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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InterviewsBryan Cranston on Isle of Dogs
In Wes Anderson's joyful stop motion animation Isle of Dogs, Bryan Cranston stars as a mangy mutt with anger issues. The Breaking Bad actor tells us why he was perfect for the role and why Anderson's film is much more than just a hip kids' film Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
InterviewsEye Haïdara on French comedy C'est la vie!
The writer-directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache return with delightful French comedy C'est la vie! At the film's UK premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival, we sat down with one of the ensemble's stars, Eye Haïdara Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
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Marcelo Martinessi on The Heiresses
A multiple prize-winner at this year's Berlinale, The Heiresses is a moving twist on the LGBTQIA+ coming of age genre, in that it's about an older gay woman embracing new things. We speak to Paraguayan director Marcelo Martinessi about making the film Read more »| 01 Aug 2018 -
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Brett Haley on Hearts Beat Loud, a balm for our crazy world
Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman shows his softer side in Hearts Beat Loud, a sweet hug of a movie focused on the bond between a father and his daughter. Writer-director Brett Haley talks to us about the making of this music-filled crowd-pleaser Read more »| 27 Jul 2018 -
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Sergio G Sánchez on The Secret of Marrowbone
The Spanish filmmaker talks to us about his directorial debut The Secret of Marrowbone, an old-school horror with a mystery at its centre. While visiting Edinburgh Film Festival, we also spoke to him about his talented cast and the rude health of horror Read more »| 13 Jul 2018 -
Festivals
How Richard Linklater help change US indie cinema
Speaking at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Richard Linklater discusses the legacy of the Austin Film Society alongside fellow Austin filmmakers David Zellner and Andrew Bujalski Read more »| 06 Jul 2018
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Ethan Hawke on First Reformed
Since starring in sci-fi comedy Explorers as a teen, Ethan Hawke has been ubiquitous on our screens. Three decades later he gives perhaps his finest performance yet as a priest going through an existential crisis in Paul Schrader's First Reformed Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
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Kevin Macdonald on his Whitney Houston documentary
Kevin Macdonald's latest film is a heartfelt documentary about the troubled life of iconic singer Whitney Houston. The Scottish director explains his compassionate but honest approach to telling the singer's story Read more »| 26 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Joe Dante on Gremlins and modern horror movies
The sharp and witty director of Gremlins, Innerspace and The Howling visited Edinburgh International Film Festival to provide an insightful overview of his rich career Read more »| 26 Jun 2018 -
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Welcome to Scottish zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse
Fancy seeing a yuletide zombie musical shot in Port Glasgow? Genre mashup Anna and the Apocalypse is reportedly a zesty take on the zombie movie. We find out more from its director ahead of its UK premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 22 Jun 2018 -
FestivalsMatt Palmer on bruising Scottish thriller Calibre
Matt Palmer's debut film Calibre, a sinewy thriller set in the Highlands, is soon to make its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival. We talk to him about channeling 1970s genre films and casting Jack Lowden before Hollywood comes calling Read more »| 15 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Mark Cousins on The Eyes of Orson Welles
Mark Cousins' latest film explores the life and work of Orson Welles through the huge archive of drawings the Citizen Kane director made across his life. Cousins tells us how studying these sketches brought him closer to his filmmaking hero Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
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François Ozon on sexy, twisty thriller L’Amant Double
French auteur François Ozon is back on provocative form with L'Amant Double, a feverish sex thriller that puts Fifty Shades of Grey in the shade Read more »| 31 May 2018 -
FestivalsLooking back at the absurd, gonzo brilliance of Alex Winter’s Freaked
Ahead of its screening at cult movie festival Weird Weekend, we look back at 1993 comedy Freaked with its co-writer and co-director Alex Winter bka Bill S Preston Esq Read more »| 31 May 2018 -
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Were the 1980s a golden age for female filmmaking?
A shimmering highlight of this year's EIFF is its American Woman retrospective celebrating female filmmakers of the 1980s. Ahead of the festival, we talk to Smithereens director Susan Seidelman, one of the pioneering female filmmakers of this era Read more »| 28 May 2018