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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FilmEIFF 2025: Deaf
Eva Libertad's quietly urgent family drama Deaf reckons with disconnection and persisting pain Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
MusicFrom Mundane to Meaningful with La Sécurité
Ahead of their appearance at Edinburgh Psych Fest, we speak to La Sécurité’s Éliane Viens-Synnott about why she's on a mission to connect everyday events to our collective humanity Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
BooksDiscontent by Beatriz Serrano
Read this book if you want to spend even more time hating your job than you already do Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
FilmEIFF 2025: The Golden Spurtle
The styles of both Wes Anderson and Christopher Guest are evoked in this winning documentary about the kooky community surrounding the annual World Porridge Making Championship in Carrbridge Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
FilmEIFF 2025: Low Rider
Campbell X's long-awaited second feature lands with a disappointing thud. This queer road movie set in South Africa suffers from irritating characters, cliché-riddled dialogue, and simplistic politics Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
FilmEIFF 2025: The Toxic Avenger
Macon Blair's slick remake of the Troma classic is not without its grubby charms, but its sub-Deadpool meta gags don't satisfy, and the whole thing feels a little bit sanitised Read more »| 20 Aug 2025
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MusicHot Mulligan – The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still
Michigan five-piece Hot Mulligan firmly mark their territory as the spearheading leaders of the Midwest emo revolution Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
MusicLaufey – A Matter of Time
On a Matter of Time, Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven from jazz, pop and a ticking clock Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
MusicMac DeMarco – Guitar
On his latest album, Guitar, newfound peace finds Mac DeMarco at his most content and focused in years Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
FilmThe Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan's latest adaptation of Stephen King has some issues (monotonous pacing, an incessant narration), but its fine performances and Flanagan's fondness for theatricality make it work for the most part Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
MusicKaitlyn Aurelia Smith @ The Hub, Edinburgh, 16 Aug
For a brief moment of transcendence during the busiest month of year, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith dominates, allowing the smallest glimpse into her world full of wonder and joy Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
MusicWater From Your Eyes – It's a Beautiful Place
Water From Your Eyes move forward into knotty guitar rock on the succinct It's A Beautiful Place Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
FilmEIFF 2025: I Live Here Now
Julie Pacino's psychological horror is overstuffed with ideas, and very few of them are adequately explored Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
FilmEIFF 2025: Mortician
A dour, middle-aged Iranian mortician forms a bond with a rebellious young pop star wanted by the Iranian regime in this funny and politically potent piece of lo-fi cinema Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
FilmEIFF 2025: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Sepideh Farsi's heartbreaking documentary depicts life in Gaza during Israel's brutal military campaign through the eyes of photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, who was subsequently killed in an Israeli airstrike Read more »| 19 Aug 2025