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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Tv RadioThe Skinny on... Garth Marenghi
As his new book TerrorTome hits shelves, the author, dreamweaver and visionary (plus actor) Garth Marenghi fills out our Q&A Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
FilmMore Than Bricks and Mortar: Filmmakers on Filmhouse and EIFF
We speak to a few of the filmmakers and programmers whose careers are intertwined with the Filmhouse & Edinburgh Film Festival, and ask about their hopes for the future Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
BooksScottish Books News: November 2022
November sees the return of Push the Boat Out and the Radical Book Fair, as well as new poetry nights across the Central Belt and Aberdeen Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2022
Join us as we run through some of the biggest club nights in November, including FAUZIA; Brutalismus 3000; TVSI and mixtress Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
BooksMore Fiya: The Black-British poetry collection at Push the Boat Out
We chat with some of the poets featured in More Fiya, the Black-British poetry collection that is being centred at this year's Push the Boat Out poetry festival Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
MusicBig Joanie on their new album Back Home
Big Joanie talk about the expansive sound of their second album Back Home, the many meanings of home and the ongoing challenges faced by the music industry Read more »| 31 Oct 2022
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FilmScotland on Screen: Krysty Wilson-Cairns of The Good Nurse
With films like 1917, Last Night in Soho and now The Good Nurse under her belt, Krysty Wilson-Cairns is now an established screenwriting force in Hollywood, but she explains that it all started at the old Global Video in Glasgow's Southside Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
TheatreThe Rotting Hart: A new queer body horror
Daniel Orejon's new solo play, The Rotting Hart, blends body horror and queer desire – we chat to its creator, and director Flavia D'Avila, about the story behind the show Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
FilmBros
An inclusive cast doesn't change the fact that Bros is just another Hollywood product designed to sell as many tickets as possible – and Billy Eichner's attempts to subvert expectations make that all the more grating Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
MusicAngel Olsen @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22 Oct
Angel Olsen’s live show finds a balance of grandeur and poise, without taking herself too seriously Read more »| 27 Oct 2022 -
BooksDislocations by Sylvia Molloy
Charco Press' latest translated piece, Dislocations by the late Argentinian novelist Sylvia Molloy examines the power of memory when it is being lost Read more »| 27 Oct 2022 -
FilmRuben Östlund on class satire Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund, the director of Force Majeure and The Square, takes a sledgehammer to the global elite with his latest satire Triangle of Sadness Read more »| 26 Oct 2022 -
ArtHannah Lim @ Edinburgh Printmakers
Sofia Cotrona unravels Hannah Lim's incisive and multi-faceted exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers Read more »| 26 Oct 2022 -
MusicJapanese Breakfast @ Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 22 Oct
Japanese Breakfast's music is polished, atmospheric, and emotional. When her stage presence reflects that energy, it's magic Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
FilmLFF 2022: Living
This remake of Akira Kurosawa's meaning-of-life classic Ikiru has wonderful elements – Bill Nighy's performance, Jamie Ramsay's cinematography – but it's let down by its lacklustre final act Read more »| 25 Oct 2022