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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OpinionTen great films about fashion
The fashion industry takes a beating this month, with Nicolas Winding Refn’s brutal fashion world-set horror The Neon Demon and fashion PR satire&... Read more »| 30 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsA Snapshot of American Independent Cinema in 2016
A report back from Sundance London, where the best of American indie film was on the menu Read more »| 15 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Cinema is dead. Long live Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality was all over this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest, but is it the future of visual storytelling? Read more »| 15 Jun 2016 -
OpinionFilms of 2016: Mid-year report
It's only halfway through 2016 and it's already shaping up to be a memorable year in movies. These are the films we've loved so far this year Read more »| 07 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival 2016: 11 films to see
Our film editor picks 11 of the most interesting looking screenings and events at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (15-26 June) Read more »| 25 May 2016 -
Opinion
Nathan Barley – Why being cool is overrated
We take a look back at Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris's seminal sitcom Nathan Barley with Charlie Condou, who played ridiculous magazine editor Jonatton Ye... Read more »| 29 Apr 2016
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Opinion
Why so serious? The death of comic relief in film
We used to go to blockbusters to be thrilled and to giggle. But modern Hollywood seems to have lost its sense of humour, with depressing YA adaptations and morose superheroes dominating our movie screens. We mourn the death of the comic relief. Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Festivals
Six Reasons to go to ¡Viva! Festival in Manchester
¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Festival is now cross-artform. Here are six reasons why you'd be mad not to make it along Read more »| 01 Apr 2016 -
Theatre
5 Films You May Not Know Are Based on Shakespeare
From unrequited love to the circle of life, we look at some of the films (and TV) adapted from and inspired by the works of William Shakespeare Read more »| 30 Mar 2016 -
Film
Five Great Short Filmmakers & Five to See at GSFF
Glasgow Short Film Festival director, Matt Lloyd, suggests five great filmmakers making short films and we choose our picks from this year's Glasgow Short Film Festival programme. Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
Opinion
Most Exciting Women Directors of the Last Decade
To mark International Women's Day, we take the opportunity to sing the praises of 14 of the most talented female filmmakers to have emerged over the last decade. Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
Tech
In Search of The Uncanny Valley
We investigate one of the great challenges facing technological representations of the human form. Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
Festivals
Berlinale 2016: refugee crisis & family strife
We reflect on this year's Berlin International Film Festival where films emerged tackling themes of immigration, displacement and social unease Read more »| 24 Feb 2016 -
Film
Five to see at GFF, 21 Feb: Louder than Bombs
Today, Glasgow Film Festival offers up a moving family drama (Louder than Bombs), an anime buddy-movie (The Boy and the Beast) and the perfect Sunday matinee film (The Adventures of Robin Hood) Read more »| 21 Feb 2016 -
Film
Film on Film: Five great movies about movies
Inspired by critic Kent Jones' Hitchcock/Truffaut, we pay tribute to those great ouroboroi of cinema: films about film. Below are five of the best, from a do... Read more »| 19 Feb 2016