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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FilmKilling Zoe
It’s easy to guess why audiences are turned off by Roger Avary. He won an Oscar co-scripting Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, but if his two dir... Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
BooksNorthwest Book Highlights – August 2015
As August brings the last of the summer’s festivals, this month’s literature picks focus on all things musical, plus David Mitchell makes an appearance in Liverpool Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
BooksNo Definition Required: Janice Galloway on Jellyfish
Prior to her appearance at Edinburgh International Book Festival, award-winning writer Janice Galloway talks to The Skinny about 'sex and love and parenthood'. All contained in Jellyfish, her dazzling new short story collection. Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Film
Scottish Film Event Highlights – August 2015
Film highlights include an indie star at GFT, Fringe regulars presenting their favourite movies at Cameo and a comedic takedown of one of the worst movies of all time Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Music
Edinburgh's Pleasance Sessions to return for October weekender
RM Hubbert, BDY_PRTS, PAWS and Withered Hand are among the names announced for the indoor autumn mini-festival's weekender.. Read more »| 29 Jul 2015 -
Music
Saturday at Wickerman 2015: Zyna Hel, Wells & Moffat, The Sonics
Despite taking place during the second Scottish winter in six months, Wickerman was spared the worst of the July weather on Friday. So when the rains arrive ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2015
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MusicHeathered Pearls – Body Complex
You don’t have to listen to Jakub Alexander’s music for long before your mind begins to wander. It’s not that it’s boring. Rather, it... Read more »| 29 Jul 2015 -
Clubs
Northwest Clubbing Highlights – August 2015
August is closely related to the word 'auger': a hole-digging tool used by farmers to dig earth for the coming season. Here is some other highly relevant information for the month ahead... Read more »| 29 Jul 2015 -
Music
Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes
You won’t need any prior knowledge of smart tunesmiths Jack Cooper (Mazes) and James Hoare (Veronica Falls) to recognise the blueprint for their c... Read more »| 29 Jul 2015 -
Film
Iris
As a modest portrait of an ostentatious fashion icon, Iris is an absolute delight. The final film by the equally legendary documentarian Albert Maysles (befo... Read more »| 29 Jul 2015 -
Film
Northwest Film Event Highlights – August 2015
You’ve a couple of al fresco cinema offerings this month with Secret Garden Cinema and Route 66 Drive-In. There’s also the opportunity to celebrate the unique acting talents of Nicolas Cage with CAGEFEST Read more »| 29 Jul 2015 -
Books
The Bride Stripped Bare by Rachel Kendall
In the second of the 23 short stories of Rachel Kendall’s debut collection, a group of horror enthusiasts who have met on the internet gather to watch ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2015 -
Film
Alexander Skarsgård: “Even in a sex scene, you can’t show a butt or a nipple”
In coming-of-age tale The Diary of a Teenage Girl, True Blood star Alexander Skarsgård goes from vampire to cradle robber. The Skinny talks to the Swedish hunk about teenage sexuality, Hollywood's prudishness, Zoolander, and a moustachioed Tarzan Read more »| 28 Jul 2015 -
Clubs
Hipnotony: Beneath the surface with Garth Be
We get together with Garth Be over a much-needed pint to discuss album number two Read more »| 28 Jul 2015 -
Music
Surviving the Abyss: Chelsea Wolfe interviewed
Californian singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe is a byword for doom-laden gothic rock. Her new album, Abyss, takes inspiration from such cheery topics as sleep paralysis, extreme drought and exploring the depths of the mind. The Skinny peers behind the veil Read more »| 28 Jul 2015