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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InterviewsStranger 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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InterviewsKing 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 -
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Realist Fairytale: Clio Barnard on The Selfish Giant
The Arbor director Clio Barnard discussed her second feature film The Selfish Giant, an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde fairytale of the same name, which sees her back on the Arbor estate in Bradford Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
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Not Your Average Sports Movie: Lucy Walker on The Crash Reel
Documentarian Lucy Walker speaks to us about her new film The Crash Reel, a compelling sports movie with a script written by real life Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
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States of Consciousness: Paul Wright on For Those In Peril
Following its world premiere at Cannes’ International Critics’ Week, For Those In Peril reaches these shores on a wave of praise. We speak to Scottish director Paul Wright about bringing this intense sensory experience to the screen Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
FestivalsHorror at Sea: Lucien Castaing-Taylor on Leviathan
Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s eye-popping documentary Leviathan screens at Abandon Normal Devices before its UK-wide theatrical release in November. He describes a gruelling shoot Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
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Identity in Flux: Aidan Gillen on Mister John
Aidan Gillen discusses his performance in Mister John, the enigmatic and bracingly original new film from Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
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Screening the Obscene: Irvine Welsh on Filth
Ahead of its big screen adaptation starring and produced by James McAvoy, we speak to Irvine Welsh about his third novel Filth, a delightful tale of a dirty copper and his foul-mouthed tapeworm Read more »| 16 Sep 2013