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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FilmClint Mansell on channelling punk spirit on Loving Vincent
Clint Mansell on his work on oil-painted Van Gogh film Loving Vincent, and how his punk mindset helped him to find affinity with the post-impressionist painter Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
MusicMt. Doubt – Mouthwash (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Mouthwash by Edinburgh's Mt. Doubt Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Tv Radio
Mystery Show & 5 more short-lived podcasts
In the latest instalment of our Pod People podcast series, we sing the praises of Starlee Kline's Mystery Show, and pick out a few more of our favourite podcasts that shone brightly but briefly Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Film
Call Me By Your Name’s director explains the film’s lack of nudity
Call Me By Your Name screenwriter James Ivory has expressed disappointment that his most sexually explicit scenes didn’t make it into the much praised gay romance. We ask the film’s director, Luca Guadagnino, why the sex scenes are so coy Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Music
Placebo @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 11 Oct
The nineties veterans bring a hastily-scheduled twentieth birthday party to Manchester tonight, via Blackpool, for a nostalgic trip down memory lane Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Art
Ravish the Senses: Sonica 2017 Preview
For Sonica 2017, Cryptic have assembled internationally renowned sound, performance, video and installation artists from across the world. Cryptic founder Cathie Boyd and associate artist Mark Lyken walk us through some of the vast programme Read more »| 13 Oct 2017
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Tv RadioEleven returns in the final Stranger Things 2 trailer
The final trailer for Strange Things season two suggests things are going to get nightmarish for the people of Hawkins, Indiana Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
MusicRobbie Thomson on XFRMR
We talk to Glasgow's Robbie Thomson about his ambitious Tesla coil-fuelled XFRMR ahead of its appearance at this year's Sonica festival Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Tv Radio
A look inside David Fincher's serial killer series Mindhunter
The two stars of Mindhunter, David Fincher’s latest project for Netflix that take us inside the minds of real life serial killers, tells us what it’s like working with Hollywood’s most demanding director Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Music
SAMAs: 2017 winners announced
The winners of this year's Scottish Alternative Music Awards were revealed in Glasgow last night Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Music
The Spook School's Halloween Guest Selector
The Spook School are busy on the road touring with the lovely Diet Cig, but they've still managed to find the time to compile us a super-spooky, albeit tenuous, Halloween-themed playlist, and it's a doozy! Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Film
Columbus
Columbus, featuring terrific performances by Haley Lu Richardson, John Cho and Parker Posey, is a subtle, deeply humanist first feature from director Kogonada Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Music
Hannah Peel – Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia
With the blend of analogue synthesizers and full, traditional 29-piece colliery band, Peel has created a unique and truly extraordinary record Read more »| 12 Oct 2017 -
MusicUlrika Spacek @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 9 Oct
Capable of both full-fledged freak outs and hypnotic melodies, Ulrika Spacek tease out every nuance tonight to mesmerising effect Read more »| 12 Oct 2017 -
Film
We Need to Talk about Harvey (and Hollywood)
Harvey Weinstein's gross sexual misconduct has sent shockwaves through Hollywood, but cinema's glib depiction of workplace sexual harassment, from 9 to 5 to Disclosure, shows the industry has a history of trivialising these issues Read more »| 12 Oct 2017