Film Opinion
Opinion pieces from our film writers looking at key debates and discussions around films, directors, actors, and cinematic trends. Here you can also find insight to stay current with coverage of booming film festivals.
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Festivals
EIFF 2010: Night Moves
Each year EIFF runs a strand of late-night premieres – films with niche appeal, for fans of genre fare. These tend to reach a small but avid audience a... Read more »| 21 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
EIFF 2010: Zombies, Sluts and Cave Dwellers
I made it to Edinburgh for the Film Festival this week and watched six films in just over 24hrs. I haven't managed this kind of rate since the Schwarzenegger... Read more »| 18 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
EIFF 2010: The Illusionist, And Everything is Going Fine, 22 Bullets
It was a collection of fragile souls that gathered at the press screenings on Thursday morning, the first official day of the 64th Edinburgh International Fi... Read more »| 18 Jun 2010 -
Festivals
EIFF 2010: McLaren Animation 1
The calibre of up-and-coming animators is quite staggering in Britain today. Scotland has a great deal to offer the international scene, and it's well worth ... Read more »| 16 Jun 2010 -
Opinion
Cannes 2010: Auteur Action
As the 63rd Cannes Film Festival comes to a close, there is a general opinion among critics that this year has not been one of Cannes' strongest. This time l... Read more »| 23 May 2010 -
Opinion
Cannes 2010: The Hipsters Come to Town
After a slow start, Cannes has finally been livened up by a flurry of young (or young at heart) talent. Gregg Araki provided a welcome blast of irrever... Read more »| 18 May 2010
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Opinion
Cannes 2010: Bankers and Teens
Day 3 of the Film Festival brought with it two highly anticipated films. The first was Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Oliver Stone's follow up to his 1987 ... Read more »| 15 May 2010 -
Opinion
Cannes 2010: Robin Who?
Cannes 2010: Robin Who? So, I managed to miss both screenings of Robin Hood which opened this year's Cannes Film Festival. Oh well, it's out in the UK alrea... Read more »| 14 May 2010 -
Opinion
Don't F**k with the Ninth
As the volcanic ash crisis slowly comes to a conclusion and the voices of hindsight weigh in with their opinions, it falls to me to mourn the fact that it di... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
Opinion
3-D Footie Fever Hits Auld Reekie
As it's bright and sunny outside, everyone's wearing shades. But we're indoors, and not sitting-by-the-window indoors, we're deeply hidden away in Edinburgh'... Read more »| 18 Apr 2010 -
Opinion
Mark Kermode: It's Only A Movie
Amidst speculation that he is to succeed Jonathan Ross for Film 2010, outspoken film critic Dr Mark Kermode is on usual self-deprecating form tonight, regali... Read more »| 12 Feb 2010 -
Opinion
A Perfect World
There are few things more galling in life than seeing a person, already immoderately successful in their chosen field, try something new and make a success o... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
Opinion
A Little Joie-de-Vivre
In Micmacs a group of Parisian eccentrics plot revenge on two arms manufacturers in a style that harks back to the silent age of cinema – welcome to Jean-Pierre Jeunet country. Read more »| 04 Feb 2010 -
Opinion
A festive helping of alienation and demons
Judging by the heaving shops, the sound of piped carols, and the air of hysteria in the electrical department of John Lewis we are, once again, entering the ... Read more »| 20 Nov 2009 -
Opinion
5 Low-Budget Wonders
Shane Meadows’ Le Donk is a paean to low-budget filmmaking. Here we present 5 films made in a similar spirit (and also on a shoestring). Read more »| 23 Sep 2009