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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FilmFull Andrea Arnold retrospective at GFT
The Glasgow cinema crown the British filmmaker Andrea Arnold their newest CineMaster with a full retrospective of her features throughout March Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
TheatreThe Month in Scottish Theatre: March 2019
What’s happening on the Scottish stage this month? It’s probably easier to ask what isn’t happening, because it's all kicking off in March Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
BooksThe Plotters by Un-Su Kim
The new rising star of Korean literature pairs a unique wit with unconvincing pacing and characterisation in The Plotters Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
FilmPossum
Possum is not particularly scary, but its portrait of a ruined life and horror of psychological trauma will haunt viewers well after the cut to black Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
FilmThe Kindergarten Teacher
In Sara Colangelo’s Sundance award-winner, she gives us an unnerving take on the mid-life crisis Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
TheatreJock Tamson's Bairns @ CCA Glasgow
Ambitious but unfocused LGBTQ+ theatre that is more sass than substance Read more »| 05 Mar 2019
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ClubsB2B: S/A/M x Kampire
Ahead of their sets at the Carnival Arts Social Club, Glasgow-based DJ S/A/M goes B2B in an interview with Ugandan DJ, and member of the Nyege Nyege collective, Kampire Read more »| 05 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Vox Lux
Brady Corbet's sophomore feature is as confident and ambitious as his brilliant debut The Childhood of a Leader, but it's thrown off course by Natalie Portman's shallow performance as a cynical pop star Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Her Smell
Elisabeth Moss delivers a tour-de-force performance in this unruly punk epic about a 90s riot grrrl coming apart at the seams, and intent on taking her entourage down with her Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Benjamin
Simon Amstell's Benjamin is a breathtakingly sincere romance that should be admired and cherished Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
FilmBeats
Based on Kieran Hurley's celebrated stage show, Beats takes us back to the dying embers of West Lothian's 90s illegal rave scene for a lively coming-of-age comedy-drama that's both euphoric and bittersweet Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
TheatreFormation Festival: BEAST @ Assembly Roxy
Liam McCormick's BEAST is a powerful if uneven spoken word performance Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2019
This month's clubbing highlights include birthday parties from Overground and Loose Joints, La Cheetah Club's second residency of 2019 plus their new club Room 2 Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
ArtRSA New Contemporaries 2019: Meet the Artists
The Royal Scottish Academy's New Contemporaries exhibition is a highlight each year in the art calendar, and lets audiences check in with a selection of the previous year's graduates just under a year after their degree shows Read more »| 04 Mar 2019 -
TheatreEn Pointe: 50 Years of Scottish Ballet
As Scottish Ballet prepare to mark their fifth decade of existence, they chat about their new season of bold programming and challenging contemporary perceptions of ballet Read more »| 04 Mar 2019