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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InterviewsBangkok Fever Dream: Nicolas Winding Refn on Only God Forgives
He's made movies about Vikings, video store clerks and criminals. He made Ryan Gosling an icon. He even directed Geraldine McEwan in Marple. We sit down with the mercurial Nicolas Winding Refn to get the lowdown on his latest film, Only God Forgives Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
InterviewsUnsimulated: Travis Mathews on I Want Your Love
Once in a while a film comes along to remind us how conservative the industry really is when it comes to sex on screen. Travis Mathews' I Want Your Love is one such work. The San Francisco-based filmmaker talks to us about explicit cinema Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
InterviewsPersona non Greta: Greta Gerwig on Frances Ha
In the last few years Greta Gerwig has graduated from the queen of the lo-fi mumblecore movement to US indie's most exciting young actor. We speak to the Californian about her brilliant new film Frances Ha Read more »| 15 Jul 2013 -
FestivalsBaltasar Kormákur on The Deep
Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur returns to his home nation for The Deep, a true life tale of survival on the high seas. We spoke to Kormákur while he was in Edinburgh for the city's International Film Festival Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
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Felicity Jones on Breathe In
Rising star Felicity Jones talks to us about Breathe In, her second collaboration with Like Crazy director Drake Doremus Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
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Zombie Grit: Kieran Parker on the Outpost Trilogy
The team behind the Outpost movies unveiled another chapter of their splatter-heavy zombie Nazi saga at EIFF. We sat down with director Kieran Parker and talk gunfire, throat-slitting and Russian martial arts Read more »| 05 Jul 2013
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Pixar animator Scott Clark on Monsters University
We spoke to Scott Clark, a supervising animator at celebrated animation house Pixar, about their latest feature film, Monsters University Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
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Ulrich Seidl on his Paradise trilogy
We speak to that (other) great Austrian filmmaker, Ulrich Seidl, about his ambitious Paradise trilogy and he explains why it's healthy for a director to court controversy Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
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Director Ben Wheatley on A Field In England
Ever wondered what the English Civil War might have looked like to someone tripping on magic mushrooms? Director Ben Wheatley shares his unique vision in A Field In England Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
FestivalsEIFF 2013: Drake Doremus on Breathe In
The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with Drake Doremus's intimate family drama Breathe In. The Skinny spoke to the director ahead of his film's European premiere at EIFF Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
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The Third Coming: Mat Whitecross and Elliott Tittensor on Spike Island
You'd think it was the early 90s, such is the ubiquity of The Stone Roses on our screens. Spike Island is one of two cinematic tributes to the Manchester rockers out in June. We speak to its director, Mat Whitecross, and star, Elliott Tittensor Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
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EIFF 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 -
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Myth 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