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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ArtBeyond the Megapolis: Japanese Design & Local Heroes
Since 2015, Local Heroes has been resisting the idea that exceptional design can only be found in the big European cities. This month we explore Japan, discovering multiple creative communities beyond the bright lights of Tokyo Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
FilmCarol Morley on her dream-like noir Out of Blue
Carol Morley's latest film is a hard-boiled police drama based on a Martin Amis novel and it unfolds like a Lynchian dream noir. We speak to the Salfordian director about the art of adaptation, gender and taking female-driven stories seriously Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
MusicSASAMI – SASAMI
SASAMI is the sound of an artist stepping into the limelight and forging their own distinctive sound Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
ComedyGlasgow International Comedy Festival: Top Picks
It’s the (second) most wonderful time of the year (for comedy fans [unless you’re in Australia or get to go to Machynlleth but whatever]). That’s right, it’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival time! Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
MusicPink to Punk: CHAI on NEOkawaii and their new LP
Prepare to embrace NEOkawaii, Japanese punk band CHAI's twist on the cultural ideology of kawaii Read more »| 08 Mar 2019 -
ClubsJayda G on climate change, clubbing and her new album
Ahead of the release of her debut album Significant Changes this month, we speak to Jayda G about juggling a Masters degree with completing her debut album Read more »| 08 Mar 2019
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ArtV&A Dundee to Celebrate Video Games
V&A Dundee's new exhibition will celebrate video games. Titled Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, it'll feature a series of new commissions and special events showcasing video game design from Scotland and around the world Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmMeet The Final Girls, the feminist film collective changing the horror scene
We speak to The Final Girls, the all-female feminist collective celebrating horror and creating a platform for female horror directors to get their films seen on the big screen Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
ArtDisplays of Solidarity: Transmission Gallery
For five weeks, Transmission Gallery will give over their large street-facing windows to local community groups for them to create displays of the work they do Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmSoda_Jerk on TERROR NULLIUS
Australian renegade archivists Soda_Jerk bring TERROR NULLIUS, their coruscating critique of the Australian myth, to Glasgow Short Film Festival this month. Ahead of the screening, we ask the duo about sample culture and the controversy their film caused Read more »| 07 Mar 2019 -
FilmTrue/False 2019: Amazing Grace
Sydney Pollack's long-buried Aretha Franklin concert movie Amazing Grace gets resurrected; it's a glorious film, but the singer may not be its true star Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicTrials and Tribulations: Amanda Palmer on There Will Be No Intermission
Ahead of the release of her third solo record There Will Be No Intermission, we speak to Amanda Palmer about the pain, loss and tragedy of the last seven years Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
FilmGFF19: Arctic
Mads Mikkelsen is excellent in this survivalist thriller following a man stranded in the Arctic Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicIs Mac DeMarco trolling Mitski?
The internet is not happy with the similarities between Mac DeMarco's new album and Mitski's critically-acclaimed 2018 album Read more »| 06 Mar 2019 -
MusicThe Spook School announce Farewell Tour
The Spook School announce they're splitting up and will embark on a farewell UK tour this autumn Read more »| 06 Mar 2019