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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FestivalsLFF 2015 Highlights: The Discoveries
We've already shared our Best of LFF featuring the established filmmakers, now is the turn of the six less-celebrated filmmakers who screened kickass films this year Read more »| 03 Nov 2015 -
FestivalsLFF 2015 Highlights: The Auteurs
Six films from some of our favourite filmmakers who knocked it out of the park with their latest work at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
Opinion
Scottish Horror Films: Seven Caledonian chillers
The fog-covered moors of the Highlands, the ancient cobbled streets of Edinburgh, and Glasgow's harsh tower blocks have all provided inspiration for scary movies over the years. With Halloween on the horizon, we select seven Scottish horrors to check out Read more »| 21 Oct 2015 -
FestivalsLondon Film Festival: High-Rise and Tangerine
Two very different visions of urban chaos, Ben Wheatley's High-Rise and Sean Baker's Tangerine, represented two of the most anticipated films in the first few days of BFI London Film Festival Read more »| 12 Oct 2015 -
FestivalsLovecraft in the 80s: How Stuart Gordon sexed-up HP Lovecraft
Grimmfest and Gothic Manchester host a HP Lovecraft double bill, featuring Re-Animator and From Beyond, this October. We take a look at how director Stuart Gordon brought a more salacious vibe to the sci-fi writer's work with his 80s film adaptations Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
12 films to see at London Film Festival 2015
With London Film Festival 2015 kicking off today, we choose the best films to see at the UK's glitziest celebration of cinema Read more »| 08 Oct 2015
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Opinion
In Praise of Seconds
It’s taken a long time for John Frankenheimer’s film to be appreciated as the modern masterpiece it is. Read more »| 28 Sep 2015 -
Students
Student Guide: Movie Tribes at University
Cinephile? Contrarian? Ironist? Meet the tribes of film fans swarming the dorms at university. Read more »| 10 Sep 2015 -
Opinion
Our Favourite British Films 2010-2015
To mark the publication of new film book New British Cinema from Submarine to 12 Years a Slave, we polled The Skinny's film writers to ascertain their favourite British films of the decade so far Read more »| 02 Sep 2015 -
OpinionThe Films of 2015 so far: Our mid-year report
We're just over halfway through 2015 and, in terms of film, it's shaping up to be a doozy. Here are the movies our film writers have loved so far. Will any of them make the long haul to our end of year list? Check back in six months Read more »| 09 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
EIFF 2015: The Highlights
Our film team have decompressed after 11 fun days at the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Here are the nine flicks we enjoyed most at this year's festival Read more »| 07 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Doc to Doc: Doc/Fest 2015 Festival Round-up
Joining the docs at this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest, from a haunting movie about mass murder in 60s Indonesia to girl gearheads from Palestine Read more »| 18 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Ten to see at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival
We suggest ten films to seek out at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Opinion
A Must-Listen: The 'You Must Remember This' podcast
Like Serial, but for movie nuts – you should be listening to film podcast You Must Remember This Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
Opinion
Lesser-spotted Altmans: seven underrated films from Robert Altman
Inspired by the upcoming DVD release of Ron Mann's documentary on Robert Altman, The Skinny's film team suggest some of the maverick director's most undervalued films Read more »| 12 May 2015