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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ArtNeu! Reekie! unveil Big Issue Christmas Art Heist
Edinburgh multi-arts curators Neu! Reekie! have joined forces with some of Scotland's top artists to give away unique artworks hidden inside copies of The Big Issue Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
Film
All My Good Countrymen
One of the finest films from Vojtěch Jasný, "the spiritual father of the Czech New Wave," comes to DVD Vojtěch Jasný achieved some measure of ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
Film
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
There are shades of Ridley Scott's The Martian in this curious space oddity It’s hard to watch Byron Haskin’s 1964 space oddity Robinson Crusoe ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
MusicLe Guess Who? – Day Three: Six of the Best
Despite being over the half-way point, the best of Le Guess Who? is yet to come. With a evening of heavy hitters ahead of us, including sublime sets from Destroyer and Kamasi Washington, we fuel up with some strong coffee and settle in for the long haul. Read more »| 22 Nov 2015 -
MusicLe Guess Who? – Day Two: Six of the Best
Difficult to believe from the array of delights on offer, but day one of Le Guess Who? presented a relatively gentle introduction to an incredible line-up. Read more »| 21 Nov 2015 -
Music
Le Guess Who? – Day One: Six of the Best
Le Guess Who? is an alternative music festival in Utrecht, a city on the rise in terms of both tourism and cultural cachet. With this year's festival featuri... Read more »| 20 Nov 2015
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Books
Claire-Louise Bennett on debut collection, Pond
Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut collection, Pond, has already got critics labeling her one to watch. The Skinny chats to the experimental writer about her literary inspirations, and finding her feet in the writing world Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Music
New Albums This Week (20 Nov) - The Grand Gestures, Bill Wells
The best new music this week, featuring albums from The Grand Gestures, illustrious jazz stalwart Bill Wells, returning French ensemble Steeple Remove, and Swedish psych wizards Sudakistan Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Music
The Grand Gestures – Happy Holidays
Close the curtains and light the fire – Christmas with The Grand Gestures is a chilly, downbeat business. Utterly devoid of sleigh bells and festive ch... Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Music
Blanck Mass – The Great Confuso EP
Mere addendum to this year’s Dumb Flesh LP? Well, no; split 50/50 between remix and new material it may be, but The Great Confuso creates its own gravi... Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Music
Sudakistan – Caballo Negro
Had enough of repetitive tonal washes? Splashed in sufficient puddles of droned-out acid rock? Used words like ‘motorik’ to the point of irritati... Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
Books
How to write your first novel
First time authors are being recognised in Scotland with the Dundee International Book Prize and Saltire Society First Book Awards. Some of those rewarded – Martin Cathcart Froden and Helen McClory – speak about breaking through in the world of publishing Read more »| 20 Nov 2015 -
ArtThe Whisky Bond: Meet the studioholders
We take a tour around The Distillery in Glasgow's Whisky Bond to meet some of the freelancers and organisations who make up the building's creative community Read more »| 19 Nov 2015 -
Film
Black Mass
Johnny Depp plays real-life crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger in this mob drama full of cliched scenes and bad Boston accents Read more »| 19 Nov 2015 -
Film
Carol
“I’m charting the correlation between what characters say and what they mean,” says a film buff while watching Sunset Boulevard in Todd Hay... Read more »| 19 Nov 2015