This week's Cineskinny podcast is a @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social special – we review four films from the GFF programme, including Mark Jenkin's excellent new one ROSE OF NEVADA Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or on the website: www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ci...

"Getting sober… there is a weird kind of trauma; a compulsion to have a narrative that you repeat" Acclaimed poet Sophie Robinson opens up about her debut novel Prairie Oyster, and why poetry wasn't enough to tell this particular story

This month’s LOVE BITES columnist reflects on leaving flowers for our loved ones, with loved ones 💐

"Small details create the feeling that you are in the room, very close to the performance. I love that imperfect nature in music" We speak with Adrian Leung, aka Drexler, ahead of his release Olympia-5, a deeply personal collection of ambient electronic works

"It reflects Glasgow to itself, which is exactly what cinema can do – reflect ourselves back to ourselves" Paul Gallagher, the new Head of Programme for Glasgow Film Festival, tells @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social about his hopes for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi...

Great film! I never want to watch it again! But you should!

Charli xcx's "Wuthering Heights" soundtrack succeeds where Emerald Fennell's film fails, channeling the malice and anxiety of Emily Brontë's novel

"You can feel the room split as English people laugh thinking it’s the most absurd thing, and the Irish people know it’s the most normal sentence going" Stand-up Roger O’Sullivan talks tone, tension & Metallica as he brings his award-winning debut to Edinburgh

"Generations and subcultures brought together to bow at the altar of arguably the greatest heavy band of the last 30+ years" ★★★★★ gig review: DEFTONES @ OVO Hydro

"It was so moving to listen to my mother 40 years prior, talking to voices from the past. [...] I really feel that it’s probably the closest you can get to time travel.” Director Kleber Mendonça Filho shares the experiences that inspired THE SECRET AGENT

"His music is made to be danced to and the audience does not disappoint" Celebrating the release of his latest album Cerulean, Danny L Harle seems genuinely happy to be at The Art School tonight, and the crowd has come prepared to move

Marika Takeuchi's Iridescence balances lyricism with a lingering reservedness – read @rhagiwr.bsky.social's full review now

Set during Brazil's brutal dictatorship, The Secret Agent blends a dazzling thriller plot with a compelling depiction of a community creating a pocket of resistance Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent is our film of the month – read the ★★★★★ review now

Amanda Seyfried gives a stunning performance as the female Christ in Mona Fastvold's transcendent chronicle of faith, utopia and intractable pain ★★★★ film review: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, out this Friday

"Mary Bronstein’s portrait of a mother pushed to her limits would be almost comedic in extremity were it not for the brutal, brilliant construction of its cyclone of horrors" ★★★★ for IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU – review by @carmenchloie.bsky.social

James McAvoy will present his directorial debut, California Schemin', in person at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social this year – other filmmakers in attendance include Mark Jenkin and Felipe Bustos Sierra www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl... @marghjenkin.bsky.social @debasers.bsky.social

Felipe Bustos Sierra on EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET - @theskinnymag.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi...

“When you destroy the ethical fabric of a society, the spirit of the nation, it really takes a lot of time to rebuild it.” For @theskinnymag.bsky.social, I spoke with Hasan Hadi about his Cannes prize-winning debut feature THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE, in UK cinemas now www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi...

Ahead of her @carlajeaston.bsky.social-produced debut LP, we catch up with Edinburgh songwriter Lou Mclean for this week's Spotlight...

"The dinners are intimate... nobody is a stranger when we close for the night" We speak to Glasgow-based supper clubs and community meals about bonding through a meal shared with friends and strangers alike

"We'd had some victories in the Chile solidarity campaign, but nothing really so immediate, nothing so visceral.” Felipe Bustos Sierra's film Everybody to Kenmure Street immortalises a historical protest on Glasgow's Kenmure Street in 2021

"When I went to the NHS, I feel I was actually being told 'This disruption doesn’t fit the story we have about your body, so we’d rather not hear about it.'" One writer explores the unacknowledged intersection of capitalism and perimenopause/menopause www.theskinny.co.uk/intersection...

Forty-two years on from its release, we explore why Glasgow needs The Blue Nile's A Walk Across the Rooftops more than ever for reimagination and reinterpretation

'Enter The Woom Room, whether in one of their physical or online spaces, and you’ll find yourself tumbling, Alice in Wonderland-style, into Nänni-pää’s beautifully curated graphic utopia...'

Glasgow Short Film Festival is back; @glasgowshort.bsky.social's Scottish Competition includes new films by Miranda Stern, Duncan Cowles, Will Anderson and Leyla Coll-O'Reilly among others... www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gs... [by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

"Shooting this film outside Iraq with non-Iraqi actors would have produced something that couldn’t really survive even a few months later, let alone years" Hasan Hadi discusses his debut film The President's Cake – interview by @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social

"Sometimes when you tour with bigger bands, and you see their whole team, you're like, 'Wow, I'm doing 15 people's jobs'" Ahead of their sophomore release Hagridden, Scottish siblings Brèagha and Onnagh Cuinn of BRATAKUS reflect on a decade of DIY punk

"It’s not a good idea to go into something that can only work if you say exactly how you feel by not saying exactly how you feel" In this month's advice column, one reader is uncertain about how to tackle a long distance relationship

'hemlocke springs' first full-length album is a spectacular debut, each track bearing springs' cerebral thumbprint.' ★★★★★ for our February album of the month, 'the apple tree under the sea' by hemlocke springs www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review...

'For all the true crime aficionados, Murder Bimbo is ready and waiting...' www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r...

Ahead of its tenth birthday celebrations, we chat to Glasgow Improv Theatre's Martin James www.theskinny.co.uk/comedy/inter...

Weaving together investigation, story and memoir, Thea Lenarduzzi's The Tower runs a complex course... www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r... @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

Robbie Williams effortlessly packs down the RW experience (voice, performance, and ego) to fit an intimate Barrowlands gig... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...

#Sundance review: Molly Manners’ debut film EXTRA GEOGRAPHY romanticises the minimal-tech era of the 1990s and early 2000s, while delivering some universal, hard-to-swallow truths

From the latest episode of The Cineskinny podcast, @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social on the impact of the CCA closure on Glasgow's film scene Full episode here, or wherever you get your podcasts... open.spotify.com/episode/6EoN...

A light touch of farce is no match for the heart and talent of Saul Adamczewski and Insecure Men

It's another Friday update to our New Scottish Music playlist, now ft. Tony Morris & Isa Gordon, @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social, KAVARI, @brokenchanter.bsky.social, Pippa Blundell, Rustie and more Listen on Spotify... open.spotify.com/playlist/6r1... ... and YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Our coverage of Sundance 2026 continues with a ★★★★ review of JOSEPHINE; a lucid analysis of the banality of male aggression filtered through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl

At City Art Centre, Michael Fullerton’s intimate portraits of asylum seekers give voice to migrant stories while far-right anti-migration protests take place in Scotland www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features...

A deeply personal hour with storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist Iddo Oberski offers insights into what it means to be human Read our ★★★★ review of the show returning to @scotstorycentre.bsky.social and @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social

From Edinburgh to Park City, writer-director Louis Paxton brings a piece of Orkney folklore to Sundance with his oddball feature debut, which won the NEXT Innovator Award at the Sundance Film Festival www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...

This week we’re delighted to be highlighting not one but two artists in our Spotlight, as Isa Gordon and Tony Morris gear up to release a beaut of a 12'' dance record together...

A Turner Prize winning artist comes to a @dcadundee.bsky.social this month – for recs on art events at @womenslibrary.bsky.social, @fruitmarket.bsky.social and more in February, check out @rachelashenden.bsky.social's round-up!

"We’re from America, we are not okay." ★★★★ gig review: EZRA FURMAN @ Art School, Glasgow

"Here’s a band offering a balmy chink of summery light" Read our ★★★★ review of long time caller, first time listener, the new album by vegas water taxi, out tomorrow on @pnkslm.bsky.social

Februrary is loaded with piano beauty from Drexler, indie-pop from Lou Mclean, raging punk from Bratakus and a 12" dance record from Isa Gordon and Tony Morris, plus loads more Read @tallahbrash.bsky.social's round-up of new Scottish music

"An infectious stream of dreamy alternative rock" ★★★★ album review: YOU WISH by Dream Nails, out tomorrow via Marshall Records

This month in Scottish book events, there's the launch of Fife Queer Zine Fest, book launches in Edinburgh and collage and zine workshops in Glasgow 📚

February's gig calendar sees some big Scottish names hit the road, plus chances to catch Jacob Alon, Magdalena Bay, corto.alto and Danny L Harle 🎶

Lacking days but packing parties, February is set to be short, sweet and sweaty; our top club night picks including Bakey, Manga Saint Hilare and Jamz Supernova – read the full round-up below