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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BooksThe End of the World Running Club by Adrian J Walker
Popular fiction’s current dual fixations continue apace. Characters negotiate the dismal misogyny of elaborately plotted murder/abduction fantasies or ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
MusicCold Pumas – The Hanging Valley
Ah, yes – indie pop. Swirling guitars, motorcycle bass, twee (in places) but also beholden to liveliness (and therefore life-affirming), zipping along ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Books
Nemesis by Misha Glenny
Rocinha, a sprawling favela in Rio De Janeiro, compresses the population of a medium-sized city densely into a small town. Its weaving streets break off into... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Film
Rebecca Miller: Modern love in Maggie's Plan
Writer-director Rebecca Miller tackles modern life at its fullest in her new feature Maggie's Plan, starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawk and Julianne Moore Con... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
Music
Ty Segall & The Muggers @ The Art School, 22 June
The trauma begins with the delinquent racket of Ausmuteants. The four-piece rip through a short, sharp support set heavy on primitive rhymes, synth blasts an... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Theatre
The Ladykillers @ Oldham Coliseum
The tradition of plays being adapted for film is nothing new, but over the last 20 years it’s been happening in reverse. Misery,&... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016
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BooksDodos and daemons: Our favourite children's books
From wizards to The Wind in the Willows, The Skinny’s Books team considers the enduring appeal of children’s literature. As the literary world c... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 28 June – 4 July
There's the chance to take part in Collective's Summer School, Embassy's Annuale and its closing party, the last week of Duncan Marquiss' largest exhibition to date, and Hospitalfield's take on Brexit. Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Film
Nicolas Winding Refn on the films that have shaped his style
To celebrate the release of The Neon Demon, HOME in Manchester screen NWR Presents, a season of films personally curated by Nicolas Winding Refn, all of whic... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Film
Nicolas Winding Refn: “I have great pleasure in fantasising”
In Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn channelled his inner hero through star Ryan Gosling. For his new feature, The Neon Demon, a silky horror set within the LA fas... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Music
Wild Nothing @ CCA Glasgow, 15 June
Pop music is a tricky beast; a delicate dance between panache and authenticity. Fear Of Men take both qualities by the horns, delivering up an impassioned pe... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Music
Bat for Lashes – The Bride
It was the sinister melodies of the Mercury-nominated Fur and Gold that first brought Natasha Khan to prominence nearly ten years ago. Its beat-laden fo... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Music
Mbongwana Star @ Band On The Wall, 23 June
Occasionally, events don’t unfold in the way you expect them to. Mbongwana Star’s From Kinshasa is an eerie, innovative, moody, nocturnal LP, dra... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
FilmOverlord
Blending archive footage of WWII and new material, Stuart Cooper's Overlord from 1987 is a war movie that's achingly real Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Film
Queen of Earth
Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston star in Alex Ross Perry’s stylish psychological horror Queen of Earth Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston&nb... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016