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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InterviewsCorin Sworn on new film On Weaving
As part of their residency at Alchemy Film and Arts, artists Luke Fowler and Corin Sworn have made On Weaving, a film considering the legacies of textile artists Bernat and Margaret Klein through the lens of their modernist home. Sworn tells us more Read more »| 25 Apr 2025 -
InterviewsLeonardo Van Dijl on Julie Keeps Quiet
Belgian drama Julie Keeps Quiet centres on a teen tennis prodigy who's trying to keep it together during an abuse scandal at her elite tennis academy. Director Leonardo Van Dijl explains his inspirations for the film and his hopes for its reception Read more »| 21 Apr 2025 -
InterviewsDéa Kulumbegashvili on abortion drama April
Georgian filmmaker Déa Kulumbegashvili talks to us about the making of her abortion drama April and the role of cinema in the face of repressive systems Read more »| 21 Apr 2025 -
InterviewsAlchemy 2025: Maxime Jean-Baptiste on Kouté vwa
Maxime Jean-Baptiste returns to Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival with Kouté vwa, a hybrid documentary concerned with familial grief, coming-of-age and the shadow of colonialism in French Guiana. He talks to us about blending fact and fiction Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
InterviewsCan't Get No Sleep: Meet the director and star of Restless
Restless taps into a nightmare scenario that will be familiar to many: being sent around the bend by annoying neighbours. Its director Jed Hart and star Lyndsey Marshal tell us more about this stylish, tense and very funny British thriller Read more »| 02 Apr 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Ruaridh Mollica on Sebastian
Scottish actor Ruaridh Mollica is about to go stratospheric. He's recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and been garnering much praise for his lead role in provocative queer drama Sebastian. He discusses the latter ahead of its UK release Read more »| 01 Apr 2025
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InterviewsJulian Glander on Boys Go to Jupiter
Julian Glander's debut feature, vaporwave animation Boys Go to Jupiter, is a delightful hangout movie with a sci-fi twist. We spoke to Glander about the film ahead of its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival earlier this month Read more »| 20 Mar 2025 -
InterviewsAlonso Ruizpalacios on La Cocina
Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios is one of the most daring filmmakers in world cinema, but he's yet to have a mainstream breakthrough. His fourth feature, La Cocina, a drama set in a high-pressure restaurant kitchen, should change that Read more »| 18 Mar 2025 -
InterviewsThe Skinny On... Shaun Williamson
Star of Extras, Life's Too Short and the iconic role of Barry from Eastenders, Shaun Williamson has been taking the clubs of the music festivals circuit by storm with his BARRIOKE karaoke night. He brings his gripes with the tax man to the Q&A Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
InterviewsNeil Brand on HippFest and silent film composition
Composer Neil Brand is a regular fixture at silent film festival HippFest, where he's performed dozens of live scores over the years. At the 15th HippFest he'll be given a new challenge: improvise the score for a film he's never seen before Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
InterviewsImperfect Harmony: Jim Hosking on Ebony & Ivory
With his knack for combining the bizarre with the poignant, Jim Hosking has proven himself a one-off in British cinema. We chat to him about his latest cult film in the making, Ebony & Ivory, ahead of its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
BooksXuanlin Tham on new book Revolutionary Desires
We chat with Edinburgh-based author and film curator Xuanlin Tham about their debut book, an incisive and intricate exploration of the politics of the sex scene Read more »| 03 Mar 2025 -
InterviewsGints Zilbalodis on Oscar-winning animation Flow
The major underdog at this year's Oscars was Flow, a low-budget, dialogue-free animation from Latvia about a band of animals surviving the end of the world. We speak to director Gints Zilbalodis about his beguiling film Read more »| 28 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsJames McArdle on Hamlet, baddies & new film Four Mothers
James McArdle is a familiar face from stage and television, but he's yet to lead a movie. That all changes with Four Mothers, in which he plays an Irish novelist caring for his elderly mother Read more »| 27 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsVera Drew on becoming The People’s Joker
Following the flop of Folie à Deux, you might think the world domination of comic book movies is coming to an end – but Vera Drew, director of supervillain satire The People's Joker, has united hundreds of artists in the crossover event of the century Read more »| 17 Feb 2025