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Books
Gutter Press
Gutter is a magazine for new Scottish writing, launched this past August. Issue 02 will be launched in February, but the submission deadline for this next is... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Northwest 5-12 Nov: Blawan + more
1. CLUBS | Abandon Silence: Farewell to The Kazimier Part 2 The Kazimier, Liverpool. Fri 6 Nov, 10pm, £... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
News
The Skinny: Contributors Directory
As The Skinny goes on a break and waits for the situation outside to improve, the people who make this project what it is – the writers, photographers,... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Film
Films of 2014: Aliens, A.I.s and Adolescence
1. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer) Under the Skin is a film that shows you things you’ve never seen before. Jonathan Glazer’s extraordin... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Film
Films of 2016: Mid-year report
Love & Friendship Dir. Whit Stillman It shouldn’t exactly be a shock that the year’s funniest film to date comes from American writer-dir... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Film
Films of 2017: Mid-year report
Moonlight Dir. Barry Jenkins How did the story of a gay black man from Miami, with a largely unknown cast, become a universally acclaimed box office hit ... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Film
Films of 2016: The Criminally Overlooked Films
Court is in session. On trial are the critics and audiences who gave short shrift to these great films. The plaintiffs range from overlooked gems (A Bigger S... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Theatre
Is Crowdfunding The Only Way to Fund a Fringe Show?
The cost of performing at the Fringe can be incredibly high, with the cost of venue hire, accommodation and travel all adding to the financial burden. Becaus... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Film
Film in 2017: 24 films not to be missed
T2 (Danny Boyle) Released 27 Jan We’d be lying if we said we weren’t itching to see Rents, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie on the big screen once m... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Film
The 22 Must-See Films of 2016
From The Hateful Eight to the new Ghostbusters, these are the films we're most looking forward to in 2016 The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino) Released 8 ... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Food And Drink
The Skinny's Desert Island Crisps
After much deliberation, here are the crisps that we've chosen to accompany us on a desert island – because obvs the best way to conquer dehydrati... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Film
Lesser-spotted Altmans: seven underrated films from Robert Altman
Canons – like cannons – can be dangerous. They boil artists’ oeuvres down to easily digestible chunks, leaving the non-canonical titles out... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Film
11 of the Best Chinese Movies
24 City (2008) Dir: Jia Zhangke While many of Jia Zhangke’s modern classics have managed to provoke the Chinese ruling party, 24 City pissed off... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Film
Films of 2015: Criminally Overlooked Movies
Beyond the Lights Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood Why it's one of our overlooked movies of 2015: it went straight to DVD in the UK In a more sensible film cul... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Film
The Films of 2016: Love, Death and Aliens
Given recent votes, we half expected something racist and idiotic like Gerard Butler hokum Gods of Egypt to top this best films of the year poll. This drum t... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Film
Reassessing Martin Scorsese's legacy
Is there a filmmaker who’s been more misrepresented by film culture than Martin Scorsese? Perceived wisdom tells us he’s cinema’s great amb... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Film
Films of 2017: The Criminally Overlooked Movies of the Year
John Wick Chapter 2 Dir. Chad Stahelski John Wick 2 will never not be underrated, even by the people who thoroughly enjoyed it. Underneath an extra... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Film
Films of 2015: Hippies, Road Warriors and STD Hauntings
Once again our writers draw lines in the cinematic sand to choose 2015's essential films. Our top ten has a curious gender divide: the male protagonists (The... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago