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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Music
Alabaster DePlume – A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole
On his fourth outing with legendary jazz imprint International Anthem, Alabaster DePlume seeks to soothe a troubled world Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
Music
SASAMI – Blood On the Silver Screen
SASAMI's latest album Blood On the Silver Screen is steeped in nostalgia, but sadly lacking the raw edge of intuition that came across in her earlier work Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
Books
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates returns with a timely investigation into how stories – reporting, mythmaking and narrative – shape our understanding of the world Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
Comedy
Scottish Comedy Highlights: March 2025
Local laughs, jokes getting a workout and hot talent you need to know about – our picks from Glasgow Comedy Festival and some must-see gigs elsewhere Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
Art
Petra Bauer: Sisters! @ Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
Swedish artist and filmmaker Petra Bauer’s film is a powerful look at the day-to-day work of Southall Black Sisters Read more »| 01 Mar 2025 -
Film
GFF 2025: Kill the Jockey
Argentinian director Luis Ortega returns with the surreal and beautiful Kill the Jockey Read more »| 28 Feb 2025
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Film
Gints Zilbalodis on Oscar-winning animation Flow
The major underdog at this year's Oscars was Flow, a low-budget, dialogue-free animation from Latvia about a band of animals surviving the end of the world. We speak to director Gints Zilbalodis about his beguiling film Read more »| 28 Feb 2025 -
Clubs
Scottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2025
Dress to dance, dance to sweat, the March clubbing highlights could be our best month yet. Top picks include Mr. Scruff, Celtic Erections, aya, Karenn, and Teki Latex Read more »| 28 Feb 2025 -
Books
Scottish Books Events: March 2025
StAnza Poetry Festival returns to St Andrews this month, while there's plenty of book launches and poetry readings across Edinburgh and Glasgow Read more »| 28 Feb 2025 -
Theatre
Scottish Theatre Highlights: March 2025
This month, Scotland is visited by multiple national tours, as well as a host of enticing locally made productions Read more »| 28 Feb 2025 -
Film
Scottish Film Events: March 2025
This March, expect many film festivals, unmissable retrospectives on two hugely influential filmmakers and a whole load of Q&A screenings for new work Read more »| 28 Feb 2025 -
Music
Spotlight On... Intibint
Following the release of her latest single, Ymn Alsa3eed., we catch up with Glasgow-based, Yemeni singer, songwriter, producer and visual artist Intibint Read more »| 27 Feb 2025 -
Film
James McArdle on Hamlet, baddies & new film Four Mothers
James McArdle is a familiar face from stage and television, but he's yet to lead a movie. That all changes with Four Mothers, in which he plays an Irish novelist caring for his elderly mother Read more »| 27 Feb 2025 -
Music
Man Rei + Ugnė Uma @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 23 Feb
A double bill of Eastern-European experimentalists finds two artists – Man Rei and Ugnė Uma – plumbing shadowy emotional depths Read more »| 26 Feb 2025 -
Music
DARKSIDE – Nothing
On the third record, DARKSIDE are happy to remain unfixed, bumping between fun and familiar grooves with an element of chaos Read more »| 26 Feb 2025