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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FilmThis Is 40
Judd Apatow revives characters from Knocked Up (2005) in this spin-off starring Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd. Attempting a Lena Dunham-esque take on the dreaded... Read more »| 08 Feb 2013 -
ArtOliver Braid @ Intermedia
Despite the playful nature of its titular reference to Pokémon, Oliver Braid’s latest exhibition, Snorlax Beanbag, is an almost antisocial affai... Read more »| 08 Feb 2013 -
Film
Warm Bodies
Jonathan Levine seems so seduced by the smart premise of his lazy Warm Bodies – tortured hipster zombie starts romance with live and kic... Read more »| 07 Feb 2013 -
Music
Band of Horses to headline Green Man
Band of Horses, F*ck Buttons, Edwyn Collins and more confirmed in first announcement. Read more »| 07 Feb 2013 -
FilmMinority Report: Women & Film @ GFF 2013
We preview the array of events debating and celebrating female filmmakers at this year's Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival Read more »| 07 Feb 2013 -
Film
Skyfall
Skyfall's success at the box office has cemented Daniel Craig's reputation as the best Bond since Connery. Bringing to the role the blunt charm of a hammerhe... Read more »| 07 Feb 2013
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Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 6 February
New music from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Kavinsky, Comanechi, Adebisi Shank, Sparrow & The Workshop and Wet Nuns; bills announced for Optimus Primavera, Reading and Leeds and Soundwave; plus, Kickstarter for a Death Star? Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
FilmI Give It a Year
I Give It a Year writer/director Dan Mazer has described his raunchy feature debut as an ‘anti-rom-com'; a subversion of those well-worn boy-... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
Music
Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
Tiptoeing the divide between showiness and subtlety, Caitlin Rose has a voice all-but guaranteed to melt hearts. Velvet-soft and effortlessly emotive, the ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
Music
Alice Russell – To Dust
Five LPs in, Alice Russell’s take on classic soul continues its gradual evolution; her longstanding production and songwriting partner TM Juke is aga... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
Music
Golden Grrrls Music Playlist: Under the Influence
Glasgow's Golden Grrrls make no secret of their penchant for the often overlooked Kiwi music scene. Founder Ruari MacLean presents '5 Cool Things to Check Out If You Like New Zealand Pop Music, 1978-the Present Day' Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
Music
Dinosaur Jr. @ The Arches, 30 January
J. Mascis confesses that Dinosaur Jr. are still "shaking off the dust" having not played together for a while. This is the first night of a tour that will se... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
Music
METZ / Battery Face / Blades @ Broadcast, 29 January
Three, they say, is the magic number. Tonight, Broadcast has three bands, each of them a trio, which must count as a good omen for the sizable crowd who have... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
FilmHitchcock
The filming of Psycho is the focus of Sacha Gervasi’s muddled but endearing biopic of/homage to The Master of Suspense. Flitting uneasily between comed... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
Music
The Joy Formidable: “Success for us is not about playing stadiums"
The Joy Formidable's Ritzy Bryan on Wolf's Law, highland rescues, and why major label status hasn't blinkered the Welsh trio Read more »| 05 Feb 2013