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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FilmMark Kermode: It's Only A Movie
Amidst speculation that he is to succeed Jonathan Ross for Film 2010, outspoken film critic Dr Mark Kermode is on usual self-deprecating form tonight, regali... Read more »| 12 Feb 2010 -
Film
The Wolfman
Limping into cinemas after a notoriously protracted and problematic shoot, The Wolfman seems to be defeated almost before it has begun. Having lost o... Read more »| 11 Feb 2010 -
MusicPolar Bear - Peepers
While you don't need credentials to review an album (shhhh, don't tell anyone), a familiarity with the genre at hand usually pays dividends. So I'll come cle... Read more »| 11 Feb 2010 -
Music
Brian Jonestown Massacre: In The Court Of King Anton
The volatile frontman of the Brian Jonestown Massacre talks conspiracy theories, being ahead of the curve and defiling The Beatles on his band's new album. Read more »| 10 Feb 2010 -
ArtAnnie Lennox Joins Union Terrace Gardens Debate
What a difference a voice makes as Aberdeen's 'angel' spreads word on city centre proposals Read more »| 10 Feb 2010 -
Music
Emma Pollock - The Law of Large Numbers
After a couple of relatively quiet years Emma Pollock redefines herself on her second album, her solo career no longer relying upon residual goodwill earned ... Read more »| 10 Feb 2010
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MusicRM Hubbert - First & Last
El Hombre Trajeado are lost icons of Glasgow DIY. I say this as someone who had never heard of them prior to this review commission, but whose excitement has... Read more »| 10 Feb 2010 -
Theatre
La Bohème Preview
It took me a while to appreciate opera. Completely lacking the necessary aesthetic sophistication, or historical knowledge that it seems to demand, I expected it to be too abstract, too formal, to really engage my tastes. Even the modern interpretations, which insist on updating the action or underplaying the glamour had aftertaste of desperation: was an Italian opera set in a television studio anything more than a cheap gimmick? Read more »| 10 Feb 2010 -
Music
St Deluxe @ Stereo, 6 Feb
It's always a shame when an audience is tardy, leaving a band like Licker (***) to play to the walls. However, the band themselves don't seem too fazed and m... Read more »| 09 Feb 2010 -
Theatre
Absent Friends
Oldham Coliseum has produced another high quality production Read more »| 09 Feb 2010 -
Film
A Single Man
Tom Ford’s directorial debut attempts to create an emotional portrait of grief through the use of sensual images, textures and colours. Colin F... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
Music
Lou Barlow @ Stereo, 1 Feb
Despite a somewhat underwhelming visit with Sebadoh in 2008, Lou Barlow returns to Glasgow tonight in considerably more triumphant fashion with a sol... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
Music
Notes on a Podcast: Constellation Processional 2010
In a Skinny exclusive, Constellation Records' founders Ian Ilavsky and Don Wilkie offer an insight into the inspirational Canadian label's present and future output – while also paying tribute to the late Vic Chesnutt – with this specially curated podcast dubbed Constellation Processional 2010. Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
Music
Thee Silver Mt Zion: Setting the World to Rights
With Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Efrim Menuck provided the soundtrack to our pre-millennial paranoia. Now that all our worst fears have come true, he's giving voice to our 21st-century blues with Thee Silver Mt. Zion and lamenting the tragic loss of late musician and good friend Vic Chesnutt. Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
Music
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Kings Ballad
Fresh from collaborating with Mos Def, Georgia Anne Muldrow returns with an offering of 19 of her own fonk-packed tracks. Such a sprawling, skit-free track l... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010