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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OpinionParis, Texas and the Masculine Urge to Walk into the Desert
With Wim Wenders' masterpiece Paris, Texas back in cinemas this month, one writer explores the film's central motif of a taciturn man trying to make amends after abandoning his life and his loved ones Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
OpinionA Bad Feeling About This: Solving Star Wars' problems
Recent Star Wars instalments have struggled to deliver the series' mythic tropes without retreading old ground. How does the new series Obi-Wan Kenobi fare? Read more »| 30 Jun 2022 -
OpinionI’d Rather Be a Pig Than a Fascist: 30 Years of Porco Rosso
Porco Rosso, Hayao Miyazaki's enchanting adventure film about a first world war fighter pilot who helps battle fascists in Italy, even though he's transformed into a pig-man, turns 30. We look back at this anti-war masterpiece Read more »| 09 Jun 2022 -
OpinionGen Z's gateway cultural education in Stranger Things
Gen Zs are discovering the delights of Kate Bush through coming-of-age sci-fi hit Stranger Things, and cultural gatekeepers are outraged. But they shouldn't get in such a tizzy. Classic art has always been recontextualised by contemporary pop culture Read more »| 06 Jun 2022 -
OpinionThe Beautiful Game on the Silver Screen
I Am Zlatan is released 3 Jun by Signature Films Read more »| 06 Jun 2022 -
OpinionTen Films to Watch this International Workers Day
Workers of the world, unite! And also watch these films from all over the world exploring workers' rights and the power of unionisation Read more »| 27 Apr 2022
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OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2021: Our Writers' Top 10s
The top tens, honourable mentions and least-liked films of 2021 from The Skinny's ever-excellent roster of film writers Read more »| 09 Dec 2021 -
Opinion16 Overlooked and Underrated Films from 2021
If you blinked this year you likely missed these much-misunderstood films when they played to empty auditoriums at your local theatres – if they made it to cinemas at all! Use the holidays to seek out these delightful cinematic oddballs and rejects Read more »| 09 Dec 2021 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2021
The history books will record 2021 as the year the movies bounced back from the brink, but the pandemic had little impact on the quality of work on our screens. Whether you saw these films in theatres or on your laptop, their artistry shone brightly Read more »| 29 Nov 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Zoë Tomalin on American Pie
Comedian, writer, producer and Edinburgh International TV Festival 'One to Watch' Zoë Tomalin takes a trip back to 1999 and immerses herself in teen comedy American Pie Read more »| 17 Nov 2021 -
OpinionThe Great Virtual Comeback: Scottish Film & the Pandemic
We meet some of the Scottish filmmakers and programmers whose working lives have been profoundly reshaped by the pandemic Read more »| 21 Oct 2021 -
OpinionDenis Villeneuve Wants You to Think Big
Ahead of Dune arriving in cinemas, we look back at Denis Villeneuve's recent run of blockbusters to gauge if he has what it takes to bring Frank Herbert's epic sci-fi novel to the screen Read more »| 12 Oct 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Long Cat Media on National Lampoon's Vacation
The duo behind the Long Cat Media podcasts – Laurence Owen and Lindsay Sharman – take a trip with the Griswolds Read more »| 16 Sep 2021 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival: Read 2021's Young Critics
Read reviews from this year's group of Edinburgh International Film Festival Young Critics Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FestivalsEIFF 2021: Bridging the Gap – Mobile
Five new Bridging the Gap documentary shorts on the theme of 'mobile' premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival. We found a programme delving into change and longing – emotions we can all relate to this year Read more »| 02 Sep 2021