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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BooksThe Fields by Kevin Maher
The Fields by Kevin Maher is a coming of age novel set in Ireland during the 1980s. Although the Troubles are present, the focus remains firmly on the a... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Shooting Star: The Legacy of Dark Star
Sheffield electronica duo Animat furnish cult sci-fi Dark Star with a fresh soundtrack. We revisit the film's creaky corridors and find its lustre undimmed Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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The King of Kitsch: George Kuchar
Following Glasgow Short Film Festival's mini retrospective, Glasgow Film Festival welcomes the sweaty palmed chaos of Kuchar's feature length work to its heaving bosom Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
FilmThe Thieves: Big Box Office Action in the East
With South Korean hit The Thieves playing at Glasgow Film Festival, we take a look at the country's recent action movie purple patch Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
FilmNaked Lunch
Susan Sontag questions the motives of Seán Ó Cualáin’s Men at Lunch from beyond the grave Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Men at Lunch
'Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ is undoubtedly a potent photograph, securely stitched into New York’s rich iconography. The oft-reproduced shot o... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013
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Gray's Anatomy: Alasdair Gray - A Life in Progress
A Life in Progress, a portrait of a Scottish institution Alasdair Gray, is set to offer fresh insight into the iconic artist's work Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
FilmMcCullin
When a man can talk of the "first" execution he witnessed, and calmly make it clear that this was the just first of many, we can be sure that we are in the p... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Glasgow Film Festival: Sonic Cineplex @ The Arches, 16 February
Sonic Cineplex promises one of the most diverse and innovative lineups of the 2013 Glasgow Film Festival. Co-curated by Cry Parrot, aka promoter and DJ Field... Read more »| 19 Feb 2013 -
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The Voice and the Vehicle: An Interview with Terence Stamp
We speak to the legendary Terence Stamp ahead of the release of his new film Song for Marion Read more »| 19 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: The Fifth Season (La cinquième saison)
The Fifth Season is one of those films that borrows from everyone – there are shades of Bergman, Tarkovsky, von Trier, and a generous sprinkling of The... Read more »| 19 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Tower
Derek is an outsider. Not the mysterious gunslinger type who rolls into town, but a strange oddball full of ticks and frowns. Sitting somewhere between Travi... Read more »| 19 Feb 2013 -
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The Ozon Lair: In Praise of François Ozon
We anticipates good things from François Ozon's latest confection Read more »| 18 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Good Vibrations
Directors Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn explore the life of Belfast record shop owner Terri Hooley (Dormer), whose career was inextricably linked to the... Read more »| 18 Feb 2013 -
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Out in the Cold: Sarah Gavron on Village at the End of the World
Sarah Gavron and cinematographer David Katznelson take their camera to a dying community on the icy fringes of the arctic circle for this extraordinary doc. We spoke to Gavron Read more »| 18 Feb 2013