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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FilmI'm Still Here
Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres earns herself an Oscar nomination for her intricate performance in this true-life drama from Walter Salles Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
FilmThe People's Joker
Vera Drew mines DC Comics' IP to tell a wildly inventive and freewheeling superhero origin story satire about a plucky trans kid from Smallville trying to make it big on Gotham City's comedy scene Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Lacuna
Ahead of releasing their latest single, Shelley, on Valentine's Day, we catch up with Emily Beckwith of Glasgow outfit Lacuna to find out more Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
BooksThe National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy
An Argentinian satirical science fiction novel unlike anything you’ve ever read, newly translated into English by Frank Wynne Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
ClubsInside the world of Go-Go Dancers in Scotland
With Glasgow’s club scene evolving, the lives of go-go dancers within queer spaces are changing too – what does the future of performance look like in Scotland’s clubs? Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
FilmLaura Carreira introduces On Falling
On Falling takes us inside the empty life of a picker at an Amazon-like warehouse. Edinburgh-based writer-director Laura Carreira tells us why she wanted to explore the physical, financial and spiritual toll of working within the gig economy Read more »| 13 Feb 2025
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MusicBartees Strange – Horror
Exploring the concept of fear, the third album from Bartees Strange is a sonic odyssey Read more »| 12 Feb 2025 -
Bookslayla-roxanne hill and Francesca Sobande on their book Look, Don't Touch
We chat with layla-roxanne hill and Francesca Sobande, the authors of Look, Don't Touch, about the politics of feeling in contemporary society Read more »| 12 Feb 2025 -
ArtTokens of Affection: Valentine's Design Gifts
Our design correspondent helps you to find your sweet spot as February brings the subject of love to the fore Read more »| 11 Feb 2025 -
ArtMaud Sulter and The Living Archive of Diaspora
Curator Pelumi Odubanjo tells us how she’s reimagining Sulter’s legacy through a participatory events programme at Tramway Read more »| 11 Feb 2025 -
MusicBiig Piig – 11:11
Reflecting on her past, present, and future, Biig Piig delivers catchy dance tunes as well as softer, laid-back and introspective tracks on her debut album Read more »| 07 Feb 2025 -
TheatreManipulate 2025: Puppets and Embodiment
As Manipulate Festival returns with another celebration of animated film, puppetry and visual theatre, we talk to Artistic Director Dawn Taylor about the programme and the radical potential of intimacy in theatre Read more »| 07 Feb 2025 -
ComedyBehind the Mic: All Mouth Comedy
The brainchild of Glasgow-based comics Rae Brogan and Kate Hammer, All Mouth is a monthly lineup of queer, funny folk with a dedicated following. We pop behind the mic to find out more Read more »| 07 Feb 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Marcus Engwall
With a debut EP later in the month and its lead single out now, we catch up with Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Marcus Engwall Read more »| 06 Feb 2025 -
FilmMemoir of a Snail
Aussie animator Adam Elliot is back 15 years after his masterful debut Mary & Max with another tactile stop-motion tragicomedy where the animation is as idiosyncratic and imperfect as his characters Read more »| 06 Feb 2025