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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MusicOn the Road: The Hazey Janes take Europe with Wilco (Part Three)
Our intrepid explorers navigate the streets of Barcelona and fire themselves up for showtime with a little Chas & Dave... Read more »| 25 Oct 2012 -
MusicAndrzej Korzynski – Secret Enigma
Having already released two of his soundtrack recordings this year, Finders Keepers make good on their ongoing commitment to bring more of this eclectic Po... Read more »| 25 Oct 2012 -
FilmCasque D'Or
When Marie and Georges dance together in the opening scenes of Casque D'Or (1952) we know from their smouldering looks that we have a serious case of amour f... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
FilmSanta Sangre
Jodorowsky's unforgettable masterpiece of the macabre finally gets a welcome Bluray release, fully restored and remastered for UK cinephiles. Traumatised by... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Film
The Passion of Joan of Arc
A silent film from 1928 depicting the trial of Joan of Arc for heresy is never going to be the first choice for a Saturday night's viewing, but this stark, t... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Film
The Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 animated film from Hayao Miyazaki, the anime maestro who would later direct such Studio Ghibli classics as Spirited Away a... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012
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MusicJo Mango – Murmuration
It’s been six years since Jo Mango last released a full album. The Glasgow-based songwriter has been far from idle in that time, collaborating with art... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Music
Trapped Mice – Winter Sun
Winter Sun starts with An Ending: a two-minute instrumental in which plaintive accordion wheezes over traffic noise and sirens, conjuring an enticing ai... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Music
Reso – Tangram
Reso's full-length debut album starts out promisingly, with a muted arpeggiated synth-line running atop a wash of ambient noise. Within a few minutes we're b... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Theatre
The Red Hourglass @ The Arches
Alan Bissett’s The Red Hourglass is a tale of human authority shown through the institutionalisation of a bunch of exotic insects. Between the framewor... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Music
S-Type – Billboard EP
Bobby Perman, aka S-Type's first release in 2005 was a hip-hop themed EP for Surface Pressure. Since 2010's Medusa EP on Phuturelabs, he's turned his attenti... Read more »| 23 Oct 2012 -
Books
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: The Best of Forty Years by Various
Books based on comedy series are often fairly cynical tie-ins, but not this one. This is the book to commemorate 40 years of Radio 4 panel game I’m Sor... Read more »| 23 Oct 2012 -
Music
On the Road: The Hazey Janes take Europe with Wilco (Part Deux)
Despite escalating toll fees elsewhere in Western Europe, The Hazey Janes' expedition with American indie rock giants Wilco finds its stride through Italy Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Music
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Of all the suspiciously frequent band reunions taking place over the past few years, elusive Canadian post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor's re... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Books
Recipes From the Kitchen Drawer by Helen Ashley
Helen Ashley is a freelance illustrator who loves cooking, and this book melds those two pursuits – it was this or boiling a portfolio, presumably. Thi... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012