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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OpinionIn 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 -
StudentsStudent 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 -
Opinion
The 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 -
FestivalsDoc 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
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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 -
OpinionA 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 -
Opinion
“Cinema is a physical experience”: Alex Reuben showcase at HOME
We head to HOME for a special screening of work by filmmaker Alex Reuben Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2015: Teen angst, guerrilla screenings and outrunning capitalism
We look back at another great Glasgow Short Film Festival, which offered plenty of teen angst, an opportunity to take cinema on to the streets of Glasgow and a possible escape from the "shithole" of mainstream narrative cinema Read more »| 08 Apr 2015 -
Festivals
Five of the Best from Glasgow Short Film Festival 2015
As ever, Glasgow Short Film Festival offered up a fascinating snapshot of the most interesting and innovative short films from across the world. Here are five of the best from its International Competition Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Opinion
Scotland Film Event Highlights – March 2015
There's a horror tinge to this month's film highlights: the Daughters of Darkness spook the GFT, The Rocky Horror Picture Show's audience members terrify Cineworld and a whole night of All Night Horror Madness at Cameo and the Grosvenor Read more »| 09 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: FrightFest
Zombies, dead bastards, killers, demons, beasties, Katie Isabelle, rage monkeys... that'll be your FrightFest, then. Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
FestivalsCineSkinny Awards: The Best of GFF15
We've studied our ticket stubs from two weeks of covering Glasgow Film Festival and have chosen our winners for the annual CineSkinny Awards. For the first time, our readers have got involved too and told us their film of the festival Read more »| 03 Mar 2015