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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OpinionCannes 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 -
OpinionCannes 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 -
OpinionCannes 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 -
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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 -
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Claws 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 -
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ZOMBIE INVASION HITS EDINBURGH! (for the 16th time)
DEAD BY DAWN’s finally here! Adele Hartley’s blood splattered labour of love is back in the city for four days of the best horror shorts and in... Read more »| 01 May 2009
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Happy Birthday GFT!
If you tend to prefer your cinemas with a little charm and magic, without overt corporate sponsorship and pesky multiplex convenience, you may also like to k... Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
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Building Rome in a Day: The 48 Hour Film Project 2009
Some quarters of common knowledge suggest that Julius Caesar didn’t build Rome in a day and it took God nearly a week to create the Earth. A widely he... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
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A Short Success
Catriona McInnes’ graduation short I’m in Away from Here has been garnering attention from film festivals across the world. Gail Tolley catches up with the local filmmaker. Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
OpinionA Penne In The Neck
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, is as dogged as he is controversial. Embedded onto the collective consciousness of Italian politics like the ... Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
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The Skinny Guide to Oscar Party Season
Love it or loathe it, Oscar season is here; you can try to avoid the pics of weeping starlets and triumphantly returning has-beens...or you can throw in the towel and host your own Oscar party, with our how-to guide. Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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"My name is Harvey Milk. And I'm here to recruit you."
The release of Milk, the new biopic on the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the US, isn’t a story to be resigned to history. Gail Tolley discusses. Read more »| 13 Jan 2009 -
OpinionFrom the Mat to the Big Screen
As Darren Aronofsky’s new film The Wrestler opens at cinemas, Becky Bartlett looks at the strange trend of wrestlers on the big screen. Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
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On Location: A Scottish Film Travel Guide
Nothing adds romance to a location like an association with the silver screen. Gail Tolley and Michael Gillespie recommend some of the best drama-spots in Scotland Read more »| 05 Jan 2009 -
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Oh My Gort! Another 50s Remake?
With the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still hurtling towards our cinema screens Becky Bartlett investigates the trend of the 1950s remake. Read more »| 05 Dec 2008