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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ClubsReopening the Star Dancer Portal: The GSA Reborn
DJs, live acts and, er... Red Dwarf. The team behind Croc v Croc reveal their plans for the relaunch of The Art School Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
FilmThe Great Beauty
In The Great Beauty’s sublimely grand overture, a smiling tourist snaps the Roman skyline then suddenly falls, as if overwhelmed by the splendour of th... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
FilmCrystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus
Consider Michael Cera’s recent film roles. There’s two-timing Scott (Scott Pilgrim vs the World), schizophrenic womaniser Nick (Youth in Revolt),... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
Film
Museum Hours
In this documentary-fiction hybrid, a guard (Sommer) at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum strikes up a friendship with a lonely Canadian tourist (O&rsq... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
MusicFather Murphy – Pain is On Our Side Now
Tackled individually, the four movements that make up Father Murphy’s latest EP are formidably severe: an atonal collection of clanging semi-rhythms, d... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
Music
St. Vincent streams 'Digital Witness' from forthcoming LP
Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, has unveiled a track, Digital Witness, from her forthcoming, self-titled album. Her fourth full-length outing, it follows on fr... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014
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Theatre
Traverse 50: A Year Later
A year on from the Traverse Theatre's 50th anniversary, we speak to the up-and-coming playwrights who have been attached to the venue for the past 12 months about their big break, and the importance of new writing Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Music
I Break Horses – Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro: the technique of managing light and dark in pictorial art. As titles go, this one’s a statement of intent with substance and weight. This ... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Art
The Skinny 100: The Exhibitionists
As we reach our 100th issue, we’ve been embracing the nostalgia and looking back at some of the projects we've taken on outside the print magazine. Here, previous winners of The Skinny Award at RSA New Contemporaries tell us how they've been getting on Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Comedy
George Cottier: The Best Comedian
Through poking fun and provocation, Birkenhead's George Cottier insists that there's a difference between 'comedy' and 'funny' Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Comedy
Spotlight: 2014, a Comedy Odyssey
Comedians and promoters in Liverpool and Manchester reveal their hopes for the regional scene in the New Year Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Music
Damien Jurado – Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son
Jurado's third collaboration with Richard Swift reaches new levels of ethereal brilliance Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Music
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Give the People What They Want
Now over ten years into their career, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings show no sign of deviating from their authenticity-obsessed soul revivalism; as the title... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Music
Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream
Australia’s Boy and Bear – a seriously big deal down under – will be instantly familiar to fans of Band of Horses and Midlake on this their... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Music
Mogwai – Rave Tapes
If Mogwai were a movie, they’d probably be a horror movie. A sense of dread has long stalked the band’s discography, from The Exorcist-refer... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014