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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FilmYouth in Revolt: Ninian Doff on Get Duked!
Ninian Doff opened EIFF 2019 with his rambunctious action-comedy Boyz in the Wood, now titled Get Duked! He talks about politicising today's youth, embracing a music video aesthetic and casting Eddie Izzard as a demented Scottish Duke Read more »| 05 Aug 2020 -
ArtBuilding Edinburgh better in a post-pandemic world
Creative producer Morvern Cunningham presents a manifesto on the cultural crisis facing the city of Edinburgh – 'You'll Have Had Your City?' Read more »| 29 Jul 2020 -
FilmEIFF bring Drive-In cinema to Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport hosts a drive-in screening series next month – here's what's on the menu Read more »| 22 Jul 2020 -
MusicThe 2020 SAY Award: Entries now open
It's time to put forward your favourite records for this year's Scottish Album of the Year Award Read more »| 06 Jul 2020 -
MusicHinds – The Prettiest Curse
The third LP from Madrid’s premier party band Hinds is the year’s sharpest, wittiest pop record Read more »| 01 Jun 2020 -
MusicDaughters of Reykjavík – Soft Spot
Icelandic rap collective Daughters of Reykjavík’s long-in-the-works debut is a thoughtful, multi-faceted feminist statement Read more »| 25 May 2020
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MusicHarkin – Harkin
Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin) shows her knack for sincere songwriting on her debut solo album Read more »| 20 Apr 2020 -
MusicBC Camplight – Shortly After Takeoff
Shortly After Takeoff is BC Camplight’s most reflective and most emotionally engaging album to date Read more »| 17 Apr 2020 -
BooksSpit Three Times by Davide Reviati
Davide Reviati’s graphic novel is a work of rich artistry impossible to forget Read more »| 16 Apr 2020 -
MusicMercury Rising: Elisabeth Elektra on her debut album
After years spent honing her craft, Glasgow synth queen Elisabeth Elektra is finally ready to make her mission statement Read more »| 15 Apr 2020 -
FilmEnd of the Century
Two men meet in Barcelona, have sex, eat, chat, and then start to wonder if they've met before in this beguiling debut feature from Argentine director Lucio Castro, which feels like all three parts of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy rolled into one Read more »| 15 Apr 2020 -
FilmMoffie
Oliver Hermanus' South African gay military drama offers a flawed theory of masculine hatred Read more »| 14 Apr 2020 -
BooksExciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Naoise Dolan's debut novel about a young woman moving to Hong Kong is sensational Read more »| 14 Apr 2020 -
MusicRina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA
SAWAYAMA is an avant-garde celebration of noughties iconography, from shiny R'n'B to emo-pop Read more »| 13 Apr 2020 -
BooksRainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
A complex and intersectional treatment of race, class, sexuality and sex work, Rainbow Milk is thrillingly accomplished Read more »| 10 Apr 2020