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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FestivalsRent Out of Shape: Fredrik Gertten on housing doc Push
This year's Take One Action opens with timely doc Push, which takes a compelling deep dive into global housing issues. We speak to Push's director, Fredrik Gertten, who explains that the current crisis is much more complex than rampant gentrification Read more »| 12 Sep 2019 -
InterviewsJohn Waters on his new book, Pink Flamingos and his TV cameos
Ahead of the UK release of his latest book, we talk to 'The Pope of Trash' about his filmmaking legacy... which apparently involves him being recognised more for Chucky and Alvin and the Chipmunks movies than for his transgressive directorial efforts Read more »| 02 Sep 2019 -
InterviewsJoanna Hogg on The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir takes us back to her formative years as a student filmmaker and the Earth-shattering relationship she had with an older man. Fresh from filming The Souvenir Part II, Hogg tells us more about this deeply personal memory piece Read more »| 27 Aug 2019 -
InterviewsTom Schiller on lost masterpiece Nothing Lasts Forever
In 1984, a comic sci-fi starring Bill Murray disappeared without a trace when it was canned by its studio. 35 years later, Nothing Lasts Forever gets its Scottish premiere as part of Weird Weekend – we find out more from its director, Tom Schiller Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
InterviewsMark Jenkin on Bait
Mark Jenkin's hypnotic Bait takes us into the heart of a conflict between a disenfranchised fisherman from Cornwall and the supercilious holidaymakers who infiltrate his town each summer. Jenkin tells us more about his singular approach to filmmaking Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
InterviewsGurinder Chadha and Sarfraz Manzoor on Blinded by the Light
Fancy a Bruce Springsteen musical set in [check notes]...Luton? Director Gurinder Chadha and writer Sarfraz Manzoor tell us how they convinced the Boss to lend his all-American songbook to their film about a Muslim teen coming-of-age in Thatcher's Britain Read more »| 02 Aug 2019
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InterviewsSophie Hyde on hard-drinking flatmates drama Animals
Sophie Hyde, the Australian filmmaker behind 52 Tuesdays, returns with Emma Jane Unsworth adaptation Animals, a tender study of female friendship starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat. Hyde sits down with us to talk adaptation, poetry and Dublin Read more »| 30 Jul 2019 -
InterviewsNick Broomfield on Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Kurt & Courtney, Biggie & Tupac, Whitney Houston – a significant chunk of Nick Broomfield's career has involved exploring the lives of musicians. His latest film, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, is similarly probing, but with a more personal connection Read more »| 26 Jul 2019 -
FestivalsKVIFF 2019: Jan-Ole Gerster on Lara
Talented German filmmaker Jan-Ole Gerster follows-up his arthouse hit Oh Boy with the tragicomic Lara, one of the big winners at this year's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Read more »| 12 Jul 2019 -
InterviewsFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck on Never Look Away
The Lives of Others director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is back with new movie Never Look Away, a decade-spanning epic inspired by Gerhard Richter. The German director talks to us about blurring fact and fiction Read more »| 02 Jul 2019 -
InterviewsHarry Wootliff and stars on Glasgow drama Only You
Glasgow plays a pivotal role in the new romantic drama Only You, which follows a couple from a New Year's Eve hookup to the trials of conceiving a baby. We speak to director Harry Wootliff and stars Laia Costa and Josh O’Connor about the film Read more »| 21 Jun 2019 -
InterviewsAngus Macfadyen on Robert the Bruce
You wait years for a Robert the Bruce film... and then two come along at once. Hot on the heels of Outlaw King, Angus Macfadyen reprises the role he played in Braveheart and tells us why he felt compelled to write an anti-war version of the Bruce legend Read more »| 21 Jun 2019 -
InterviewsPeter Strickland on clothes, class and new film In Fabric
Peter Strickland, long one of the UK's most interesting filmmakers, returns with a sly horror about a demonic frock. He discusses the death of the high street, Britain's obsession with class and his fascination with how clothes make us feel Read more »| 14 Jun 2019 -
InterviewsJim Cummings on Thunder Road: "Jesus Christ, I'm crying the whole time"
Thunder Road's über-talented writer-director-star Jim Cummings tells us how he made the year's most original American indie movie Read more »| 31 May 2019 -
FestivalsJamie Adams on Biffy Clyro and Balance, Not Symmetry
Glasgow-set Balance, Not Symmetry sees indie director Jamie Adams collaborate with Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro for a film about a young woman working through grief; we speak to Adams ahead of its People's Gala screening at Edinburgh Film Festival Read more »| 30 May 2019