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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InterviewsInto the Ghibliverse: Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham on their new book
Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham have spent the last six years celebrating Studio Ghibli with their podcast Ghibliotheque. Their new book, Ghibliverse: Studio Ghibli Beyond the Films, dives even deeper and wider Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsScotland's Film Festival Scene: Vibrant but Running on Fumes
Scotland has a plentitude of film festivals but there's an increasing scarcity of funding available to support them. In a month overflowing with film events, we take the temperature on this vibrant but precarious scene Read more »| 04 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsOpen Hearts, Open Minds: SQIFF 2024 preview
We hear from SQIFF director Indigo Korres ahead of the ninth edition of this fantastic, forward-thinking film festival celebrating LGBTQ+ cinema Read more »| 01 Oct 2024 -
InterviewsSubversive Shorts: How Eastern Bloc animators evaded Soviet censors
This year's Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival opens with a programme of animation made during the tail end of Soviet rule. Czech filmmaker Michaela Pavlátová tells us how artistic freedom and creativity for animation flourished during this era Read more »| 24 Sep 2024 -
FestivalsTarsem Singh on arthouse epic The Fall
From the archives, our 2008 interview with The Fall director Tarsem Singh on the inspirations behind – and reaction to – his globe-spanning epic Read more »| 24 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsFlirting with the grotesque: Coralie Fargeat on The Substance
The Substance, a gonzo horror starring Demi Moore as an ageing actress who refuses to be put out to pasture, comes to cinemas on a wave of critical acclaim. Director Coralie Fargeat tells us about her love of excess and finding the perfect lead in Moore Read more »| 16 Sep 2024
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InterviewsNaqqash Khalid on In Camera
The relentless grind of being a jobbing actor of colour in the prejudiced UK film industry becomes the stuff of nightmares in Naqqash Khalid's debut feature In Camera. Khalid talks to us about his bold, thrillingly experimental approach Read more »| 09 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsDaniel Kokotajlo on 'hangout horror' Starve Acre
Daniel Kokotajlo dips his toe into the murky water of folk horror with his latest film Starve Acre. He talks to us about his influences, which range from classic British horrors to his experience growing up as a Jehovah's Witness Read more »| 02 Sep 2024 -
InterviewsIrish rappers Kneecap are about to be movie stars
We catch up with two-thirds of Belfast rap group Kneecap ahead of the release of their boisterous and politically sharp eponymous biopic. They discuss the Irish language, Belfast movie clichés and Michael Fassbender's inappropriate apparel Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsFede Álvarez on Alien: Romulus
Fede Álvarez is the latest in the long line of directors to have a crack at the Alien franchise with Alien: Romulus. We spoke to Álvarez ahead of the film's screening at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 16 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsNathan Silver on Between the Temples
Nathan Silver has long been one of the most exciting voices of American indie cinema but his fiercely intelligent films have not received the wide recognition they deserve. His fantastic ninth feature, Between the Temples, should change that Read more »| 15 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsMark Cousins on A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Every time we blink it seems Mark Cousins has made a new film. The prolific Edinburgh-based director is back with a documentary celebrating the undersung talent of Scottish abstract artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Read more »| 13 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsNora Fingscheidt on the Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt's adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s The Outrun will open Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024. The German writer-director talks about turning Liptrot’s prose into cinema, shooting on Orkney and the talent of her lead actor, Saoirse Ronan Read more »| 01 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsJanis Pugh on Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby is a queer love story and quasimusical that will both break your heart and get your toes tapping. We speak to writer-director Janis Pugh about this irrepressible crowdpleaser Read more »| 19 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsMeet Edinburgh Film Festival's new director, Paul Ridd
Ahead of Edinburgh International Film Festival's programme launch last week, we sat down with Festival director Paul Ridd to discuss his vision for EIFF’s future and the films that have shaped his taste in cinema Read more »| 18 Jul 2024