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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FestivalsEIFF 2013: Noah Baumbach on Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach speaks to The Skinny about Frances Ha, his latest collaboration with Greta Gerwig, ahead of the film's UK première at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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Robot Rock: Kenji Kamiyama on 009 Re: Cyborg
Kenji Kamiyama, the writer-director behind Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, talks to The Skinny about his newest film project, the debut title from Glasgow-based distributor Anime Limited Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
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Joss Whedon on Much Ado About Nothing
We speak to director, writer and wannabe stuntman Joss Whedon about his switch from Avengers' billion dollar comic-book franchise to Much Ado About Nothing, the low budget Shakespeare adaptation he shot in and around his Santa Monica home Read more »| 04 Jun 2013 -
InterviewsMyth Making: Neil Jordan on Byzantium
Neil Jordan returns to the vampire sub-genre with Byzantium, an adult fairy tale starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan. We spoke to the Irishman at Glasgow Film Festival, where Byzantium had its UK première Read more »| 20 May 2013 -
InterviewsExploitation: An Interview with Frank Henenlotter
Frank Henenlotter talks about exploitation cinema, censors and his films Basket Case, Brain Damage and Frankenhooker Read more »| 10 May 2013 -
InterviewsHal Hartley: The Believable Truth
Hal Hartley, one of the most distinctive voices on the American indie film scene, talks to The Skinny ahead of the re-release of three of his early films on DVD and Blu-ray Read more »| 06 May 2013
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Mississipi Yearning: Jeff Nichols on Mud
Jeff Nichols, director of Take Shelter and Shotgun Stories, is one of the most exciting young directors in America. He talks to The Skinny about his latest f... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
InterviewsEncounters at the End of the World: Sarah Gavron in Interview
Over an 18-month period, director Sarah Gavron and cinematographer David Katznelson filmed a Greenlandic Inuit community on the cusp of disappearing. We speak to Gavron about her time at the Village at the End of the World Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
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Small Pleasures: Sam Meech on A Small Cinema
We all hate the multiplex, its strange odours, its soulless architecture, its noisy patrons and their volcano acne. But what's a film-lover to do? Sam Meech, creator of A Small Cinema, has a solution Read more »| 15 Apr 2013 -
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Will Anderson on The Making of Longbird
After having his film, The Making of Longbird, selected for dozens of film festivals and winning awards from most of them, Will Anderson crowned off a fantastic year by winning the BAFTA for best animated short. We speak to this talented filmmaker Read more »| 12 Apr 2013 -
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Harmony Korine on Spring Breakers: “I’m a soldier of cinema”
If you thought the teens in Kids were horned-up wait til you get a load of Spring Breakers' fresh-faced hedonists. We speak to Harmony Korine about his Day-Glo "pop-poem" to the annual American-teen tradition Read more »| 05 Apr 2013 -
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Borderline-Nuts: Antonio Campos and Brady Corbet on Simon Killer
The Skinny speaks to Antonio Campos and Brady Corbet, the director and star of Simon Killer, a twisted psychological odyssey set in a nightmarish Paris Read more »| 05 Apr 2013 -
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Cop and Robber: Derek Cianfrance on The Place Beyond the Pines
New American drama The Place Beyond the Pines reunites director Derek Cianfrance with his Blue Valentine lead Ryan Gosling. Cianfrance speaks to The Skinny about this epic tale of fate and fatherhood Read more »| 04 Apr 2013 -
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Ken Loach: "We need a new party of the left"
The UK's great socialist filmmaker speaks to us about his latest call to arms, The Spirit of '45 – a potent reminder that it was collectivism, not capitalism, that lifted Britain out of poverty after the Second World War Read more »| 14 Mar 2013 -
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Action Cinema Comes to Albion: Eran Creevy on Welcome to the Punch
Michael Mann and John Woo provide the prime influences for Shifty director Eran Creevy's breathless new film Welcome to the Punch. We spoke to the director ahead of its UK première at Glasgow Film Festival 2013 Read more »| 11 Mar 2013