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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InterviewsPaul Schrader interview: “Movies aren't going away”
After a bruising experience on his last film, Dying of the Light, which was taken off him on completion and re-cut, Paul Schrader is back with full artistic control for wild crime caper Dog Eat Dog Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
InterviewsJon Nguyen on his David Lynch doc The Art Life
With Twin Peaks coming back to TV, we have David Lynch on our mind. But where has he been for the last decade? Jon Nguyen, director of brilliant new doc Davi... Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
InterviewsLoving the Alien: Amy Adams on Arrival
Amy Adams can do it all. She can sing, she can dance, and now, in new sci-fi film Arrival, she can talk to aliens. We here from this talented actor when she recently attended the London Film Festival. Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
InterviewsBenedict Wong on starring in Doctor Strange
From a Manchester comic book store to Marvel magic – British East-Asian actor Benedict Wong on starring in Doctor Strange If you were to examine... Read more »| 25 Oct 2016 -
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Ken Loach interview: "I want people to be angry"
For five decades, Ken Loach has used cinema as a tool to expose social injustices within society. With his latest, I, Daniel Blake, Loach turns his attention to the UK's humiliating welfare system. It's a barnstormer, and his best film in years. Read more »| 21 Oct 2016 -
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Justin Kelly on gay porn drama King Cobra
We speak to filmmaker Justin Kelly about true-crime tale King Cobra, in which James Franco stars as a porn producer ready to kill to work with the hottest ne... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016
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Michael Peña on War on Everyone
Cops, chemistry and comedy: Michael Peña talks War on Everyone Although he has a slew of big Hollywood titles to his name, Michael Peña is an ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
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Daniel Radcliffe on Swiss Army Man & Imperium
With two releases in as many weeks, former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe discusses what he is looking for in his future Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Stephen Cone on Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
Ahead of the Scottish premiere of Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party at SQIFF, we speak to the film’s director, Stephen Cone, about his sensitive appr... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
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Michael Barbieri: from Little Men to Spider-Man
From a Sundance indie to the Spider-Man reboot, it's been an eventful six months for emerging actor Michael Barbieri. We speak to the 14-year-old about keepi... Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
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Andrew Dominik on Nick Cave & One More Time With Feeling
Australian director Andrew Dominik recalls his first time meeting Nick Cave, and explains how his Cave doc One More Time With Feeling is really a f... Read more »| 07 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Take One Action: Kicking against the radical right
With a wave of right-wing rhetoric bringing Donald Trump to within a hair’s breadth of the US presidency, we look at two films from this year’s Take One Action! Film Festival kicking back against America’s lurch to the right Read more »| 06 Sep 2016 -
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David Mackenzie: Trying to Avoid Genre
Scottish filmmaker David Mackenzie, director of Young Adam, Perfect Sense and Starred Up, talks genre, atmosphere and shooting under pressure ahead of the re... Read more »| 06 Sep 2016 -
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Taika Waititi on Hunt for the Wilderpeople
From the set of Marvel's latest movie, Taika Waititi takes a break from shooting Thor: Ragnarok to discuss his thrilling indie coming-of-age film Hunt for the Wilderpeople Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
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Ira Sachs on Little Men
Ira Sachs is proving to be one of the most humane voices in American cinema. We catch up with him ahead of the release of his sixth film, Little Men Ira Sac... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016