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 Skinny's Top 25 Films of 2018
Films about an obsessive dressmaker, a traumatised hitman, a rebellious high school girl, a wayward priest and a group of criminal widows are just some of the works of cinema that have dazzled, thrilled and moved us in 2018 Read more »| 07 Dec 2018 -
FilmSorry to Bother You
Inventive visual flights of fancy combine with a righteous anger at systemic injustice in Boots Riley's brilliant, absurdist satire Sorry to Bother You Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
FilmWhite Boy Rick
The rise and fall of teen drug dealer Rick Wershe Jr is explored in White Boy Rick, the new film from Yann Demange. It looks great, but unfortunately lacks the intensity of Demange's previous film, Belfast thriller ’71 Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
Music
Sock 'n' Roll: Christmas gift socks that are also gig tickets
Sick of getting socks for Christmas? This year those stocking fillers will let you walk into some of Scotland's biggest gigs! Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland in December
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from a major Ester Krumbachová retrospective to the latest editions of SQIFF and Cage-a-rama Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
Music
Jamie Sutherland – Falling Down (Video Premiere)
Watch the video for Falling Down, the new single from Broken Records' Jamie Sutherland Read more »| 06 Dec 2018
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Film
The Old Man & the Gun
Robert Redford stars as an elderly bank robber who refuses to retire in David Lowery's delightful The Old Man & the Gun Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
Art
Jonas Staal @ CCA Glasgow
Jonas Staal provides a timely and appropriately sombre take on the excesses of Brexit Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
BooksExposure by Olivia Sudjic
Giving insight into mental health and modern anxieties, Olivia Sudjic's Exposure is a fascinating peek into the artist’s private rooms Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Music
The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2018
After another barnstorming year for new music, our dedicated music team have selected their favourite 50 albums of the year Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Music
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas
Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert enter the festive fray on formidable form with a sobering and intoxicating Christmas album Read more »| 05 Dec 2018 -
Music
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2019 announces final line-up
Joining Free Love, Pip Blom, Boy Azooga and Flohio, the final 20 acts for the 2019 edition of The Netherland's Eurosonic Noorderslag festival have been announced Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Music
Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ SWG3, Glasgow, 26 Nov
Unknown Mortal Orchestra's vibrant set at SWG3 sees the band go Super Saiyan, for better and worse Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Music
Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 4-10 Dec
As December gets well and truly underway, Christmas parties are starting to take place across the country with festive gigs this week in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
Theatre
Life is a Dream @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Rambert's re-imagining of a 400 year-old play blurs themes of fantasy and reality, but ultimately lacks empathy. Read more »| 04 Dec 2018