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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MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 4 March
In today's Bulletin: Stream the new David Bowie album in full; The Jesus & Mary Chain announce plans for Record Store Day; new music by Glass Candy, Oneman and Small Black; David Dale Gallery residency opportunity, plus the latest Summer Festival news Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
FilmRole Play: Scott Graham on Shell
We speak to Scott Graham about his debut feature Shell, one of the highlights of Glasgow Film Festival 2013 Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
Music
Church of Noise – March 2013
Enter the Church of Noise, where only the most loud and abrasive get to hold the sermons. From doom-jazz to hardcore...whatever. Earplugs optional, but you probably won't last long without them Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
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Steve Mason – Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time
In both breadth and depth, Steve Mason’s new opus is a lot to assay. A far-reaching concept album with an ardent heart, it’s driven thematically ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
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The Experimental Tropic Blues Band – Liquid Love
As their name suggests, Belgium’s Experimental Tropic Blues Band specialise in the kind of absurdly overdriven fuzz-blues associated with acts like the... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
FilmZoey Van Goey's Kim Moore on her score for Hell Unltd
Helen Bigger's influential anti-war film Hell Unltd is being screened at GFT with a specially commissioned score by Kim Moore this month to mark International Women's Day. We spoke to Moore about the project Read more »| 01 Mar 2013
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FilmGFF 2013: Arbitrage
With his moneyed exterior and supreme self-assurance, hedge-fund capitalist Robert Miller (Richard Gere) epitomises the maxim that image is everything; that ... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
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Film Event Highlights - March 2013
This month's film highlights include an all-night horror marathon, a screening of philosophical films, the Bootleg Film Festival, and Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy back-to-back Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
MusicThe Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 1 March
T Break 2013 opens for submissions; new music from Tricky and The Bronx; Brainfeeder crew and TNGHT define the 'beat' movement; Glasgow premiere of London riots documentary; Festival Watch: Sonar Tokyo, End of the Road and more Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Kuma
Kuma opens with a traditional Turkish wedding, but as events will subsequently underscore, appearances are deceiving. Though ostensibly marrying the young an... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Random Acts
When invited to produce Random Acts, Jacqui Davies stipulated that she was only interested in broadcasting things that were works of art in themselves, and n... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
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GFF 2013: The Artist and the Model
Set in the French-Spanish border during World War II, The Artist and the Model is an understated, slow-burning tale about inspiration and beauty. Shot in cri... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
Books
The Dandy - The Last Issue
This last ever print version of The Dandy is a pretty representative compendium of some 75 stories. The Dandy's humour was never particularly sophistica... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
Music
Scotland Gig Highlights – March 2013
From the return of shoegaze innovators to the healing sounds of one man and his guitar, March has something up its sleeve for everybody Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
Comedy
Crystal Baws: March 2013 Horoscopes
Our regular seer and prognosticator Mystic Mark predicts that March will end horribly. For everyone Read more »| 01 Mar 2013