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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MusicLust for Youth – Perfect View
Perfect View is Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide’s second album as Lust for Youth, following hot on the heels of last year’s Growing Se... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
MusicGauntlet Hair – Stills
Gunning for nostalgia, Andy R and Craig Nice reunite for Gauntlet Hair’s second LP Stills. Inspired by the dark angst of favourite childhood bands... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
BooksPlan D by Simon Urban
Plan D imagines a modern day East Germany in which the Berlin Wall never fell. Trapped inside the socialist state, citizens are subject to the same clo... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Books
Cotton Tenants by James Agee and Walker Evans
James Agee was a protean genius, mastering every form he tried, whether poetry, film criticism, the novel, screenwriting, or journalism. But in his greatest ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Books
The Blue Hour by Alonso Cueto
Winner of the Herralde Prize for the Spanish original, The Blue Hour is an unconventional love story set against the backdrop of a country recovering from a ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film
Ulrich Seidl on his Paradise trilogy
We speak to that (other) great Austrian filmmaker, Ulrich Seidl, about his ambitious Paradise trilogy and he explains why it's healthy for a director to court controversy Read more »| 01 Jul 2013
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Film
Broken
“Broken Britain” was a favourite of the Tories during the most recent general election, describing a 21st century dystopia of broken&nb... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film
Director Ben Wheatley on A Field In England
Ever wondered what the English Civil War might have looked like to someone tripping on magic mushrooms? Director Ben Wheatley shares his unique vision in A Field In England Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – July 2013
Experience James Murphy's idea of sonic perfection and lose yourself to the furious rhythm of South Africa's Shangaan Electro dance craze in this month's round-up Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Art
Manchester International Festival: Art As Experience
With pulses racing for the likes of Kenneth Branagh and Massive Attack, Manchester International Festival's visual arts strand can feel a little overlooked. We unearth an interactive programme, and talk to Inne Goris about her thoughtful film installation Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film
Spider Baby
Another welcome Blu-ray release from Arrow Films, Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (to give its full title) is a wonderful slice of 1960s com... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film
Paradise: Faith
Situated in the middle of Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy, it's hard to avoid the feeling that Paradise: Faith is the weakest film of the three, but i... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film
Scotland Film Event Highlights – July 2013
Bask in the herky-jerky brilliance of stop motion master Ray Harryhausen at Filmhouse's retrospective; catch Edgar Wright's Blood and Ice Cream trilogy at Cameo; and sample the overlook lycanthrope movie Wolfen at DCA Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – July 2013
This month there’s an opportunity to watch Withnail & I in a location more remote than Monty’s cottage. There’s also a chance to attend a Q&A with Ben Wheatley about his new film A Field In England and indulge some classic 80s nostalgia Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
ArtDavid Batchelor: Flatlands @ Fruitmarket
Conventionally marginalised or removed from fine art, colour is tacky, tasteless; a distraction from the purity of intellect of serious artistic endeavour ev... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013