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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InterviewsThe making of one-shot restaurant thriller Boiling Point
Actor Philip Barantini makes a splash behind the camera with the breakneck restaurant thriller Boiling Point, which was filmed in one shot in a real London eatery. He discusses the tension of the long take and trying to complete the film before lockdown Read more »| 05 Jan 2022 -
InterviewsWhy Palme d'Or-winning horror Titane is all about love
Julia Ducournau, the director of cult horror Raw, explores the boundaries of sexuality and genre with her uninhibited new film Titane. We speak to Ducournau and Titane's game-for-anything star, Agathe Rousselle, about this brutal film's tender core Read more »| 16 Dec 2021 -
InterviewsMaking Connections: Mark Cousins on his two new documentaries
We catch up with the ever-inspiring Mark Cousins – Scotland's most prolific and critically acclaimed documentarian – ahead of the release of two new films shot through with his irrepressible passion for cinema Read more »| 08 Dec 2021 -
InterviewsTime Warp: Céline Sciamma on Petite Maman
Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Tomboy director Céline Sciamma returns to the world of childhood in her intimate time-travel film Petite Maman, in which a grieving eight-year-old girl meets her mother at the same age Read more »| 16 Nov 2021 -
InterviewsDénes Nagy on WWII drama Natural Light
Hungarian director Dénes Nagy discusses his bracing new World War Two film Natural Light, which follows a Hungarian soldier tasked with keeping order in occupied Ukraine at the behest of the Axis Powers Read more »| 09 Nov 2021 -
InterviewsWhat's Up Doc? Scotland's lively documentary scene
Scottish documentary appears in rude health. We speak to some of the emerging voices in this nurturing doc scene to get a flavour of what makes it so vibrant and discover what's been enabling this success Read more »| 07 Oct 2021
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InterviewsECA Animation Graduates Look to the Future
While most of the film industry ground to a halt during the pandemic lockdowns, animators continued to work industriously in isolation. We speak to three recent graduates from Edinburgh College of Art to hear what their future holds Read more »| 05 Oct 2021 -
FestivalsAll change at Scottish Queer International Film Festival
Scottish Queer International Film Festival’s new programmers Nat Lall and Jamie Rea tell us what they're bringing to this always lively and inclusive celebration of LGBTQIA+ filmmaking Read more »| 24 Sep 2021 -
InterviewsChristine Molloy and Joe Lawlor on Rose Plays Julie
Irish filmmakers Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor speak to us about their slippery new thriller Rose Plays Julie Read more »| 13 Sep 2021 -
FestivalsEmily Munro on climate documentary Living Proof
Ahead of Glasgow's UN Climate Conference (aka COP26), Take One Action film festival presents Living Proof – A Climate Story, an evocative documentary exploring Scotland's complex relationship to the global climate crisis, told using archive footage Read more »| 13 Sep 2021 -
InterviewsOn the set of Our Ladies with author Alan Warner
Back in 2018, the film adaptation of Alan Warner's The Sopranos was filming in Edinburgh. Three years later, the film – now titled Our Ladies – finally reaches Scottish cinemas. Here's our on-set chat with the author, over a bracingly expensive whisky Read more »| 17 Aug 2021 -
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