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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InterviewsClint Mansell on channelling punk spirit on Loving Vincent
Clint Mansell on his work on oil-painted Van Gogh film Loving Vincent, and how his punk mindset helped him to find affinity with the post-impressionist painter Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
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Armando Iannucci on satire, Trump and The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci is back with the strange and brilliant The Death of Stalin. We talk to the director about navigating the line between comedy and tragedy, the film’s unplanned parallels to Donald Trump and the role of satire in today’s society Read more »| 03 Oct 2017 -
InterviewsMichael Winterbottom on Wolf Alice doc On the Road
Michael Winterbottom makes his first tour documentary (with a twist) with On the Road, which follows alt-rock group Wolf Alice playing in support of their acclaimed debut album. We spoke to the filmmaker about his unique fiction-nonfiction hybrid Read more »| 02 Oct 2017 -
InterviewsPeter Mackie Burns on vibrant comedy Daphne
Daphne, the debut feature film by Glaswegian director Peter Mackie Burns, is both a hilarious character study of a 30-something hedonist and an expressive portrait of modern London. We speak to Burns about bringing it to the screen Read more »| 29 Sep 2017 -
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A fond farewell to the soulful Harry Dean Stanton
With last week's death of Harry Dean Stanton – whose film career stretched from the 1950s to new feature Lucky – cinema lost one of its most iconic character actors. Lucky's director, John Carroll Lynch, tells us about giving Stanton his final role Read more »| 22 Sep 2017 -
FestivalsKrafta Doc: Scotland's newest film festival
The creative process is under the spotlight at Krafta Doc, a new documentary film festival devoted to the work of artists, craftspeople and designers, from world famous creatives to unsung artisans Read more »| 19 Sep 2017
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Festivals
Jennifer Reeder on filmmaking for social justice
Chicago-based filmmaker Jennifer Reeder talks us through Signature Move, her quietly radical new feature following the love story between a Pakistani lawyer and a Latina bookshop owner, which closes this year's Scottish Queer International Film Festival Read more »| 08 Sep 2017 -
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Boiling Point: the doc exploring Finland's far right
Finnish documentary Boiling Point is a cool-headed look at an increasingly incendiary subject: immigration. The film's director, Elina Hirvonen, tells us why she wanted to create a documentary that treats people on both sides of the debate as human beings Read more »| 05 Sep 2017 -
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Discover Patti Cake$: the feel-good indie about a plus-size rapper
Former indie rocker-turned-director Geremy Jasper offers an uplifting underdog story about a plus-sized rapper from New Jersey who dares to dream big Read more »| 31 Aug 2017 -
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Benedict Andrews on Rooney Mara's powerful drama Una
Theatre vet Benedict Andrews makes his film debut with Una, an adaptation of David Harrower's play Blackbird. We talk to the director about stars Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, Bergman, and the difficulties in making a film about child abuse trauma Read more »| 30 Aug 2017 -
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Stanley Tucci on Alberto Giacometti, Michael Bay and creativity
When he's not stealing scenes as Hollywood's finest character actor, Stanley Tucci writes and directs comic studies about creative people. His latest is a love letter to Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti and his struggle to complete his final portrait Read more »| 10 Aug 2017 -
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A look inside Lynchian psychodrama The Ghoul
Gareth Tunley and Tom Meeten discuss making mind-bending psychological thriller The Ghoul Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
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David Lowery on A Ghost Story
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery returns with a ghost story like you've never seen before Read more »| 19 Jul 2017 -
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Michael Showalter on The Big Sick
The Big Sick, a quirky love story drawn from real life, is one of the year's funniest comedies. Director Michael Showalter tells us about balancing laughs and drama for his third feature as director Read more »| 18 Jul 2017 -
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Flying Lotus on 'the grossest movie ever’ Kuso
Steven Ellison, better known as music producer Flying Lotus, gives us the lowdown on Kuso, his wild, inventive, moving, political and completely gross first feature film Read more »| 11 Jul 2017