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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InterviewsLost in Music: Mia Hansen-Løve on French Touch movie Eden
Mia Hansen-Løve discusses her brilliant new film Eden, an intimate epic telling the history of the French Touch music scene through one DJ's bloodshot eyes Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Northern Greats: Manchester International Film Festival
The Great Northern Warehouse hosts the inaugural Manchester International Film Festival this July. We caught up with its ambitious organisers to hear of their plans for the event Read more »| 03 Jul 2015 -
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Pet Sights and Sounds: Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy tells the story of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson without falling back on the many cliches of the music biopic. Director Bill Pohlad reveals how he brought the life of this troubled genius to the screen Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
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Chasing Amy: Asif Kapadia on his Amy Winehouse documentary
Asif Kapadia's latest documentary charts the rise and premature demise of controversial soul singer Amy Winehouse. We talk to the sharp-eyed director about the film’s genesis and challenges ahead of its UK premier Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsPostcard from Auld Reekie – Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream
Grant McPhee's ten years in the making Big Gold Dream charts the highs and lows of Edinburgh's post-punk scene. Two of its vanguards, Vic Godard and Malcolm Ross, recall those heady days ahead of the film's world premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival Read more »| 23 Jun 2015 -
InterviewsJohn Boorman: turning money into light
Veteran British filmmaker John Boorman on Lee Marvin, kitchen sink realism and the alchemy of filmmaking Read more »| 12 Jun 2015
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Way Out West: John Maclean on Slow West
For his debut feature film, John Maclean has ventured where few UK filmmakers have gone before: the wild expanse of the Old West. The former Beta Band knob-twiddler talks about going from making films with his bandmates to directing Michael Fassbender Read more »| 08 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Bringing Up Bogdanovich: Peter Bogdanovich on his new comedy She's Funny That Way
Once the 70s wunderkind of American filmmaking, now one of its elder statesman, we chat to Peter Bogdanovich, whose new film, She's Funny That Way, an effervescent screwball throwback, heads to Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 05 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsAction Movie Poet: Walter Hill on his EIFF Retrospective
Today's cinema owes a great debt to the stylish action pictures of Walter Hill. He talks about the trials of being a genre director and his influence on filmmakers like Nicolas Winding Refn ahead of an Edinburgh International Film Festival retrospective Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Balancing Act: we speak to EIFF's new artistic director Mark Adams
EIFF has a new artistic director in Mark Adams. We pick his brains on what to expect from the festival under his tenure Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
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Portrait of the Artist as an Abhorrent Young Man: Alex Ross Perry on Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry is one of the most exciting names in American indie cinema. We chat to the 30-year-old writer-director about his latest film, Listen Up Philip, a caustic comedy centred on an obnoxious young novelist played by Jason Schwartzman Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
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Lost River star Iain De Caestecker on working with Ryan Gosling
We catch up with Iain De Caestecker to ask him about his experience of making Lost River with Drive star Ryan Gosling. The rising Scottish star discusses filming in Detroit's deserted suburbs and where to find Scotland's national drink in Hollywood Read more »| 28 May 2015 -
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Audio Terror: Carnival of Souls at HOME
There are several great cinema screenings and events at HOME over its opening weekend, but perhaps the most innovative is one in which the film has been removed from the equation. Welcome to the audio-only adaptation of 1962 horror Carnival of Souls Read more »| 20 May 2015 -
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Past and Present: Olivier Assayas on Clouds of Sils Maria
Olivier Assayas's new film centres on a middle-age movie star (played by Juliette Binoche) who's reassessing her place in the showbiz world. The French director discusses this new feature, and working with Binoche and her co-star Kristen Stewart Read more »| 14 May 2015 -
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Genre-bender: François Ozon on comic thriller The New Girlfriend
François Ozon's new film, The New Girlfriend, is another of the French provocateurs playful studies of genre and gender. We find out what makes this mischievous filmmaker tick Read more »| 07 May 2015