticks close to the underdog formula, but it's a formula that works well Read more »| 25 Feb 2019 -
TheatreThe Dark Carnival @ Tramway, Glasgow
Vanishing Point’s undead anniversary bash with A New International showcases a wealth of incredible home-grown talent Read more »| 25 Feb 2019 -
FilmGreen Book's Oscar win is a catastrophe of bad taste
The glib race-relations drama joins the likes of Crash, Argo and Driving Miss Daisy on the long list of mediocre films to win Best Picture Read more »| 25 Feb 2019
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FilmCold Pursuit
Another bit of 'Neesplotation' that's quite entertaining for a while, but Neeson's recent confessions of racist revenge fantasies in his youth also leave a bad taste Read more »| 22 Feb 2019 -
FilmThe Sisters Brothers
Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly stars in Jacques Audiard’s nihilistic, beautiful, sweet post-western The Sisters Brothers Read more »| 22 Feb 2019 -
TheatreJersey Boys @ Playhouse, Edinburgh
Oh what a night, indeed – the West End hit's new touring production is full of joy and energy Read more »| 22 Feb 2019 -
MusicBODEGA @ YES, Manchester, 17 Feb
New York post-punks BODEGA play the first of two sold-out nights at Manchester's YES and prove why they're one of the buzziest bands around right now Read more »| 22 Feb 2019 -
FilmGFF19: The Vanishing
Peter Mullan, Gerard Butler and Connor Swindells play lighthouse keepers going through psychological turmoil in Danish director Kristoffer Nyholm’s handsome, satisfyingly dour Scottish thriller Read more »| 22 Feb 2019 -
FilmThe Skinny's Final Oscar Predictions
Who will win, who should win and who should have been nominated? Read more »| 22 Feb 2019 -
FilmTransit
In Christian Petzold's inventive adaptation of Anna Seghers' Marseille-set WWII novel, past and present fold in on themselves to draw parallels between the fear and paranoia of Nazi-occupied Europe and the treatment of refugees in Europe today Read more »| 22 Feb 2019 -
MusicArt Brut @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, 20 Feb
With a sense of barely controlled chaos throughout the night, Art Brut know how to ride the line between self-awareness and self-parody, and how to have a great time doing it Read more »| 21 Feb 2019 -
MusicBayonne – Drastic Measures
Drastic Measures is a firm step up for Bayonne, an album that continues to demonstrate the development of his effervescent sonic world Read more »| 21 Feb 2019