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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OpinionOpinion: There's Nowt So Queer As Labels
You'll have seen the headlines: 'Lesbian Film Wins Palme d'Or.' But why do only same-sex love stories have their orientation declared? Read more »| 04 Jun 2013 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Film Festival 2013: The Picks
The brochure for the 67th Edinburgh Film Festival is hot off the presses and Chris Fujiwara and his team's selection has proved as eclectic and exciting as last year's programme. Here's what we're most looking forward to... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
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Lost & Found: 70s Hollywood Back in Cinema
This month Park Circus release two forgotten films of the American new wave, Jerry Schatzberg's Scarecrow and Bob Rafelson's The King of Marvin Gardens. We look at both and suggest some other forgotten gems itching to be rediscovered Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Ken Loach
Take One Action Film Festival director Simon Bateson remembers his first encounters with the work of English-Scottish double act, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty Read more »| 10 May 2013 -
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Hero Worship: Pedro Costa
Filmmaker and cineaste D W Mault explains why he worships Portuguese director Pedro Costa, and the oppressive stillness of his cinema Read more »| 08 May 2013 -
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Hero Worship: Lynda Myles
Matt Lloyd, director of Glasgow Short Film Festival, tells us why he's in awe of Lynda Myles, the artistic director of Edinburgh International Film Festival during its 70s purple patch Read more »| 01 Feb 2013
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Opinion
Tarantino’s Magpie Moments
Quentin Tarantino's never been shy about his cinematic larceny. We revisit five of his finest homages Read more »| 10 Jan 2013 -
OpinionThe Django Chain
Django Unchained is the latest in a long line of Django knockoffs. Here are four of the best Django outings Read more »| 09 Jan 2013 -
OpinionUnder the Influence: Django Unchained
Cinema magpie Quentin Tarantino's dipped his toe in blaxploitation, samurai, kung-fu and war movies. It was only a matter of time before he tried the spaghetti western. We cast our eye over the sub-genre's dark underbelly Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
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2013's Coming Attractions
What's a fanboy to do? With Batman swanning around Florence drinking Fernet Branca and Iron Man, Thor et al. back to making mediocre movies on their lonesome, things are looking grim. But don't despair: here are some films that might be great in 2013 Read more »| 03 Jan 2013 -
OpinionLight and Shade: The Films of 2012
It's that time of year again, where we filter the past twelve months of cinema into an undiluted list of brilliance. Whatever your movie tastes, be it martial arts smackdowns or hallucinatory art-house mind-benders, the best films of 2012 had you covered Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
Opinion
New New Hollywood: From the Margins to the Mainstream
With new releases this month from David O. Russell and Paul Thomas Anderson, key figures in the unofficial mid-90s renaissance of American film, The Skinny looks back at their generation's wave of subversive upstarts, the New New Hollywood Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
Opinion
The Movie Dos and Don'ts of Studentdom
John Hughes movies might have told you that you've already come of age, but uni is where you really find yourself. Below are some college movies that reveal the dos and don'ts to follow over then next four years Read more »| 17 Sep 2012 -
Opinion
Five Great Movie Impostors
To celebrate the recent brace of movies dealing in deception, here are five great movie impostors to mull over Read more »| 24 Aug 2012 -
Opinion
Reel Talk: In Praise of Film Clubs
The return of Monorail Film Club and the start of Scala Beyond, a six-week nationwide film season dedicated to all forms of cinema exhibition, spell good news for Scottish film fans Read more »| 01 Aug 2012