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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FestivalsEIFF 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 -
FestivalsEIFF 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 -
FestivalsEIFF 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 -
Opinion
Christian's Salvation?
All publicity is good publicity, as the truism goes, but to whom the publicity is of benefit to is another matter. It’s proven to be the undoing ... Read more »| 05 Jun 2009 -
Opinion
Cannes at the Countryside
As the Cannes Film Festival rolls up the red carpet for another year, it's a curious point to note that one of the enduring impressions of the festival, to s... Read more »| 28 May 2009
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FestivalsCannes 2009: The Highs, The Lows and The Gore
We came, we saw, and gore and horror conquered. Gail Tolley brings you the most talked about films from this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
Opinion
Cannes 2009: Jim Carrey stops by
Jim Carrey made a fleeting visit to the film festival to introduce his gay rom-com I Love You, Philip Morris. “I’m just a cog in the machin... Read more »| 22 May 2009 -
Opinion
Cannes 2009: Lars and Loach take to the red carpet
Two very different films were recently shown in short succession here at Cannes: Lars von Trier’s highly anticipated ‘horror’ film Antichri... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
Opinion
Cannes 2009: Crime seems to pay at this year’s festival
There has been a spate of crime-related films over the last couple of days in Cannes. First up was the exceptional Un Prophete, a film that will surely be a... Read more »| 18 May 2009 -
Opinion
Cannes 2009: Day 3 on La Croisette
Friday morning on La Croistte was greeted with torrential rain. Journalists huddled under their umbrellas before running up the sodden red carpeted steps in... Read more »| 16 May 2009 -
Opinion
Cannes 2009: In the Mood for Blood
Press screenings at Cannes have the reputation for being potentially raucous affairs, with the world’s press often vocal in their reaction to certain f... Read more »| 15 May 2009 -
Opinion
Cannes 2009: Moving on Up
Ah Cannes, the red carpets, the stars, the glitz and glamour, the sexy 3D specs...?! The world's most famous film festival will kick off tonight with Disney... Read more »| 13 May 2009 -
Opinion
End of Days: Dead by Dawn, Day 4
We really are the walking dead by now. Four days of constant horror and precious few hours of sleep has taken its toll at last. Three hours this morning: i... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
OpinionClaws Out
Today’s long-awaited release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine presents an interesting conundrum, which I’ll get to later. It’s perhaps m... Read more »| 01 May 2009