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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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
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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 -
InterviewsSweetheart: A new kind of coming-out movie
New coming-of-age film Sweetheart is a fresh take on the coming-out drama: it's more concerned with what happens next. Writer-director Marley Morrison and star Nell Barlow discuss the supportive shoot and avoiding the cliches of queer cinema Read more »| 01 Mar 2021 -
InterviewsBen Sharrock on moving refugee comedy Limbo
Humour and humanity abound in Limbo, Ben Sharrock's moving deadpan comedy about a group of refugees killing time on a desolate Scottish island, patiently hoping to be granted visas Read more »| 19 Feb 2021 -
FestivalsLawrence Michael Levine on Black Bear
Aubrey Plaza is a revelation in Lawrence Michael Levine's surprising dark comedy Black Bear. Levine got the idea from a dream – over our chat we dig into his subconscious and the surreal film's hidden meanings Read more »| 18 Feb 2021 -
InterviewsInto the Dark takes us into the Polar Night
American filmmaker and photographer Michael O Snyder plunges us into the Polar Night with his latest documentary Into the Dark, which follows a team of scientists studying the Arctic's hardiest marine life Read more »| 11 Feb 2021 -
InterviewsMatthew Rankin on gonzo biopic The Twentieth Century
Matthew Rankin's wildly imaginative debut feature, The Twentieth Century, is a bizarro reimagining of Canada's most celebrated prime minister Read more »| 10 Feb 2021 -
InterviewsMariah Garnett on Trouble
Glasgow Short Film Festival presents Mariah Garnett's Trouble at this year's Document festival. Blending fact and fiction, it looks at the legacy of the Troubles through the lived experience of her estranged Northern Irish father. Garnett tells us more Read more »| 27 Jan 2021 -
InterviewsJustin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Synchronic
Directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with time-travelling movie Synchronic. The pair discuss making ambitious sci-fi on a shoestring, their hatred of exposition and nostalgia as a toxic drug Read more »| 20 Jan 2021 -
InterviewsNatalie Krinsky on The Broken Hearts Gallery
The mores of the Hollywood romantic comedy get a welcome upgrade with the irresistibly charming The Broken Hearts Gallery. Its writer-director, Natalie Krinsky, explains how her vivacious debut both embraces and subverts the genre Read more »| 07 Jan 2021