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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FilmTrollHunter
André Øvredal’s charming mockumentary following curmudgeonly troll dispatcher Hans (Jespersen) features a great deal of wit, but perhaps ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
TheatreScottish Ballet Autumn Season
This double bill from Scottish Ballet - one new commission from Jorma Elo and a revival from artistic director Ashley Page - meditates on the question of con... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
MusicTori Amos – Night of Hunters
Eyebrows were raised when Myra Ellen Amos recently announced that her twelfth album would be released on prestigious classical label Deutsche Grammophon, but... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
FilmHeavenly Creatures
When did it all start to go so right? Well, for Kate Winslet and director Peter Jackson it was in 1994 with this film based on a crime that shocked 1... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
Film
Julia's Eyes
The rich visual influence of producer Guillermo del Toro is unmistakable in – and unfortunately the best thing about – this witless farce that de... Read more »| 04 Sep 2011 -
ComedyFinding Bigfoot (They Don't)
I love the Animal Planet Network. Launched in 1997, The Animal Planet Network originally consisted of 24 saccharine-filled hours of cute and fluffy anim... Read more »| 02 Sep 2011
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Art
The Skinny Showcase: Oliver Braid
Oliver Braid makes work which is a true rarity in the art world: it is actually enjoyable to experience. It could be perceived, sometimes, at first glance, a... Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
Film
The Hedgehog
Mona Achache’s film, The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson), might have easily descended into a cloying tale of the miseries of Paris’ bourgeoisie. El... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Music
iconAclass: "We didn't invent poverty and violence"
As tabloid tattlers blame his beloved genre for the London riots, Dälek MC Will Brooks steps out with iconAclass – a new project of pure hip-hop Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Film
Hero Worship: Brian De Palma
"I came for the naked school girls, I stayed for De Palma's baroque brilliance." Film editor Jamie Dunn gives us an insight into his adoration of Brian de Palma Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Art
Stop the Presses: September
FINAL FESTIVAL: It didn’t quite fit in this issue, but we would still like to recommend Kaleidoscope Festival on the weekend 30 Sep-2 Oct at Kinkell Fa... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen – September 2011
Coercing Chad VanGaalen, self-pronounced 'worst critic in the world', into dissecting the month’s singles is no easy task Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Books
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
This earthy tale is set at a 1970s Virginia racetrack, in the deeply unglamorous, chancy world of claiming races. A ragtag band of characters survive... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Music
Nurses – Dracula
If you find Animal Collective awesome in theory but too obtuse in reality, Nurses offer a safer, less pioneering alternative. They specialise in dub-psych do... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Film
September Film Highlights
The DCA in Dundee is showing a wide range of classic movies this month, all worth seeing on the big screen, including three films from Ealing Studios. The Br... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011