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 Perfect Candidate
Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour is back on form with The Perfect Candidate, a pointed critique of her country's endemic social misogyny and the way it works to police women’s behaviour Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
ArtRaissa Pardini on MUSICA! MUSICA! MUSICA!
Ahead of the Lunchtime Gallery launch of her first solo exhibition, we speak to graphic designer Raissa Pardini about her twin loves – music and design – and why she relocated to Glasgow to pursue her career Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
FilmRunning to the Sky
Empathetic and mature coming-of-age film from Heavenly Nomadic director Mirlan Abdykalykov Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
FilmDriveways
Understated but emotional drama from Spa Night director Andrew Ahn, centred on an elegant cross-generational friendship that forms between a Korean War veteran and a Korean-American boy Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
FilmThe Truth
The great Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda heads to Paris for his Western cinema debut, which stars Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke and Catherine Deneuve Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
MusicSleater-Kinney @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 28 Feb
Sleater-Kinney bring a dollop of barely controlled chaos to Barrowlands, showing why they're one of the greatest bands of the last 25 years Read more »| 02 Mar 2020
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ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2020
It's a big month for birthday parties among Scotland's clubnights, with some certified staples and some still working their way to the top, but all in solid fashion Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
FilmFlint
Scottish filmmaker Anthony Baxter heads to Flint, Michigan for this melancholy documentary exploring the city's ongoing water emergency Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
FilmBerlinale 2020: Undine
After delivering three knockouts on the trot, German director Christian Petzold jumps the shark (or should that be catfish) with this goofy fantasy set in modern-day Berlin, in which Paula Beer plays the soul-sucking water nymph of the title Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
FilmEternal Beauty
Craig Roberts returns to the director's chair with the powerful story of a woman with paranoid schizophrenia. Sally Hawkins gives a superb performance in the lead role Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Round-up: March 2020
It’s Glasgow Comedy Festival time bebbayyyy – here are our highlights from this year's festival programme Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
ArtThe Museum is a Prison: Sulaïman Majali interview
As Sulaïman Majali launches several projects and shows across Scotland, they guide us through some of the thinking driving their artistic practice and some of the works they are currently making Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
MusicNadia Reid – Out of My Province
Acclaimed New Zealand songwriter Nadia Reid's third record is beautifully crafted, incredibly assured and a welcome invitation to reflect and remain open Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
ArtHardeep Pandhal @ Tramway, Glasgow
Hardeep Pandhal's show combines pop culture, history and surreal imagination with adept drawing skills, wit and some excellent knits Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
FilmMaster Cheng
Finnish filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki returns with a story about a chef and his son coming to a remote village Read more »| 01 Mar 2020