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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FilmEdinburgh Film Festival to return in 2023 with EIF
Edinburgh International Film Festival gets a reprieve – for one year at the very least – returning in 2023 for a special edition under the umbrella of the Edinburgh International Festival, with a new head of programming Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
MusicSelf Esteem @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 6 Mar
With 'I Tour This All the Time' Self Esteem has created something which is more than the sum of its parts, perfectly bringing to life the world that her music inhabits Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
TheatreScottish Opera introduce their new take on Il Trittico
We meet some of the team behind Scottish Opera's upcoming production of Puccini's Il Trittico, situating the three-part opera in a Scottish vernacular Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
FilmMeet Me in the Bathroom is a return to 2000s New York
The new documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom is an immersive journey through the cool, scuzzy New York music scene of the early 21st century. We talk to filmmakers Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
FilmGFF 2023: BlackBerry
The rise and spectacular fall of BlackBerry is retold in this offbeat tale from Matt Johnson that takes a while to find its groove Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
MusicYoung Fathers @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 3 Mar
Masters of energy, Young Fathers bring their dazzling party home to Glasgow tonight Read more »| 07 Mar 2023
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MusicMsaki x Tubatsi – Synthetic Hearts
Starkly beautiful and haunting in turn, Synthetic Hearts reveals itself in new ways on each listen Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicDutch Uncles – True Entertainment
Manchester anti-lad rockers Dutch Uncles return with their most fun album to date, but one that struggles to find its feet Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
FilmGFF 2023: A Man
You'll find yourself thinking about Kei Ishikawa’s slow-burn detective film A Man long after the credits roll Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicFever Ray – Radical Romantics
The enigmatic Swede is back with a skewed take on pop music's favourite topic Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicRighting the Ship: A chat with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard
As Death Cab for Cutie return to Europe for the first time in four years, Ben Gibbard talks Asphalt Meadows, his relationship to Scotland and the legacy of Low's Mimi Parker Read more »| 07 Mar 2023 -
MusicLichen Slow – Rest Lurks
Poignant, diverse and tongue-in-cheek, the debut album from Malcolm Middleton and Joel Harries’ new project Lichen Slow is rich in colour and character Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
FilmBerlinale 2023: Past Lives
Celine Song's spectacular romantic drama is a delicate and nuanced document about bonds, time and the meaning of life itself Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
FilmElectric Malady
Electric Malady, the debut from Swedish-born, Glasgow-based filmmaker Marie Lidén, takes us inside the world of William, a painfully isolated man suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
FilmGFF 2023: The Ordinaries
It doesn't always make total sense, but Sophie Linnenbaum’s The Ordinaries is a zesty and inventive look at a deeply stratified cinematic universe Read more »| 06 Mar 2023