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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FilmIndia Donaldson on Good One
India Donaldson's debut feature, Good One, is a striking portrait of a father-daughter relationship. She talks to us about girlhood, empathetic writing and the ‘man or bear’ debate her protagonist could’ve started Read more »| 13 May 2025 -
MusicTheo Bleak – Bad Luck Is Two Yellow Flowers
Theo Bleak invites listeners further into her enchanting sonic world with her latest EP, Bad Luck Is Two Yellow Flowers Read more »| 12 May 2025 -
MusicSay Sue Me @ CCA, Glasgow, 9 May
Surf poppers Say Sue Me bring their South Korean shoegaze to the CCA Read more »| 12 May 2025 -
MusicSleep Token – Even in Arcadia
As their headline set at Download Festival edges closer, Sleep Token release their most heartfelt and experimental album yet with Even in Arcadia Read more »| 12 May 2025 -
FilmMagic Farm
A group of inept hipster filmmakers from New York descend on a small town in Argentina in this fanciful satire from Argentine-Spanish conceptual artist and film director Amalia Ulman Read more »| 12 May 2025 -
FilmGood One
The shifting power dynamics on an awkward father-daughter camping trip sit at the heart of Good One, a compelling indie drama from India Donaldson Read more »| 12 May 2025
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MusicSpotlight On... Maz and the Phantasms
Ahead of releasing their latest single Factory Hell, which they'll celebrate at their gig/club night Phantasmagasm III, we catch up with Maz from Maz and the Phantasms Read more »| 08 May 2025 -
ComedyTangents and Self-Sabotage with Tom Lawrinson
Best known for his off-the-wall online sketches, we chat to stand-up Tom Lawrinson about his debut tour show Read more »| 08 May 2025 -
ArtLinder Sterling's Alternative Aristocracy
Ahead of her first retrospective in Scotland, the feminist artist Linder Sterling reveals how she practises punk in a dead-end world Read more »| 08 May 2025 -
ClubsVape Flutes & iPad lutes: A pint with Proc Fiskal
Mashing medieval sounds and contemporary culture via Edinburgh, Scotland’s electronic bard Proc Fiskal is back with a fresh project. Before taking the six-tracker to stage, we sit down over a drink to discuss the music video served alongside his EP Read more »| 08 May 2025 -
MusicBank Street Media Labs: Glasgow's boundary-breaking art collective
We head along to Glasgow collective Bank Street Media Labs' latest live gig/exhibition to find out how they're breaking the rules of presenting music and art Read more »| 08 May 2025 -
TheatreMonumental: The new show commemorating Edinburgh's invisible women
"We want people to feel the city differently after Monumental" – we take a look at F-Bomb's new feminist project Read more »| 06 May 2025 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival reveals 2025 opening film
The 2025 edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival will kick off with Sorry, Baby, the offbeat comedy-drama from director Eva Victor Read more »| 06 May 2025 -
FilmThe sins of streamers and the lost treasures of DVDs
As DVDs turn 30 this year, we lament their scarceness in 2025’s hostile streaming environment and the rich possibilities they held Read more »| 06 May 2025 -
MusicKara-Lis Coverdale – From Where You Came
The Canadian composer’s fourth album is a beautiful collection of ambient compositions that explore the interconnectedness of all things Read more »| 06 May 2025