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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FestivalsTaking Us on Journeys: Kim Longinotto
Kim Loginotto brings two typically great films to GFF – archive film Love is All and Sundance-winner Dreamcatcher. The British documentarian reveals how these two very different films came to fruition Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
FestivalsBig Country: Aaron Katz on Iceland road movie Land Ho!
Aaron Katz swaps the aimless 20-somethings of his earlier films for a pair of 60-somethings, who turn out to be similarly directionless, in his joyous comedy Land Ho! Read more »| 24 Feb 2015 -
VideosCliff Curtis discusses triumphant biopic The Dark Horse at Glasgow Film Festival
New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis, best known for his roles in Whale Rider and Once Were Warriors, is a commanding presence in The Dark Horse, which tells the t... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
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Dreaming Bigger, Screaming Louder: Xavier Dolan on Mommy
Québécois firecracker Xavier Dolan says he sees cinema as revenge against the mundanities of everyday life. With his brilliant new melodrama Mommy, that revenge is served piping hot Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
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Saluting Hollywood's Maverick: Ron Mann and Kathryn Reed Altman discuss the Nashville director
Altman director Ron Mann and Kathryn Reed Altman discuss the "Indestructible" filmmaking force of nature, Robert Altman Read more »| 19 Feb 2015 -
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Girls Behaving Badly: Desiree Akhavan on Appropriate Behaviour
It's not in every debut that you find a bisexual Iranian woman angrily brandishing a strap-on in public – but you'll find this and more in Desiree Akhavan's boundary-pushing comedy Appropriate Behaviour. Just don't call her the new Lena Dunham Read more »| 17 Feb 2015
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FestivalsLove and Death: David Robert Mitchell on horror movie It Follows
David Robert Mitchell tells us how he turned his childhood dream into indelible cinematic nightmare It Follows Read more »| 17 Feb 2015 -
InterviewsEsoteric Horror at GFF 2015
Are we going through a mini horror renaissance? Upcoming releases, including inventive slasher It Follows and allegorical animal-uprising oddity White God, suggest a resounding yes Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
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Role Play: Director Peter Strickland on his latest unconventional project
Peter Strickland, the director of Berberian Sound Studio and Katalin Varga, is back bending genre and defying expectations with his new film, The Duke of Burgundy. Much to some YouTube commenters' annoyance, it's not about some French dude Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
Music
Variations on a Theme: John Carpenter interviewed
'The Master of Fear' John Carpenter meditates on recording Lost Themes, going digital, and who should be the next Snake Plissken (spoiler: nobody) Read more »| 30 Jan 2015 -
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Not Another Teen Movie: Charlie Lyne on Beyond Clueless
Ever wish your favourite teen movie got the same critical cred afforded worthy art films? Charlie Lyne – the voice behind irreverent film blog Ultra Culture – celebrates this most maligned of sub-genres with his debut feature Beyond Clueless Read more »| 09 Jan 2015 -
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Bad Teacher: Damien Chazelle on Whiplash
Nicknamed 'Full Metal Juilliard', Whiplash tells the story of a young drummer dragged to the brink of insanity by his brutal music teacher. Its director, Damien Chazelle, explains how he brought this thrilling movie to the screen Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
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Snow is Coming: Game of Thrones' Kit Harington on his new film Testament of Youth
You probably know Kit Harington as the brooding hero of TV's Game of Thrones, but you'll be seeing a lot more of him on the big screen in the future. The rising star chats to us ahead of his new film, wartime romantic drama Testament of Youth Read more »| 05 Jan 2015 -
Videos
In at the Deep End: Video interview with Black Sea director Kevin Macdonald
Kevin Macdonald is a tough director to pin down. He’s probably best known for two documentaries, 2003’s Touching the Void, which recreated the pe... Read more »| 15 Dec 2014 -
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Elijah Wood and Celyn Jones on Set Fire to the Stars
We talk to Elijah Wood and Celyn Jones about their Dylan Thomas biopic Set Fire to the Stars, the historical figures they'd most like to play, and their... Read more »| 15 Dec 2014