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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OpinionWhat to Watch this Week: 30 Jan - 6 Feb
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Toni Erdmann and the (supposedly) final film in the Resident Evil series. Read more »| 30 Jan 2017 -
OpinionHow Hollywood joined the anti-Trump resistance
Shia LaBeouf scrapping with neo-Nazis, Alec Baldwin riffing on the President and Madonna dropping the F-bomb on the White House – the revolution might not be televised, but you can catch it on Netflix Read more »| 27 Jan 2017 -
OpinionSpicer World: Five Movies to Help Navigate the Alternate Fact Universe
Does two plus two really equal five or has there just been some glitch in the matrix? We try to figure out our new "alternate fact" universe using the movies Read more »| 25 Jan 2017 -
OpinionWhat to Watch this Week (24-30 Jan)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Trainspotting 2 and Hacksaw Ridge Flamingo We&... Read more »| 24 Jan 2017 -
OpinionFilm in 2017: 24 films not to be missed
24 of the most interesting titles coming in 2017, some we've seen, some we're dying to see. Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
OpinionAnthony Baxter on Trump's Scottish promises
Donald Trump was elected US President on promises of job creation and prosperity. Anthony Baxter, director of You’ve Been Trumped and its sequel, You&r... Read more »| 07 Dec 2016
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OpinionWhat to Watch this Week (5-12 Dec)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including behind the scenes of the latest Xavier Dolan film and Kristen Stewart rocking out to the Rolling Stones. Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
OpinionEight More Alternative Christmas Movies
Had enough of Elf, It's a Wonderful Life and The Muppets Christmas Carol? Here are some great alternative Christmas movies to help you through... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
OpinionFilms of 2016: The Criminally Overlooked Films
Court is in session. On trial are the critics and audiences who gave short shrift to these great films. The plaintiffs range from overlooked gems (A Bigger S... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
OpinionWhat to Watch this Week (28 Nov-4 Dec)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including FKA Twigs’ Soundtrack 7, the new season of Gil... Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
OpinionThe Films of 2016: Love, Death and Aliens
From Love & Friendship to Pablo Larrain's The Club (via sci-fi in Arrival and body horror in Evolution), our film team's ten favourite films of 2016. Read more »| 28 Nov 2016 -
OpinionDVD Gift Guide: From Buster to 'Bustin
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me... a collector's edition DVD (or more likely a Blu-ray, but that doesn't rhyme) Read more »| 24 Nov 2016 -
OpinionWhat to Watch this Week: 21-28 Nov
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including David O Russell's short Past Forward and Jim Jarmusch's Paterson Read more »| 21 Nov 2016 -
OpinionWhat to Watch this Week (14-21 Nov)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the Ghost in the Shell trailer, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the film from the “new Miyazaki” Read more »| 14 Nov 2016 -
OpinionWhat to Watch this Week (31 Oct-6 Nov)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Stranger Things does Peanuts, bite-sized horror on Film4 and Amy Adams in Nocturnal Animals. Read more »| 31 Oct 2016