Cinéma Rosé: Kim Longinotto
By . Published 13 September 2011
We speak to award winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto about her latest documentary, Pink Saris
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Steampunk Horror: An Interview with Leigh Whannell and James Wan
By . Published 12 September 2011Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell swap grisly torture porn for chilling horror in their latest collaboration Insidious
Something for the Weekend: Interview with Karl Golden
By . Published 01 September 2011The Skinny caught up with Pelican Blood director Karl Golden to discuss his new film Weekender, a love letter to the early 90s rave scene
Hero Worship: Brian De Palma
By . Published 01 September 2011"I came for the naked school girls, I stayed for De Palma's baroque brilliance." Film editor Jamie Dunn gives us an insight into his adoration of Brian de Palma
Blood in Your Mobile: An Interview with Frank Poulsen
By . Published 29 August 2011We speak to Blood in the Mobile director Frank Poulsen about blood minerals and his dark journey into the military controlled mines of the Congo
Can Cinema Change The World?
By . Published 29 August 2011Can the same art form that pacifies mobile phone-fiddling prepubescents also bring about social and political change? We put this question to some of the filmmakers and activists attending Take...
Cinema Odyssey: An Interview with Mark Cousins
By . Published 29 August 2011The Story of Film: An Odyssey tells the history of the moving image, from the simple thrill of the Lumière Brothers to the hi-tech digital age. We speak to its...
Bureaucratic Fairytales: An Interview with André Øvredal
By . Published 29 August 2011We hunt down director André Øvredal at this year's Edinburgh Film Festival to discuss his new mockumentary TrollHunter, a tale of mythical monsters and mid-level employee paperwork
Easy Riders, Raging Cinephiles: An Interview with Matthew Lloyd
By . Published 11 August 2011How The Movie Brats Took Over Edinburgh looks at the years when Edinburgh Film Festival punched above its weight on the world festival circuit. We speak to Matthew Lloyd, the...
Citizen Nim: An interview with James Marsh
By . Published 04 August 2011Raised in 70s New York bohemia, Project Nim's eponymous chimp really was the king of the swingers. We speak to Man on Wire director James Marsh about his latest documentary
Bringing Film Back to the Festival
By . Published 02 August 2011Ever since Edinburgh International Film Festival moved to its June slot, cinema has been at the fringes of Edinburgh's August festivities. We preview three events that are bringing film back
Director Romain Gavras: “You become crazy when you don't embrace your environment"
By . Published 01 August 2011We speak to Romain Gavras, the controversial director who caused a shitstorm with his ginger genocide promo for M.I.A.'s Born Free, about his bracing first feature film Our Day Will...
Chris Weitz: Hollywood Chameleon
By . Published 29 July 2011Genre hopping director Chris Weitz swaps sparkly vampires for real stakes in humanistic drama A Better Life
The World and Bobby Fischer: an interview with Liz Garbus
By . Published 13 July 2011The Skinny talks to filmmaker Liz Garbus about her documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World, which charts the turbulent life of the legendary chess grandmaster Interview: David McGinty...
Starter for eleven: Craig Roberts
By . Published 12 July 2011Submarine star Craig Roberts, the streetest gangsta from Maesycwmmer, south Wales, tests his knowledge of his hero, Eminem. But will he know enough to win that coveted haggis supper?
Jamie Thraves & Aidan Gillen on Treacle Jr.
By . Published 07 July 2011Treacle Jr. reunites director Jamie Thraves with his leading man from The Low Down, Aidan Gillen. We talked to the pair back in February when they were in Glasgow for...
Chris O'Dowd joins the Apatow IT crowd
By . Published 22 June 2011From IT slob to Hollywood love interest – The Skinny chats to Chris O'Dowd about his winning role in Bridesmaids
Lucy Walker Interview or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb
By . Published 14 June 2011Countdown to Zero is a chilling documentary tracing mankind's precocious relationship to the atom bomb. The film's director, Lucy Walker, talks to The Skinny about the ever-present nuclear threat
Teenage Daydream: Interview with Gregg Araki
By . Published 10 June 2011Gregg Araki, director of new queer cinema freak-outs Totally Fucked Up and The Doom Generation, talks to The Skinny about his latest pop-art paean to teenage sexual liberation, Kaboom
EIFF 2011: Stranger Than Fiction
By . Published 03 June 2011Documentaries make up a third of the features showing at this year's EIFF. The Skinny preview this strong doc line-up, which includes Project Nim, the new film from Man on...
