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 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
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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 -
InterviewsLaura Carreira introduces On Falling
On Falling takes us inside the empty life of a picker at an Amazon-like warehouse. Edinburgh-based writer-director Laura Carreira tells us why she wanted to explore the physical, financial and spiritual toll of working within the gig economy Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsThe Brutalist director Brady Corbet is trying to save cinema
With his new film The Brutalist grabbing ten Oscar nominations and currently making a robust run in UK cinemas, we catch up with director Brady Corbet Read more »| 06 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsNaoko Yamada on The Colors Within
A Silent Voice director Naoko Yamada talks to us about her latest animation The Colors Within, a vibrant coming-of-age film about a group of teen misfits who form a band Read more »| 27 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Bryan M. Ferguson on Pumpkin Guts
Bryan M. Ferguson's latest short film is Pumpkin Guts, a stylish and hugely imaginative blend of 80s slasher movie and creature feature, shot in Glasgow's Southside for £800 Read more »| 13 Jan 2025 -
InterviewsUncovering the Past: RaMell Ross on Nickel Boys
With his debut fiction film Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross finds a cinematic language to interrogate Black historical narratives that immerse audiences in that history. He discusses his suspicion of image-making and the role of the artist in political change Read more »| 30 Dec 2024 -
InterviewsGuy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Rumours
We chat with Guy Maddin and his regular collaborators Evan and Galen Johnson about Rumours, their new comedy about a crisis at the G7 Summit. They tell us how they embraced a more conventional film style without losing any of their puckish surrealism Read more »| 04 Dec 2024 -
InterviewsManly Tears: Duncan Cowles on Silent Men
Ahead of his debut feature Silent Men, documentarian Duncan Cowles talks to us about getting blokes to open up on camera, the archivist impulse to capture memories and crying as a cure Read more »| 07 Nov 2024 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Jagoda Tłok on short film Care
Care isn't just last year's best Scottish student film, it's probably the best short film made in Scotland that year, period. Edinburgh-based Polish director Jagoda Tłok tells us how its story was inspired by her spell working in Scotland's care system Read more »| 06 Nov 2024