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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InterviewsScotland on Screen: Paul Sng
Paul Sng's latest film is a tender portrait of Tish Murtha, a hugely talented photographer who documented working-class lives in 70s and 80s Britain. Sng talks to us about coming to film late, imposter syndrome and Scotland's supportive doc community Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
InterviewsJustine Triet on Palme d'Or winner Anatomy of a Fall
This year Justine Triet became only the third female director to win the Palme d'Or for her fantastic fourth film Anatomy of a Fall. She talks to us about upending the staid courtroom drama and her obsession with her extraordinary star, Sandra Hüller Read more »| 06 Nov 2023 -
InterviewsNot Your Usual: Adura Onashile on her path to filmmaking
Not Your Usual is a new series from The Skinny and Glayva highlighting innovative artists from across the Scottish scene. For our fourth instalment, we chat to actor-writer-director Adura Onashile over a warming Gallavant glocktail Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
InterviewsMolly Manning Walker on How to Have Sex
Perhaps the strongest British debut of the year, Molly Manning Walker's How to Have Sex is a tale of liberating holiday shenanigans that descends into an ever-buzzing, neon-soaked hellscape of pressure to have more fun, more booze, and more sex Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
InterviewsMatt Johnson on BlackBerry
BlackBerry essays the incredible rise and then the spectacular demise of the world's first smartphone. Writer, director and star Matt Johnson tells us why he identifies with these tech bro losers and wanted to tell their story Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Paul Laverty on The Old Oak
Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty talks to us about The Old Oak, his latest – and probably last – feature film with Ken Loach Read more »| 28 Sep 2023
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InterviewsSea Change: The Tiree festival spotlighting female filmmakers
Sea Change, an annual celebration of female filmmaking talent, is a great addition to Scotland's busy festival calendar. Artistic Director Jen Skinner tells us why she wanted to set up this women-focused film festival on the far-flung island of Tiree Read more »| 15 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsGlasgow Youth Film Festival returns for 2023
Glasgow Youth Film Festival is a festival for young people curated by film fans from Glasgow aged 15 to 18. We speak to the programming team to get the lowdown on this year's event Read more »| 13 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsCeline Song on Past Lives
Celine Song's tender drama Past Lives concerns childhood friends who become separated and then reconnect as adults. Song speaks to us about this decades-spanning love story and the nature of love itself Read more »| 05 Sep 2023 -
InterviewsIra Sachs on Passages
With Passages, Ira Sachs gives us a brutally honest drama about romantic desire centred on a married filmmaker who embarks on an extramarital relationship. Sachs tells us why he wanted to put an incredibly sensual love triangle on screen Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsCINEMA DESPITE: Celebrating Scottish artists' moving image
New festival CINEMA DESPITE surveys 70 years of artists' moving image work in Scotland, including films by Luke Fowler, Margaret Tait, Henry Coombes, Margaret Salmon and Charlotte Prodger among many others. Curator Marcus Jack explains more Read more »| 28 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Thomas Schubert on Afire
Thomas Schubert is fantastic as Leon, the self-obsessed writer at the heart of Christian Petzold’s Afire. We speak to Schubert about his affinity with his character and the experience of working with Petzold Read more »| 17 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Rodger Griffiths on Kill
Kill, the debut feature from Rodger Griffiths, sees three brothers plan to off their abusive dad while on a hunting trip. Griffiths talks to us about shooting this lean, mean thriller, which has its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 15 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Variety’s disruptive voyeurism at 40
On its 40th anniversary, Bette Gordon’s 1983 feminist classic Variety is back in cinemas. Let this subversive, sensuous neo-noir take you to the most uncomfortable places Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsEIFF 2023: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay’s intimate portrait of author Aubrey Gordon aims to make us rethink our attitude to the word 'fat'. The filmmaker explains why she wanted to document Gordon's life and activism ahead of Your Fat Friend's Scottish premiere at EIFF Read more »| 14 Aug 2023