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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InterviewsAubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena discuss zombie comedy Life After Beth
Best known for US sitcom Parks and Recreation, Aubrey Plaza goes from deadpan slacker to braindead zombie with her new film Life After Beth. Here she and writer-director Jeff Baena discuss bloody break-ups, cult indie hero Hal Hartley, and... stoves Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
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Queen Kitsch: Peaches Christ brings Bearbarella to Manchester and Glasgow
A wicked knife-wielding villain called The Great Tireda plans to take over the Queerniverse – only Bearbarella can stop her. Welcome to the world of Peaches Christ and her cult movie extravaganza Midnight Mass Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
InterviewsBack in the Habit: Pawel Pawlikowski on Ida
Ida marks Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski's return to his home nation and his return to form. The My Summer of Love director speaks to us about Ida's surprise success and how making it allowed him to escape the boredom of cinema Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
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Till Death Do Us Part: An interview with Harry Treadaway
This month sees the release of matrimonial chiller Honeymoon, in which a young couple’s lakeside getaway takes a turn for the worse. Star Harry Treadaway tells us why he keeps coming back to the horror genre Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
InterviewsTrump in the Rough: Anthony Baxter on A Dangerous Game
Anthony Baxter's A Dangerous Game revisits the Menie estate and the residents whose David v Goliath battle with property tycoon Donald Trump he documented in You've been Trumped. He explains how he found similar battles happening around the world Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
InterviewsThird Time's the Charm: Anton Corbijn on A Most Wanted Man
Anton Corbijn is one of the world's finest rock photographers. He's pretty handy with the moving image too. Here he discusses his latest film, spy thriller A Most Wanted Man, and working with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman Read more »| 02 Sep 2014
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Stuart Murdoch on God Help the Girl
Stuart Murdoch's debut film God Help the Girl has been a long time in the making, but this month UK film fans get to see the efforts of his labour. The Belle & Sebastian frontman recalls how his lead character came to him fully formed Read more »| 04 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Noel Clarke on The Anomaly: Video interview
Noel Clarke talks to us about his recent release The Anomaly, a sci-fi thriller starring Ian Somerhalder, Brian Cox and Luke Hemsworth, in which a soldier wa... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
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Divine Inspiration: Jeffrey Schwarz on I Am Divine
No queer film festival is complete without a sprinkling of Divine. He shows up on cue at this month's POUTfest in John Waters' Hairspray and in Jeffrey Schwarz's documentary I Am Divine. We speak to Schwarz about this larger-than-life icon Read more »| 25 Jul 2014 -
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Hollywood Car Chases Just Got... Safer
Ever wish your life was more like an action movie? Of course you don’t. Think about it: it would be exhausting, not to mention life-threatening. But ... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
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Homecoming: Florian Habicht on his Pulp documentary
As Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets comes to DVD, we hear from its director Florian Habicht Read more »| 11 Jul 2014 -
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Back to Reality: David Gordon Green on Joe
David Gordon Green has one of the strangest CVs in Hollywood, easily switching from lyrical drama (George Washington) to goofy stoner comedies (Pineapple Express). He's back in a more contemplative mood with Joe, a lived-in slice of American Gothic Read more »| 07 Jul 2014 -
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The Way of the Dragons: Dean DeBlois on HTTYD2
Four years on from its release, How to Train Your Dragon feels like a classic, able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the best of Pixar. We speak to its director about the sequel, which premiered alongside the art-house crowd at this year's Cannes Read more »| 02 Jul 2014 -
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Horsin’ Around: Benedikt Erlingsson on Of Horses and Men
Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson talks sex, death and global warming ahead of his delightful debut feature, Of Horses and Men, trotting into UK cinemas Read more »| 12 Jun 2014 -
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Return to Jonestown: Ti West on The Sacrament
Ti West discusses The Sacrament, his deeply disturbing new feature based around the Jonestown Massacre, talks genre and reminisces about horror in the 70s Read more »| 11 Jun 2014