Interviews
Immerse yourself in behind the scene brilliance with The Skinny’s film interviews. Directors, actors, musicians, and more share their stories and artistic approaches to film. You’ll also find interviews with film festival producers.
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InterviewsFeels on Wheels: Harry Lighton on Pillion
Pillion dives into the sub-dom relationship between a meek traffic warden (Harry Melling) and a hunky biker (Alexander Skarsgård). Writer-director Harry Lighton tells us more about his funny, horny, tender and thoughtful debut feature Read more »| 24 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsJulia Ducournau and Tahar Rahim on Alpha
Julia Ducournau's latest film Alpha tells the story of a mysterious pandemic of the 80s and 90s – just don't call it an AIDS analogy, and certainly don't assume it's about alpha males. Ducournau and actor Tahar Rahim tell us more Read more »| 11 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsDiscover Eva Victor's must-see debut Sorry, Baby on MUBI
Eva Victor rewrites the script on films about trauma with their funny, tender drama Sorry, Baby. Discover this fresh new voice in cinema and their essential black comedy Sorry, Baby while it streams exclusively on MUBI Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsLynne Ramsay on Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay's back after eight years away with Die My Love, which takes her fans on another atmospheric trip into a disturbed psyche. The Scottish director discusses working with Jennifer Lawrence and lacing her intense movie with gallows humour Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: David Mackenzie on Relay
David Mackenzie returns with the sharp and twisty Relay. We catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers in Relay and why he tries to avoid repeating himself Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsIndigo Korres on ten years of SQIFF
Scottish Queer International Film Festival turns ten – the festival's director, Indigo Korres, reflects on SQIFF's contribution to Scotland's queer scene over the past decade, looks to its future and helps pick out some highlights from this year's event Read more »| 14 Oct 2025
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InterviewsScotland on Screen: Robert Aramayo on I Swear
The Rings of Power star Robert Aramayo swaps Elvish for expletives in I Swear, a funny and tender real-life drama based on the life of John Davidson, a man from Galashiels with Tourette syndrome Read more »| 07 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsCreating a Trans Cinema: Louise Weard on Castration Movie
Louise Weard's Castration Movie now spans over nine hours of chaotic, cathartic, camcorder footage. The Canadian director discusses the origins of the project and her influences in creating a cinema “by, for and about trans people” Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsJali Collective brings African cinema to Edinburgh
Meet the Jali Collective, a group of curators widening access to Black, African and diaspora cinema in Scotland. The collective's founding trio lay out their aims, and we look ahead to some highlights of their inaugural weekender Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsFrank Dillane on his starring role in Urchin
Fear the Walking Dead star Frank Dillane gives a wonderful performance in Urchin, the debut film from Babygirl actor Harris Dickinson. We catch up with Dillane, who tells us about his character Mike – a young, homeless man trying to get by in London Read more »| 03 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsSam Riley on Islands
Sam Riley gives one of his finest performances in Islands as a washed-up tennis player who gets embroiled in a mystery. Riley tells us why he related to the character and what, to him, makes for great acting Read more »| 09 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsBetter Worlds: Take One Action 2025 preview
Take One Action's director Rachel Hamada introduces this year's festival, which takes place under the banner of Real Utopias Read more »| 09 Sep 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: David Hayman
David Hayman discusses his debut feature, Silent Scream, a forgotten Scottish masterpiece from 1990, ahead of a screening at EIFF in tribute to the film's late, great producer, Paddy Higson Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
InterviewsCharlie Shackleton on Zodiac Killer Project
Charlie Shackleton was about to make a film about the Zodiac Killer when the rights to the source material fell through, leaving him to make Zodiac Killer Project, a meta documentary about the film he wasn't permitted to make Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
InterviewsQueer Me Out: new queer cinema at Edinburgh Film Festival
Four out of the ten films competing in this year's Sean Connery Prize for Filmmaking Excellence at EIFF concern LGBTQ+ themes. We speak to these films' directors to explore what their work reveals about queer indie cinema in 2025 Read more »| 06 Aug 2025