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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InterviewsIain de Caestecker on In Fear
Iain de Caestecker has had a busy year, what with starring in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and taking the lead role in Ryan Gosling's debut feature. We caught up with the Glaswegian actor to discuss his new film, indie horror In Fear Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
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Mackenzie's Crooks: David Mackenzie on Starred Up
Director David Mackenzie tells us about working with up-and-coming star Jack O’Connell and the search for authenticity in his powerful prison drama Starred Up Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
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Diego Quemada-Díez on The Golden Dream
To mark the 20th edition of ¡Viva!, the UK's largest celebration of Spanish and Spanish-speaking Latin American cinema, we speak to Diego Quemada-Díez, a filmmaker whose debut film is one of the standout titles in this year's programme Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
InterviewsAussie Rules: Ted Kotcheff reflects on his 1971 classic Wake in Fright
Ahead of the reissue of Wake in Fright, a blistering study of Outback machismo from 1971, we speak to its director Ted Kotcheff about the film's shoot in Broken Hill, New South Wales Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Total Ellipsis: Claire Denis on Bastards
French auteur Claire Denis talks us through her latest cinematic vision, the noir-tinged Bastards Read more »| 11 Feb 2014 -
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Filthmonger: Jon S. Baird revisits Filth ahead of home release
As coal black comedy Filth heads for home screens today, we speak to director Jon S. Baird about getting Irvine Welsh's ‘unfilmable’ book there Read more »| 10 Feb 2014
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Stranger Danger: Alain Guiraudie on Stranger by the Lake
Alain Guiraudie’s latest is a seductive tale concerned with sex and murder set within the milieu of an idyllic gay cruising spot. The French filmmaker reveals his influences and explains why he wanted to keep the cock in this Hitchcockian thriller Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
InterviewsSoft Porn: Stellan Skarsgård on Nymphomaniac
Lars von Trier’s favourite leading man Stellan Skarsgård tells us about working with the Danish enfant terrible and discusses their latest collaboration, Nymphomaniac Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
InterviewsLife During Wartime: Kevin Macdonald on How I Live Now
Kevin Macdonald’s latest fiction film is a darkly romantic drama about a group of young people surviving in war-torn Britain. The Touching The Void director talks about working with his young cast and imagining wartime from an askance teen perspective Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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No More Mr Nice Guy: Michael Cera and Sebastián Silva on Crystal Fairy & the Magical Catcus
DiCaprio has Scorsese, Depp has Burton, Gosling has Winding Refn. We speak to a more low-key actor/director team, Michael Cera and Sebastián Silva, who are bringing a pair of excellent movies to UK screens in 2014 Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
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Jeremy Irvine: War and Peace
War Horse star Jeremy Irvine discusses playing a young Eric Lomax in The Railway Man, the story of the life of a tortured POW who managed to forgive his captors Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
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Fresh Meat: Rough Cut Set Visit
In a forest in the Lake District a giant lactating worm has enslaved a town and is eating hitchhiking teenagers. Trickster Jamie Shovlin lets us see behind the scenes of his latest meta mind-fuck Rough Cut, a documentary about a film that never was Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
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King of Controversy: Jahmil X. T. Qubeka on Of Good Report
Jahmil X.T. Qubeka sat down with The Skinny while in Edinburgh for the Scottish premiere of his latest film, Of Good Report, at Africa in Motion. He discussed the controversy surrounding the film and his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa Read more »| 18 Nov 2013 -
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Media Circus: Adèle Exarchopoulos on Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Amid a flurry of activity before Blue Is the Warmest Colour’s UK premiere, we sit down with its star Adèle Exarchopoulos to discuss this controversial Palme d’Or-winning film and its even more controversial shoot Read more »| 11 Nov 2013 -
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Man vs Machine: Andrew Bujalski on Computer Chess
Andrew Bujalski talks to us about resurrecting video technology from the 60s to create Computer Chess, the year's most joyously idiosyncratic movie Read more »| 08 Nov 2013