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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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 -
OpinionFilm and TV round-up: February 2021
Channel 4 start the year with three sharp shows to help you through lockdown, while MUBI continues to fill the gaping hole left by the closure of arthouse cinemas Read more »| 02 Feb 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Róisín and Chiara on Heathers
Surreal sketch duo Róisín and Chiara experience teen cult classic Heathers for the very first time Read more »| 02 Feb 2021
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FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2021: Our Top Ten Films
From a Romanian tale of obsession to a Danish revenge thriller via an Iranian moral tale and a doc about a huge Norwegian pig, there's something for everyone in Glasgow Film Festival's online programme Read more »| 01 Feb 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Huge Davies on The Blues Brothers
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 Best Newcomer nominee Huge Davies takes on the might of comedy sacred cow The Blues Brothers Read more »| 11 Jan 2021 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2020: Our Writers' Top 10s
For this year's Top Ten Films of 2020 feature, we polled 21 of our film writers to find out their films of the year. Bong Joon-ho's blistering tragicomedy Parasite came out top, but take a look below to read the writers' personal lists Read more »| 03 Dec 2020 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2020
From the breakneck chaos of Uncut Gems to the dark satire of Parasite – via two Spike Lee joints – we find plenty to celebrate from 2020 in film Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
FestivalsWorld Building: Exploring SQIFF 2020
SQIFF headed to cyberspace in this age of pandemic; one writer reports back on how the festival reflected our increasingly dystopian world back at us Read more »| 09 Nov 2020 -
OpinionStudio Ghibli, Cottagecore & Inclusivity
The cottagecore aesthetic helps young people and marginalised groups to imagine a different future – and the movies of Studio Ghibli are key in pointing the way forward Read more »| 08 Oct 2020 -
Festivals10 Great Scottish Short Films from GSFF 2020
The 13th Glasgow Short Film Festival may have been downgraded to the “12th and a half edition”, but that didn't dampen the quality of the films. Particularly strong were the Scottish shorts – here are ten of our favourites Read more »| 07 Sep 2020 -
FestivalsStream Spirit: Scotland's Virtual Film Festivals
Cannes couldn't and EIFF effed off till later in the year, but some film festivals have embraced taking their programmes online after in-person events were kiboshed by COVID-19, including the upcoming Take One Action and SQIFF Read more »| 31 Aug 2020 -
FestivalsQuarantine Culture: Your At-Home Film Festival
It's just like a normal film festival, but you don't have to wear trousers – bunker down with our curated list of films to stream at home Read more »| 24 Mar 2020