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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BooksOn Cats by Charles Bukowski
Like Bukowski. Love cats. Like people who love cats. Bukowski loved cats. Felt that with the best of them, 'each movement slides through space without fricti... Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
MusicThe Spook School / Chorusgirl / Joyce Delaney @ Nice n Sleazy, 6 Dec
Jangle pop’s detractors have always had it wrong, the well-worn dismissals (fey; ineffectual) failing to comprehend the strong seam of egalitarianism s... Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
Film
Terence Davies interview: making Sunset Song
Terence Davies has been trying to adapt Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic Scottish novel Sunset Song for over 15 years. We catch up with the Liverpudlian filmmaker on the eve of its release to find out why he persevered to bring it to the screen Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
ArtCommunity art – Assemble win the Turner Prize 2015
Architecture and design collective Assemble won the Turner Prize 2015 for their renovation of otherwise-retired housing stock in Liverpool. Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
Art
Rogue Artists Studios' Manchester home sold
Crusader Mill, the Manchester home of the Rogue Artists Studios art complex, has been sold to a property developer, with the studios' artists facing a move t... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Music
Anna Meredith unveils 'R-Type' video
Edinburgh composer and electronic musician Anna Meredith reveals the video for R-Type, from her forthcoming debut album. The album, entitled Varmints, ... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015
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Film
The Quiet Man
Sean Thornton (Wayne) arrives in his familial home of Inisfree to trade the bustle of the States for the sleepy charms of the Emerald Isle. He’s allure... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Film
Day of the Outlaw
André de Toth’s gorgeous black-and-white noir-tinged western, shot in 1959, is a terrific example of early genre interrogation that precedes the... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
FilmA New Leaf
This long overdue release is accompanied by a video essay in which critic David Cairns laments the feature’s unremarkable box office performance. Had A... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Music
Courtney Barnett @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 2 Dec
She’s not just Aussie, Courtney Barnett, she’s the definition of it. Cleaving to her country’s most worthy musical exports, she takes the O... Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Theatre
Traverse Theatre unveils Spring 2016 programme
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre has announced details of its Spring 2016 programme, featuring new theatre from playwrights and companies from across Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Music
The 50 Best Albums of 2015
The votes are in and our music team has spoken. From Sleater-Kinney to Sleaford Mods, we recap 50 of 2015’s finest releases Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Clubs
Cerrone at RBMA Paris
We catch up with Cerrone at Red Bull Music Academy's recent event in Paris Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Music
Kevin Parker reflects on Tame Impala's breakthrough
No minor breakthrough success story this year, Tame Impala's Kevin Parker leaves behind psychedelic metaphor for a more personal take on Currents, genres and the crossing of wires Read more »| 07 Dec 2015 -
Comedy
A Very Murray Christmas
Though there is much festive warmth about A Very Murray Christmas, it adds up to less than the sum of its parts. Read more »| 07 Dec 2015