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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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
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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 -
OpinionThe Feminist Legacy of Thelma & Louise
Three decades on, Thelma & Louise is still a poignant example of the rape-revenge genre colliding with reality. We consider how its tragic finale and portrayal of misogyny are echoed in a more recent example of female vigilantism fantasy Read more »| 24 May 2021 -
OpinionBack to Black: A look ahead to Scottish cinemas reopening
As cinemas across Scotland prepare to return, we speak to three of the country's best independent cinemas to find out how they've been weathering the COVID storm and what they're most looking forward to screening once they reopen Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
OpinionNomadland and the American Myth
At last, Oscars frontrunner Nomadland becomes available to UK film fans. We consider the ways in which the film explores the American mythos of work as liberation while offering an alternative way of life outside the shadow of capitalism Read more »| 29 Mar 2021 -
FestivalsBerlinale 2021: Magic and Reality Collide
The best films at this year's Berlinale traded in fairy tale and fable, but the titles that seemed to get Film Twitter and the Berlinale jury most excited were in-your-face works offering a mirror on the ills of society Read more »| 10 Mar 2021 -
OpinionHow Trainspotting Changed Scotland, 25 Years On
How Danny Boyle's swaggering and hilarious film about a group of young heroin addicts in Edinburgh seared itself on a generation's consciousness and helped change Scotland forever Read more »| 22 Feb 2021 -
OpinionIFFR 2021: Small-scale film gems from Rotterdam
Part one of International Film Festival Rotterdam's two-part 2021 festival was sprinkled with enough small-scale gems to suggest arthouse and experimental cinema might still be in reasonable shape. We report back on some highlights Read more »| 15 Feb 2021