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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Film
Women Talking
Sarah Polley returns with an uncompromising drama in which a group of women discuss the endemic sexual violence within their Mennonite religious colony. Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley are among the excellent cast Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
Books
X by Davey Davis
Following a sadist on the hunt for a beautiful dominatrix, X is a dark, sensuous page-turner mirroring our current geopolitical climate Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
Music
Bon Iver @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 20 Oct
Playing one of his biggest gigs to date, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon seems to be having fun at tonight's Glasgow arena show Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Forget Disney's recent live-action Pinocchio – this gothic animation from Guillermo del Toro is a fantastical and heartfelt reimagining of Carlo Collodi's classic fairytale Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson follows up Knives Out with another star-studded whodunit and the results are an exercise in ridiculousness, wholly embraced by the game cast Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
Theatre
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
The fun and flamboyant Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) rejuvenates the Jane Austen classic Read more »| 24 Oct 2022
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Film
Glasgow Film Festival 2023: First details revealed
Lee Grant's documentaries will be celebrated at Glasgow Film Festival 2023; there's also a focus on Spain, and a retrospective celebrating women taking charge Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
Film
LFF 2022: She Said
The reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein scandal are the subject of this straightforwardly told drama that stumbles under the weight of its capital 'I' importance Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
Music
Pop Mutations Festival 2022: The Report
The first in-person edition of Pop Mutations festival is a strong representation of where the UK DIY scene is at Read more »| 21 Oct 2022 -
Music
Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loneliest Time
The Loneliest Time is a solid leftfield pop album, showcasing Jepsen’s ability to draw across eras and genres to push the boundaries of what pop can be Read more »| 21 Oct 2022 -
Music
Spotlight On... Poster Paints
Following the release of their eponymous debut album, we catch up with Carla J Easton and shine a spotlight on Poster Paints Read more »| 20 Oct 2022 -
Music
Arctic Monkeys – The Car
Grandiose strings and exuberant irresistible vocals in The Car show Arctic Monkeys are more comfortable than ever in their lounge-laden musical attire Read more »| 20 Oct 2022 -
Film
Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave confirms what we all knew already – Park Chan-wook is really, really good at filmmaking Read more »| 18 Oct 2022 -
Film
Piggy
Spanish filmmaker Carlota Pereda's debut is an ambitious and gory horror film about revenge and structural violence Read more »| 18 Oct 2022 -
Books
The Consequences by Manuel Muñoz
Manuel Muñoz's short stories of migrant farmers in 1980s California paint the American Dream as bleak, cruel and crushing Read more »| 18 Oct 2022