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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TheatreVenue of the Month: The Citizens
The Skinny speaks to Dominic Hill, artistic director of the Citz Read more »| 02 Jan 2013 -
ComedyCrystal Baws: January 2013 Horoscopes
ARIESThis month a fully-operational Death Star moves into your chart while searching out remaining Rebel bases in the Hoth system, inadvertently detecting ... Read more »| 01 Jan 2013 -
Film
The Impossible
Cinema’s great trick is that it lets us live more lives than a sack full of Hindu cats. From the safety of a darkened auditorium we can go to war, batt... Read more »| 01 Jan 2013 -
Clubs
Clubbing Highlights – January 2013
January's clubbing highlights, including Afrocentric Black Acre star Romare at Highlife, Hans Bouffmyhre at Trash!, Alex Smoke at Oddio, the Weatherall-approved Crimes of the Future, Riton at Bleep, and RL Grime at Winess Read more »| 01 Jan 2013 -
MusicLive Music Highlights – January 2013
In a busy start to your crisp new gig calendar; Dinosaur Jr, Young Fathers, United Fruit and The Computers are just a few to scribble under January 2013 Read more »| 01 Jan 2013 -
Music
O2 Love Music Column – January 2013
Having survived the twin assaults of the Mayan apocalypse (that’s the last time we’ll mention it, honest) and the rather more realistic threat of... Read more »| 01 Jan 2013
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Music
The Metal Column – January 2012
If you're reading this, you made it. Looks like those Mayans were wrong, eh, droogs? Well, what did you expect? Those losers didn't even have the power of th... Read more »| 01 Jan 2013 -
ArtA Bogan Abroad: How to Change the World
ECONOMY, a major group show at CCA and Stills, aims to provoke public discussion. Our resident Aussie art critic unpicks the meaning of socially engaged art Read more »| 01 Jan 2013 -
Film
Jack Reacher
While watching Jack Reacher, one gets the impression there’s a great satire to be made from Lee Child’s meat-headed crime series about a m... Read more »| 26 Dec 2012 -
Film
Dark Nature
The novelty value of a slasher film set in Scotland isn't enough to save Marc de Launay's confusing misfire. A sour-faced family of luvvies have a miser... Read more »| 25 Dec 2012 -
Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 21 December
In today's Bulletin: We recap the Xmas songs and pick a winner, Swans to curate festival, callout for film-makers for BAFTA Scotland 2013, new music by Sebastian Ryenolds / Meursalt and Blanck Mass, and the latest from the Creative Scotland shakeup Read more »| 21 Dec 2012 -
Comedy
2012: That Was The Year That Was
With the impending Mayan apocalypse on its way, it's time to look back at a year which may prove to be humanity's last Read more »| 20 Dec 2012 -
Film
Life of Pi
The meat of Ang Lee's visually sumptuous adaptation of Yann Martel's book club favourite is an Edward Lear-like story about a skinny vegetarian boy faring th... Read more »| 20 Dec 2012 -
Music
The Twilight Sad / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Holy Mountain @ Barrowland, 15 December
Without any sort of warning or restraint, Glasgow's Holy Mountain unflinchingly whip out the anvil-heavy speed-riffs to a partially bewildered audience. De... Read more »| 19 Dec 2012 -
Art
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 19 December
In today's Bulletin: new music from Alice In Chains, Mogwai, Damien Jurado, Sole and White Heath, the plight of Scotland's broke artists, Frank Ocean considers retirement, Sean Penn kicks some ass, plus! End-of-year playlists from The Skinny and 4AD Read more »| 19 Dec 2012