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 25 must-see films of 2018
From stop motion canines in Isle of Dogs to the 80s-obsessed future of Ready Player One via the curious girl meets fish-boy love story that is The Shape of Water, these are the films we're most looking forward to in 2018 Read more »| 04 Jan 2018 -
OpinionFranchise Players: 5 Auteurs & Their Ideal Movie Series
With Tarantino offering to take the helm of the Starship Enterprise, we wonder what other major filmmakers might want to dip their toes in a movie franchise Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Books
Paper View: Stephen King's Novels on Screen
Few authors have seen as much of their work take the page-to-screen path as Stephen King; we assess the best and worst King adaptations, and look at what could be in store in the future Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
OpinionFilms of 2017: Best Scottish Short Films
Glasgow Short Film Festival director Matt Lloyd and coordinator Sanne Jehoul join the Skinny's Film editor in choosing the best Scottish short films released in 2017 (in alphabetical order) Read more »| 01 Dec 2017 -
Opinion
Films of 2017: Best Short Films of the Year
Glasgow Short Film Festival director Matt Lloyd and coordinator Sanne Jehoul join the Skinny's Film editor in choosing their favourite short films of the year (in alphabetical order) Read more »| 01 Dec 2017 -
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Film writers' individual top tens of the year
Our Best Films of 2017 list is all well and good (read it here), but this is where the real juice is, the individual picks from our crack team of film writer... Read more »| 29 Nov 2017
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Opinion
Locations, Locations: Edinburgh & Avengers: Infinity War
Edinburgh features in the new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War. But to what extent? We try to find out... Read more »| 29 Nov 2017 -
OpinionWhat Justice League Tells Us About Toxic Fan Culture
It's not just Donald Trump who's obsessed with fake news. A subsection of movie fans convinced critics are out to destroy their favourite comic book franchise are beginning to look similarly paranoid. We look at this increasingly toxic online discourse Read more »| 29 Nov 2017 -
OpinionFilms of 2017: The Criminally Overlooked Movies of the Year
These are the films that didn't set the box office alight but should have, the movies that critics roundly ignored, and the films that won't be in conversations come awards season. In other words: these are the year's most criminally overlooked movies Read more »| 29 Nov 2017 -
Opinion
Films of 2017: The 25 Best Films of the Year
The best film of 2017 was about women and directed by a woman. Elsewhere, we were stirred by films from points of view rarely represented on screen: those of queer people, poor people and people of colour; our second best film of 2017 concerns all three Read more »| 28 Nov 2017 -
Festivals
The 12 Best Films at BFI London Film Festival 2017
Following another excellent London Film Festival, our Film team put their heads together to come up with their dozen highlights, from the warmth of Princess Cyd to the thrill of Good Time to Abbas Kiarostami's swansong 24 Frames Read more »| 18 Oct 2017 -
Opinion
Why we can't watch Woody Allen films anymore
Woody Allen's tone deaf response to the Harvey Weinstein scandal reminds us of his own allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse; allegations that have now coloured his filmography. Here are the jokes that just aren't funny anymore Read more »| 18 Oct 2017 -
Opinion
We Need to Talk about Harvey (and Hollywood)
Harvey Weinstein's gross sexual misconduct has sent shockwaves through Hollywood, but cinema's glib depiction of workplace sexual harassment, from 9 to 5 to Disclosure, shows the industry has a history of trivialising these issues Read more »| 12 Oct 2017 -
Opinion
Blade Runner 2049: We take the Voight-Kampff test
Blade Runner 2049 hits cinemas next week, so ideal timing to check we have the human emotions required to review the new film... Read more »| 29 Sep 2017 -
Opinion
Mother! and other recent visions of the apocalypse
Darren Aronofsky’s mother! is only the latest in a new slew of films which confront head on humanity’s relationship to the natural environment with a new tone of desperation and rage Read more »| 14 Sep 2017