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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ArtRabiya Choudhry – Money, Money, Money, December 2011
Painter Rabiya Choudhry's intricate drawings on the subject of money were created specially for this limited edition print collection Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
ArtJamie Johnson – Prints, December 2011
Jamie Johnson presents a print series of surreal, atmospheric illustrations Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
FilmWe Have a Pope
There's so much rich comic and dramatic potential in Nanni Moretti's new film that it is simply dismaying to see how wide of the mark it consistent... Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Art
Markus Thorsen – Live Music Photography, December 2011
Norwegian photographer Markus Thorsen presents prints of musicians caught in the throes of playing live Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Comedy
What the hell is going on at... Jo Caulfield's Comedy Collective?
Comedians and comedy audiences can sometimes grow weary of each other. If you're a regular comedy-goer, you'll find your patience wearing thin with hearing a... Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Theatre
Escape from the Pantosphere
Get ready for Christmas Read more »| 01 Dec 2011
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Art
Good Wives and Warriors – Mandalas, December 2011
Designer-artists Good Wives and Warriors' series of Mandala prints are inspired by Buddhist and Hindu symbolism Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
MusicAlbums of the Year (#9): M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83's sixth album is the magnificent soundtrack to Anthony Gonzalez's childhood dreams Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Film
2011 in Film: Year of the Scorpion (Jacket)
With another year of cinema almost done and dusted, The Skinny's Film editor looks back over twelve months of movie highs and lows Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: December Horoscopes
ARIESMercury is lubing up for another lunge at your orbit. Brace yourself for both good and bad news. The bad news is, despite taking a police baton to the h... Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Music
Machine Head: Ten Ton Hammers
Drummer Dave McClain rolls out a top five tribute to the fathers of his style Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
Music
Mark de Clive-Lowe – Renegades
Vaguely pitched as a 40 minute sketch of contemporary globetrotting club music, Mark de Clive-Lowe's ninth studio album is an assuredly well-travelled affair... Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Film
The Thing
As an inferior prequel to a superior remake, it's dumbfounding as to why the title remains the same on this insulting inclusion to the canon. Helmed by first... Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Film
A Year in the Dark: The Films of 2011
The Skinny’s film writers look back over a year of dreary messiah wizards, scrapping robots and a never ending convoy of Avenger warm-up movies to pick 2011’s ten keepers. Daily Telegraph readers be warned: there’s not a stuttering monarch in sight Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Comedy
Seymour Mace: "My first ambition was to be a clown"
Seymour Mace scored one of the comedy hits of the summer with Happypotamus, a show that dealt with his experience of depression. He tells us about enjoying silliness again Read more »| 30 Nov 2011