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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FilmAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Citizenfour director Laura Poitras turns her focus on transgressive photographer Nan Goldin, delving into her life, art and the roots of her activism Read more »| 24 Jan 2023 -
MusicFucked Up on One Day
After years of Fucked Up's scope becoming ever more panoramic, guitarist Mike Haliechuk went back to basics to make a record in a day Read more »| 24 Jan 2023 -
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MusicThe 1975 @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 19 Jan
When all the nonsense is put to one side, The 1975 put on an unashamedly good time Read more »| 23 Jan 2023 -
FilmAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed: Interview with Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras's extraordinary documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed explores the multifaceted life of artist Nan Goldin. She tells us how she wanted to make a film that wasn't a biopic and that would implicate her audience Read more »| 19 Jan 2023 -
ClubsTAAHLIAH's The Ultimate Angels
Glasgow’s TAAHLIAH, BBC Introducing Dance Artist of the Year 2022, shows no signs of slowing down. We chat to her ahead of her first live show, The Ultimate Angels, at SWG3: an artistic homecoming for the rising star Read more »| 19 Jan 2023 -
MusicLåpsley – Cautionary Tales of Youth
A nourishing balm of self-acceptance, Låpsley's latest album is a full-throttled call to open up to vulnerability instead of shutting yourself off Read more »| 17 Jan 2023
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MusicKali Malone – Does Spring Hide Its Joy
Enlisting Stephen O’Malley and Lucy Railton, Kali Malone unveils a sprawling work that just about rewards what it demands Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
MusicMåneskin – Rush!
On Rush! Måneskin continuously prove that outcasts deserve a good time, and they are here to give it to us Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
FilmHoly Spider
Borders director Ali Abbasi's new thriller explores the spate of faith-driven murders of sex workers that took place in Iran in the early 00s. Its depiction of the violence is chilling, but it also relies on the sensationalism of the violence it critiques Read more »| 17 Jan 2023 -
MusicLadytron – Time's Arrow
Although Ladytron's seventh album might have benefited from a lighter touch in places, it still manages to offer up a transcendent space to lose yourself Read more »| 16 Jan 2023 -
MusicBelle and Sebastian – Late Developers
The latest album from Belle and Sebastian, Late Developers proves that the Glasgow outfit still have plenty in the tank Read more »| 16 Jan 2023 -
ArtArtisanal Excellence: Scottish textiles at Collect
Meet the four textile designers selected to show with Craft Scotland at the Collect contemporary craft and design fair Read more »| 16 Jan 2023 -
FilmScotland on Screen: Leyla Coll-O’Reilly on Groom
We speak to poet and theatre-maker Leyla Coll-O’Reilly (aka Leyla Josephine) about Groom, her stunning new short about a taciturn teenage girl entering the intimidating world of a hypersexualised beauty salon Read more »| 12 Jan 2023 -
ComedyGlasgow Comedy Festival share stacked 2023 lineup
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival is back – 380 events across the city, featuring familiar faces like Stewart Lee, Zoe Lyons and Tim Key Read more »| 12 Jan 2023 -
MusicFergus McCreadie on his plans for 2023
Ahead of his appearance at Celtic Connections, SAY Award-winning jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie lets us in on his plans for 2023 Read more »| 11 Jan 2023