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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FilmMarcel the Shell with Shoes On
The adorable series of YouTube shorts featuring Jenny Slate as a cute sea shell with a googly eye and a pair of tiny trainers get a big-screen update Read more »| 13 Feb 2023 -
MusicRianne Downey – Come What May EP
Rising star and Scottish Music Award-winning Rianne Downey announces her arrival with her second EP, Come What May Read more »| 13 Feb 2023 -
MusicAnna B Savage – in|FLUX
Anna B Savage's second album in|FLUX is beautifully produced, but let down at times by conventional compositions Read more »| 13 Feb 2023 -
MusicCarly Rae Jepsen @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 8 Feb
Carly Rae Jepsen’s Glasgow Academy show has a wonky pacing, but is carried by the sheer brilliance of her songs Read more »| 10 Feb 2023 -
TheatreMoonset @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Citizens Theatre Company's first production of 2023, Moonset is a hard-hitting story about grief, friendship, and growing up Read more »| 10 Feb 2023 -
MusicKelburn Garden Party 2023: first acts announced
Kelburn Garden Party returns for its thirteenth outing with perhaps the festival's most diverse and inclusive lineup to date Read more »| 09 Feb 2023
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MusicSpotlight On... Doss
Following the release of his latest single The Mullets Are Moving In, which takes aim at the gentrification of Glasgow, we shine a spotlight on Doss Read more »| 09 Feb 2023 -
FilmWatch the award-winning Close for free with The Skinny & MUBI
The CineSkinny Film Club returns this month, and kicks off with free screenings of one of 2023's best films so far – Lukas Dhont's Close Read more »| 08 Feb 2023 -
FilmHippodrome Silent Film Festival reveal 2023 programme
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival is back with gems from the silent era being resurrected and paired with live musicians. With fantasy films, spiky satires, slapstick and heartbreaking dramas on offer, there's something for every taste Read more »| 07 Feb 2023 -
BooksBad Cree by Jessica Johns
Jessica Johns' debut is an atmospheric folk horror that examines the impossibility of escaping cultural and familial trauma through the story of a young Cree woman Read more »| 07 Feb 2023 -
MusicKelela – Raven
On Raven, the follow-up to 2017's Take Me Apart, Kelela explores autonomy, belonging, and self-renewal as healing Read more »| 07 Feb 2023 -
MusicSounds of Singeli: Inside Tanzania's underground
A new youth-driven sound is spilling out from the streets in Tanzania's largest city. At furious speeds as high as 300BPM, Singeli takes no prisoners Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
FilmBlue Jean
Georgia Oakley's devastating debut feature concerns a lesbian PE teacher trying to navigate her personal and professional life in the face of Section 28 Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
MusicYo La Tengo – This Stupid World
Yo La Tengo's sixteenth studio album is reflective, funny and defiant Read more »| 06 Feb 2023 -
FilmGeorgia Oakley on Section 28 drama Blue Jean
Georgia Oakley's debut feature takes us back to the dark days of Margaret Thatcher's Britain and the introduction of Section 28. Oakley talks about researching this era and finding moments of hope in this bitter period for LGBTQ+ people in the UK Read more »| 06 Feb 2023