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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FilmIn Front of Your Face
Hong Sang-soo keeps developing a simple, beautiful cinema whose greatness and deepness lies in the smallest details Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
FilmAfter Yang
After Yang, Kogonada's followup to Columbus, is a metaphysical sci-fi that feels its way through the complex heartbreak and revelation of memory with a beautifully human touch Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
MusicThe Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam is bass-laden and synthesised, setting the stage for extraterrestrial adventures in jazz Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
FilmKogonada and Justin H. Min on After Yang
We caught up with director Kogonada and actor Justin H. Min while they were in Edinburgh to help close out the Edinburgh International Film Festival. We talk memory, emotional attachment to technology and bowl haircuts Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
MusicAlex G – God Save the Animals
God Save the Animals is Alex G's most sonically consistent record, managing to turn the darkness into light on the turn of a devastating key change Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
ArtDavid Livingstone Birthplace to host free storytelling weekend
In October, David Livingstone Birthplace museum in Blantyre will host a free weekend of storytelling by artists from the Scottish African diaspora Read more »| 16 Sep 2022
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MusicThe SAY Award: 2022 Longlist announced
As the 2022 SAY Award gets ever closer, we take a look at this year's longlist featuring nine newcomers and 11 returning names, including one past winner Read more »| 15 Sep 2022 -
ComedyAberdeen International Comedy Festival returns for 2022
Aberdeen International Comedy Festival returns with a gut-busting selection of comedians like Jack Dee, Olga Koch, Sofie Hagen, Jordan Brookes and Liam Farrelly – but there are plenty more reasons to visit the Granite City outwith the comedy Read more »| 15 Sep 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Callum Easter
We catch up with Callum Easter and bring you the exclusive first stream of his ambitious TV Special, ahead of his biggest headline show to date next month Read more »| 15 Sep 2022 -
ClubsGo West: the legacy of Dundee club night Locarno
Ten years and over 100 shows later, founder of infamous Dundee club night Locarno, Scott Davidson (aka Red) tells us about the club night’s enduring legacy and why he’s taking it to Glasgow Read more »| 15 Sep 2022 -
Comedy"Trying to remain curious" - Isy Suttie Interview
We meet Isy Suttie as she returns with Jackpot, her first stand-up tour in ten years Read more »| 13 Sep 2022 -
FilmSaint Omer
Alice Diop's debut fiction feature Saint Omer is a haunting courtroom drama based on the real-life story of a young Senegalese Frenchwoman accused of murdering her infant Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
FilmGlasgow Youth Film Festival – Young Programmers' Picks
Glasgow Youth Film Festival, the innovative event programmed by Glasgow teens aged 15 to 19, returns with another programme blending new and older films that speak to younger audiences. Some of this year’s programmers talk us through their highlights Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicDeath Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
The Washington quintet’s tenth album is a reflective collation of calmness and chaos in an ever-changing world Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicThe Beths – Expert In a Dying Field
Celebrated New Zealand crew return with a solid collection of bittersweet power-pop gems for anyone with half a heart Read more »| 12 Sep 2022