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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OpinionHow The Cabinet of Dr Caligari changed cinema
The horror movie was born in 1920 with The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and it's resurrected this month as the film screens with a new live score at Hidden Door in Edinburgh. Ahead of the screening, we look back at the legacy of Robert Wiene’s film Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
OpinionGet Out & A Quiet Place: Horror stories for our times
Two hit horror movies separated by just over a year stand out as the most telling portraits of Trump’s America Read more »| 20 Apr 2018 -
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2001: A Space Odyssey's predictions, 50 years on
Stanley Kubrick’s hallucinatory sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey was released 50 years ago, but its themes of human evolution and our obsession with technology are as fresh as ever Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
OpinionThe Penn isn’t Mightier: the dos and don'ts for actor-authors
Sean Penn isn’t the first actor to swap the limelight for prose and he won't be the last. We check out six other movie star scribes and see what lessons Penn might learn from them Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
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Steven Spielberg's most underrated films
Before you delve into the delights of Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One, here are six of the director's lesser known, under-appreciated works to prep you for his latest blockbuster Read more »| 28 Mar 2018 -
Opinion
Shoot 'Em Up: Time’s Up for Guns in Hollywood
In the wake of the Parkland mass shooting, is it time for Hollywood to rethink its relationship to guns? Read more »| 27 Mar 2018
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Opinion
Why video game adaptations fail and how they can be saved
Cinema history is littered with heinous video game adaptations, from Super Mario Bros to Assassin's Creed. We consider why they rarely make for great cinema Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Opinion
The Skinny's Final Oscar Predictions
'And the award should go to...' Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Festivals
How Ida Lupino went from Hollywood star to pioneering director
Ida Lupino was one of the first women directors in American cinema, but her achievements continue to be overlooked. As her centenary year coincides with a seismic shift in Hollywood gender dynamics, it's the perfect time to celebrate her talent Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Opinion
In Lady Bird, mother-daughter angst takes centre stage
The complicated bond between mothers and daughters often goes unexplored or ends up misrepresented in cinema, but two new films – Lady Bird and I, Tonya – put it front and centre Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
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We need to call bullshit on bullying 'genius' auteurs
With Uma Thurman’s recent revelations about the bullying, alleged endangerment and general misbehaviour of Quentin Tarantino, is it time to ask if these auteurs are really all there? Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
Opinion
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Daniel Day-Lewis
Whether we take Daniel Day-Lewis’ retirement seriously or not, Phantom Thread is just the latest in a body of work which is almost unique in its consistent brilliance and weight Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
Festivals
15 films to see at Glasgow Film Festival 2018
Glasgow Film Festival is back to brighten this Scottish winter with a typically vibrant programme of films (old and new, big and small), events and one-off movie happenings. Here's our guide to the 15 films we think you should seek out Read more »| 26 Jan 2018 -
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First Past The Post: Newspapers in the Movies
You may have noticed that the US President isn't a fan of journalists. The movies, however, adore them. Ahead of the release of Steven Spielberg's The Post, we look at cinema's love affair with the free press, from His Girl Friday to Spotlight Read more »| 16 Jan 2018 -
Opinion
Bafta 2018 snubs: from Get Out to Greta Gerwig
Bafta voters are famously clueless, but this year's set of nominations are particularly infuriating. We look over the award body's biggest oversights in this year's nominations, which were announced this morning Read more »| 09 Jan 2018