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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Opinion3-D Footie Fever Hits Auld Reekie
As it's bright and sunny outside, everyone's wearing shades. But we're indoors, and not sitting-by-the-window indoors, we're deeply hidden away in Edinburgh'... Read more »| 18 Apr 2010 -
Opinion
Mark Kermode: It's Only A Movie
Amidst speculation that he is to succeed Jonathan Ross for Film 2010, outspoken film critic Dr Mark Kermode is on usual self-deprecating form tonight, regali... Read more »| 12 Feb 2010 -
OpinionA Perfect World
There are few things more galling in life than seeing a person, already immoderately successful in their chosen field, try something new and make a success o... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
OpinionA Little Joie-de-Vivre
In Micmacs a group of Parisian eccentrics plot revenge on two arms manufacturers in a style that harks back to the silent age of cinema – welcome to Jean-Pierre Jeunet country. Read more »| 04 Feb 2010 -
Opinion
A festive helping of alienation and demons
Judging by the heaving shops, the sound of piped carols, and the air of hysteria in the electrical department of John Lewis we are, once again, entering the ... Read more »| 20 Nov 2009 -
Opinion
5 Low-Budget Wonders
Shane Meadows’ Le Donk is a paean to low-budget filmmaking. Here we present 5 films made in a similar spirit (and also on a shoestring). Read more »| 23 Sep 2009
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OpinionA Skinny Take: The mind of Mesrine
With the second part of Jacques Mesrine's epic tale out in cinemas, R.J. Gallagher ponders the life of the French outlaw. ----- Jacques Mesrine died on Nov... Read more »| 11 Sep 2009 -
Opinion
A Pilgrimage
I’ve been to a few film festivals, some small that involve just a few viewing treats and others large and anonymous that require a lot of queuing with ... Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
OpinionArabian Nights
Once upon a time, in a strange and mysterious land swathed in sand and cell animation, there lived an amiable street urchin named Aladdin who was, let’... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Opinion
What's Up Doc? Political Documentaries in 2009.
Following on from the release of several critically acclaimed political documentaries in recent months, Gail Tolley explores the role of such films in what many regard as apathetic times. Read more »| 21 Jul 2009 -
Opinion
Burma or Bust
One of the most common narratives in cinema, that of the flawed protagonist whose various problems (chiefly represented by a rival) serve as the catalyst t... Read more »| 17 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
EIFF 2009: And that's a wrap!
The Skinny’s Film Editor Gail Tolley talks through her highlights of this year’s film festival. Unmade Beds – A beautiful and sensitive ac... Read more »| 29 Jun 2009 -
Festivals
EIFF 2009: Antichrist
I reach the Cineworld Fountainbridge in the nick of time to catch Antichrist. I walk through wind and rain to get there (rather appropriately as it turns out... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009 -
Festivals
EIFF 2009: Day One
Believe it or not, but this is my first Edinburgh International Film Festival. I know, I know, and I call myself a film buff. The closest I’ve ever com... Read more »| 20 Jun 2009 -
Festivals
Intruders at the EIFF
To boldly go where no man has gone before - a phrase that remains inextricable from a certain sci-fi telly series, and one with limited application to anyone... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009