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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FilmBurma VJ
Burma VJ, the latest documentary to come out of the politically-conscious Dogwoof distribution house, delivers a passionate insight into the video journalist... Read more »| 17 Jul 2009 -
FilmAntichrist
Lars von Trier’s films have frequently been criticised for their misogynistic undertones. There are no misogynistic undertones in Ant... Read more »| 17 Jul 2009 -
MusicDJ Food - One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World
DJ Food returns with his first new music in eight years Read more »| 16 Jul 2009 -
Theatre
Self-Help and Respect: New Work from Reekie
Gareth K Vile applauds a new writer in a new venue Read more »| 16 Jul 2009 -
Film
Riseborough Rising
Gail Tolley chats to Andrea Riseborough, an actress who has done far more than make Maggie Thatcher look quite hot. Read more »| 16 Jul 2009 -
TheatreTrapped
Maresa von Stockert, artistic director of Tilted, speaks about her company, career and the genesis of \Trapped. Read more »| 15 Jul 2009
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Clubs
Not Clowning Around
Ronnie Muirhead and Affi Koman reflect on the rapid rise of Glasgow's daytime clubbing institution, Sunday Circus, as the resident DJs get ready to celebrate their second birthday Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
FilmHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
As Oscar Wilde once offered: "Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, t... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
Film
Claire Denis: Taking Her Best Shots
The latest film from one of the true film artists of our time, 35 Shots of Rum has been greeted with rapturous applause. Michael Gillespie speaks to director Claire Denis. Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Bouncing Souls @ The Cathouse, 21 Jun
An unknown rapper supporting punk rock legends seems like a bad joke. Those fears materialise when several punk elitists begin chanting insults. P.O.S. defie... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
Film
Hush
It’s ironic that a film with this title doesn’t have much to say, but Radio 1 DJ Tonderai’s directorial debut fair cracks along and is an e... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Domino State- Firefly
It’s a well known but perhaps unspoken rule that to plagiarise U2 will not make you popular with the critical press but may sell you a few records. Th... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Rumble Strips - Welcome to The Walk Alone
Try as hard as we reviewers do, we're all plagued with a pretentious edge. We constantly strive to squeeze in the word zeitgeist, eager to slam any album th... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
Music
AC/DC @ Hampden Park, 30 Jun
With a combined age of 285, it seems miraculous that AC/DC should make it back to Hampden Park in the year of Homecoming, the legendary quintet literally cr... Read more »| 10 Jul 2009 -
Music
The Dead Weather - Horehound
It’s natural that Jack White has dominated discussions of the Dead Weather. With two bands already under his command, the unveiling of a new blues-rock... Read more »| 09 Jul 2009