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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OpinionGlasgow Youth Film Festival – Young Programmers' Picks
Glasgow Youth Film Festival, the innovative event programmed by Glasgow teens aged 15 to 19, returns with another programme blending new and older films that speak to younger audiences. Some of this year’s programmers talk us through their highlights Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
OpinionEdinburgh Film Festival 2022: 15 Must-See Films
Of course, we recommend you make it opener Aftersun and closer After Yang, although tickets are currently like gold dust. Here are 15 other must-see titles from EIFF's programme Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
TravelEdinburgh on Screen
With its cobbled streets and Gothic architecture, Edinburgh is a dream for filmmakers. Here are four local favourites to return to that make great use of the various sides of the city Read more »| 11 Jul 2022 -
FestivalsHighlights from the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Skinny returned to Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where we found the annual Crystal Globe competition bursting with invention, and had the chance to catch some stunning films fresh from the Berlinale and Cannes Read more »| 08 Jul 2022 -
OpinionParis, Texas and the Masculine Urge to Walk into the Desert
With Wim Wenders' masterpiece Paris, Texas back in cinemas this month, one writer explores the film's central motif of a taciturn man trying to make amends after abandoning his life and his loved ones Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
OpinionA Bad Feeling About This: Solving Star Wars' problems
Recent Star Wars instalments have struggled to deliver the series' mythic tropes without retreading old ground. How does the new series Obi-Wan Kenobi fare? Read more »| 30 Jun 2022
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OpinionI’d Rather Be a Pig Than a Fascist: 30 Years of Porco Rosso
Porco Rosso, Hayao Miyazaki's enchanting adventure film about a first world war fighter pilot who helps battle fascists in Italy, even though he's transformed into a pig-man, turns 30. We look back at this anti-war masterpiece Read more »| 09 Jun 2022 -
OpinionGen Z's gateway cultural education in Stranger Things
Gen Zs are discovering the delights of Kate Bush through coming-of-age sci-fi hit Stranger Things, and cultural gatekeepers are outraged. But they shouldn't get in such a tizzy. Classic art has always been recontextualised by contemporary pop culture Read more »| 06 Jun 2022 -
OpinionThe Beautiful Game on the Silver Screen
I Am Zlatan is released 3 Jun by Signature Films Read more »| 06 Jun 2022 -
OpinionTen Films to Watch this International Workers Day
Workers of the world, unite! And also watch these films from all over the world exploring workers' rights and the power of unionisation Read more »| 27 Apr 2022 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2021: Our Writers' Top 10s
The top tens, honourable mentions and least-liked films of 2021 from The Skinny's ever-excellent roster of film writers Read more »| 09 Dec 2021 -
Opinion16 Overlooked and Underrated Films from 2021
If you blinked this year you likely missed these much-misunderstood films when they played to empty auditoriums at your local theatres – if they made it to cinemas at all! Use the holidays to seek out these delightful cinematic oddballs and rejects Read more »| 09 Dec 2021 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2021
The history books will record 2021 as the year the movies bounced back from the brink, but the pandemic had little impact on the quality of work on our screens. Whether you saw these films in theatres or on your laptop, their artistry shone brightly Read more »| 29 Nov 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Zoë Tomalin on American Pie
Comedian, writer, producer and Edinburgh International TV Festival 'One to Watch' Zoë Tomalin takes a trip back to 1999 and immerses herself in teen comedy American Pie Read more »| 17 Nov 2021 -
OpinionThe Great Virtual Comeback: Scottish Film & the Pandemic
We meet some of the Scottish filmmakers and programmers whose working lives have been profoundly reshaped by the pandemic Read more »| 21 Oct 2021