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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FilmThe Mauritanian
Kevin Macdonald’s latest is often so ponderous and mild as to feel inert, but whenever Tahar Rahim is on screen, The Mauritanian finds its centre Read more »| 01 Feb 2021 -
BooksDuck Feet by Ely Percy
Ely Percy's Duck Feet is a warm, witty celebration of working class life and culture in the West of Scotland Read more »| 01 Feb 2021 -
Tv RadioPretend It’s a City
Ten years on from the documentary Public Speaking, Martin Scorsese reunites with Fran Lebowitz for Netflix series Pretend It's a City, where the righteous raconteur espouses on more of her personal philosophies and bugbears Read more »| 28 Jan 2021 -
BooksBolt from the Blue by Jeremy Cooper
Jeremy Cooper's novel, charting the correspondence between a mother and daughter in 1980s Britain, feels eerily prescient Read more »| 28 Jan 2021 -
BooksSalena Godden introduces Mrs Death Misses Death
In a world where mortality is at the forefront of many people's minds, Salena Godden introduces her debut novel: the collected memoir of Mrs Death herself, collated by a troubled young poet Read more »| 28 Jan 2021 -
MusicRaveloe – Abalone (track premiere)
Watch the video for Abalone, the lead single from Glasgow-based artist Raveloe's debut EP, Notes and Dreams Read more »| 27 Jan 2021
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FilmMariah Garnett on Trouble
Glasgow Short Film Festival presents Mariah Garnett's Trouble at this year's Document festival. Blending fact and fiction, it looks at the legacy of the Troubles through the lived experience of her estranged Northern Irish father. Garnett tells us more Read more »| 27 Jan 2021 -
ArtStories Told On Silk: Emma Talbot on her DCA exhibition
Emma Talbot's upcoming exhibition at DCA sees her create exploded narratives around grief of 'failing systems' in the current 'point of crash', all within a deftly made, immersive installation of paintings, sculpture and film Read more »| 25 Jan 2021 -
FilmSynchronic
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with another suitably weird, sufficiently fun mind-bender which sees two New Orleans paramedics dealing with a spate of deaths connected to a new time-altering drug Read more »| 25 Jan 2021 -
MusicElisabeth Elektra – I Am the Love (Elektra's Dance Mix)
Watch the video for I Am the Love (Elektra's Dance Mix), the latest single from Elisabeth Elektra's debut album to get a dance mix makeover Read more »| 21 Jan 2021 -
MusicJames Yorkston – The Wide, Wide River (track-by-track)
James Yorkston talks us through new album The Wide, Wide River, a collaborative effort with Sweden's The Second Hand Orchestra Read more »| 21 Jan 2021 -
BooksIslands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
Cal Flyn weaves social history and ecological analysis into a lyrical journey through a series of spectacular uninhabited locations Read more »| 20 Jan 2021 -
MusicLizzie Reid on her debut EP, Cubicle
We chat to Glasgow singer-songwriter Lizzie Reid about her debut EP, Cubicle Read more »| 20 Jan 2021 -
FilmJustin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Synchronic
Directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with time-travelling movie Synchronic. The pair discuss making ambitious sci-fi on a shoestring, their hatred of exposition and nostalgia as a toxic drug Read more »| 20 Jan 2021 -
Musicsarya – i'll break my heart (so you don't have to): premiere
Listen to i'll break my heart (so you don't have to), the brand new single from Edinburgh-based poet and musician sarya Read more »| 18 Jan 2021