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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Books
The Blast - Alexander Berkman
Anarchism usually stays well off the radar in mainstream political debate these days. When there's a periodic dose in the media (alongside reports from the W... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Seo Otters Gamboling in the Wild, Wild Surf - John Bennett
So this is a story about a statue. Not any old statue, but a plastic statuette "depicting a fat, semi-naked, bald man rear-ending an oversized, pink, glitter... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the US Army - Kayla Williams
HOW TO PREPARE FOR DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ…9. Ask two hundred people you don't know and don't necessarily like to live with you for a month. Make sure there ar... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs - Lewis Page
For years guns and tanks have been designed for use in Europe and are therefore unsuitable for use in, say, the desert. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - Daniel C Dennett
A history of belief that combines humour and argument and would entertain even the casual reader. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Film
The Producers
Mel Brooks' original comedy smash was reincarnated as a Broadway and West End musical. That show was then re-adapted back for the screen, and like any copy o... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Film
The Family Stone
Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton star in this holiday comedy about the pressures of "meeting the family." The Family Stone is a slapstick fish-out-of-wa... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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One Life Stand
In terms of small, personal, feature-length filmmaking, it doesn't get much smaller than this. Written, directed, shot and edited by music video director May... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Last Month's Extras You May Have Missed
Keeping mum: Hilarious dark British comedy - with Maggie Smith as the housekeeper getting a family back in check, with a kind word or blunt shovel.Mrs. Hende... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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April's DVDs
Prove You're No Fool This April Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Lars Von Trier and Manderlay
He is principally accused of having a brass neck as a maker of critical films about America, when he has never visited the country and is unlikely to because of an eccentric travelling phobia. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
MusicYeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
There's power chords, catchy chorus, slow drumbeat perfect for raising your lighter in the air and that's just the problem àit's all a little too much U2 or Oasis before they were crap Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
MusicSkin - Just Let The Sun
Must Try Harder Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
MusicEmbrace - Nature's Law
plays out like a slightly melancholy but ultimately syrupy commercial Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Deadenstereo - Demo
Deadenstereo can cover a fair range of musical territory, but ultimately they suffer from too much restraint Read more »| 16 Apr 2006