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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FestivalsSparks discuss their debut film, Annette
Pop duo Sparks bring their recent shift to a more operatic sound to its natural conclusion with Annette, a baroque musical they wrote with French director Leos Carax, which arrives at Edinburgh International Film Festival this month Read more »| 16 Aug 2021 -
FestivalsAbsolute Denial: Ryan Braund on his indie animation
Sheffield-based filmmaker Ryan Braund presents his first feature film, Absolute Denial, at Edinburgh Film Festival this month. The director talks us through its lockdown origin story Read more »| 16 Aug 2021 -
InterviewsEdgar Wright on his new Sparks documentary
Edgar Wright likes Sparks a fair bit. If The Sparks Brothers, his exuberant 140-minute documentary celebrating the genius pop duo doesn't convince you of that, then our chat with the Shaun of the Dead director surely will Read more »| 29 Jul 2021 -
InterviewsThe Most Beautiful Boy in the World: 50 years later
In 1971, 15-year-old Björn Andrésen became a symbol of youthful beauty after starring in Luchino Visconti’s Death In Venice. Filmmakers Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri tell us why they wanted to tell Andrésen's full story five decades later Read more »| 22 Jul 2021 -
InterviewsQuentin Dupieux on Deerskin
If you're a child of the 90s, you'll remember throbbing techno track Flat Beat from Quentin Dupieux (aka Mr. Oizo). Dupieux now spends most of his time making twisted comedies, and his latest, Deerskin, follows a middle-aged man obsessed with a jacket Read more »| 12 Jul 2021 -
InterviewsThomas Vinterberg on Another Round and Mads Mikkelsen
Thomas Vinterberg returns with boozy new drama Another Round. The great Danish director discusses his country's binge drinking culture, why some of our greatest leaders are massive pissheads and the brilliance of Mads Mikkelsen Read more »| 28 Jun 2021
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InterviewsBen Wheatley on pandemic-shot horror In the Earth
Ben Wheatley is so prolific, it's no surprise he's managed to write and shoot a film during the COVID pandemic. He fills us in on the production of In the Earth ahead of its UK release Read more »| 16 Jun 2021 -
InterviewsEmma Seligman on chaotic black comedy Shiva Baby
Writer-director Emma Seligman talks us through Shiva Baby, her wickedly funny debut feature about a young woman trying to navigate her queer, sexual and Jewish identities Read more »| 07 Jun 2021 -
InterviewsVictor Kossakovsky on Gunda
The star of the latest documentary from Russian director Victor Kossakovsky is a giant pig named Gunda. He hopes that you look on her and her offspring with respect and compassion, and not just wonder what she'll taste like with apple sauce Read more »| 31 May 2021 -
FilmBack to Black: A look ahead to Scottish cinemas reopening
As cinemas across Scotland prepare to return, we speak to three of the country's best independent cinemas to find out how they've been weathering the COVID storm and what they're most looking forward to screening once they reopen Read more »| 03 May 2021 -
InterviewsDuncan Cowles on Scary Adult Things
Duncan Cowles – long one of Scottish short film's most exciting talents – takes his brand of skew-whiff documentary to BBC Scotland with his first TV series, Scary Adult Things Read more »| 08 Apr 2021 -
InterviewsThe Springburn Scorsese: James Price interview
Improbably, Glasgow writer-director James Price has directed a wild music video for Michael Imperioli's band, Zopa. Price tells us how he convinced The Sopranos and Goodfellas star to let him loose on the promo Read more »| 25 Mar 2021 -
InterviewsMeet the stars of Glasgow Short Film Festival 2021
We speak to some of the filmmakers behind our favourite shorts at this year's Glasgow Short Film Festival Read more »| 22 Mar 2021 -
InterviewsShort Circuit: Glasgow Short Film Festival interview
Get the lowdown on Glasgow Short Film Festival's second online edition. They tell us what they've learned after a year of digital festivals and give us some hints about this year's event, which includes dogs and dance but absolutely no Zoom-based dramas Read more »| 10 Mar 2021 -
InterviewsThe Skinny on… Adura Onashile
As Adura Onashile's short film Expensive Shit arrives in film festival programmes this month, we quiz her about dream dinner guests and memories of the before-times Read more »| 08 Mar 2021