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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FilmThe Dance of Reality
For a man with a huge cult following and clear influence on many filmmakers, the Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky has actually made very few film... Read more »| 22 Feb 2014 -
Film20 Feet from Stardom
Morgan Neville has roped in an impressive rostrum of superstars as talking heads for this lively music doc – Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Won... Read more »| 22 Feb 2014 -
FilmJia Zhangke: Tales of Truth in Modern China
Jia Zhangke's films all comment on the state of modern China; his latest, A Touch of Sin, could be the most controversial yet Read more »| 22 Feb 2014 -
Film
Film News: Spongebob Squarepants vs. Watchmen, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, X-Men and more
A round-up of Film News, including a hilarious Spongebob Squarepants / Watchmen mashup, commentary on Interstellar from Matthe McConnaughey and the new X-Men film from Bryan Singer, plus the latest casting rumours and trailers Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
MusicCloud Sounds #6: BDY_PRTS, Broken Records, Honeyblood, and more
A weekly playlist curated by The Skinny, this week featuring Edinburgh's Broken Records, Glasgow's Honeyblood, the lead cut from BDY_PRTS' debut EP, plus tracks from Inkke, Thee Oh Sees, Brody Dalle, Flatbush Zombies and others Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
FilmThe Lön Rängers – Jessica Oreck on Aatsinki: The Arctic Cowboys
Jessica Oreck discusses her unique experience making Aatsinki: The Arctic Cowboys Read more »| 21 Feb 2014
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Film
Blue Ruin
Blue Ruin is a revenge film filled with enough unpredictability to keep your attention and violence that serves the story rather than being gratuitous &ndash... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Film
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys
The Aatsinki brothers, Aarne and Lasse are men of very few words, but even if they were to wax lyrical about their lives as reindeer herders (”poromies... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Film
Salvo
Cutting a scene a little long can render it dull; somehow, elongating it further leads to intrigue. So what of Salvo, a Sicilian hitman tale, which stretches... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Music
Pharoahe Monch, The Kazimier, Liverpool, 19 Feb
Swaggering onstage, bottle of whisky in hand, Pharoahe Monch embraces a room of party revellers and launches into Damage, the lead from his upcoming PTSD (Po... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Music
Doppelgangaz – Peace Kehd
With a lunatic bio that won't stop talking about brothels and the "black cloak lifestyle" Doppelgangaz live up to more than a few of the cliches associated with underground rappers. They are elevated first of all by their production Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Theatre
Wendy Hoose @ Tron Glasgow
Birds of Paradise and Random Accomplice collaborate for the first time on Wendy Hoose, a comedy about sex, and, to paraphrase the poster, the difficulties of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
Music
Scottish artists react to David Bowie's "stay with us" message at BRIT Awards
Scottish artists and entertainers react to David Bowie's anti-independence remarks from last night's BRIT Awards – we get some exclusive commentary from playwright and novelist Alan Bissett Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
Music
Record Store Day: Releases confirmed from Dinosaur Jr., Camera Obscura, Fucked Up and more
This year's Record Store Day (19 April) is shaping up to be a bit of a blinder, with a whole raft of exclusive and limited-edition releases, reissues and rarities confirmed, including a new box-set from Dinosaur Jr. Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
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Run & Jump
Run & Jump is a story of family devotion, disease and dysfunction: all things that can, at times, challenge even the best of us. The story unfolds initia... Read more »| 20 Feb 2014