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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InterviewsMore Than Bricks and Mortar: Filmmakers on Filmhouse and EIFF
We speak to a few of the filmmakers and programmers whose careers are intertwined with the Filmhouse & Edinburgh Film Festival, and ask about their hopes for the future Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Krysty Wilson-Cairns of The Good Nurse
With films like 1917, Last Night in Soho and now The Good Nurse under her belt, Krysty Wilson-Cairns is now an established screenwriting force in Hollywood, but she explains that it all started at the old Global Video in Glasgow's Southside Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
InterviewsRuben Östlund on class satire Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund, the director of Force Majeure and The Square, takes a sledgehammer to the global elite with his latest satire Triangle of Sadness Read more »| 26 Oct 2022 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Sean Lìonadh on Too Rough
Scottish short film Too Rough has been enjoying an enviable run on the international film festival circuit. We caught up with its talented writer-director, Sean Lìonadh, to explore why it's struck such a chord with audiences around the world Read more »| 11 Oct 2022 -
InterviewsThe Skinny on... Bryan M Ferguson
Given it’s the spooky season, we’ve invited our favourite maker of creepy films, Bryan M Ferguson, to take this month’s Skinny Q&A Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
InterviewsMatt Palmer on All Night Horror Madness 2022
The Cameo's legendary horror extravaganza All Night Horror Madness returns for its 15th edition with an all-star lineup. Filmmaker and programmer Matt Palmer talks us through the origins of the night and this upcoming edition's knockout lineup Read more »| 04 Oct 2022
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InterviewsLooking Violence in the Eye: Icíar Bollaín on Maixabel
As Maixabel – Icíar Bollaín's drama about a victim of terrorism – opens Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, we talk to the director about delegitimising violence, and second chances Read more »| 29 Sep 2022 -
InterviewsKogonada and Justin H. Min on After Yang
We caught up with director Kogonada and actor Justin H. Min while they were in Edinburgh to help close out the Edinburgh International Film Festival. We talk memory, emotional attachment to technology and bowl haircuts Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
InterviewsOwen Kline on Funny Pages
Wanna feel old? Owen Kline, who played the onanistic younger brother in The Squid and the Whale, is making movies now. His debut feature, Funny Pages, is a bleakly hilarious dive into the world of underground comic books. Kline tells us more Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
InterviewsTake One Action returns for its 15th edition
Take One Action, Scotland's festival for social change, is back for its 15th edition. The festival is more compact this year but it's as radical and hopeful for our future as ever. We caught up with festival programmer Xuanlin Tham to find out more Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
InterviewsScotland on Screen: Alan Cumming and Jono McLeod on My Old School
Jono McLeod's My Old School takes us back to the 90s for the stranger-than-fiction story of how Bearsden Academy student Brandon Lee became the most notorious schoolboy in Britain. Alan Cumming lip-syncs to Lee's testimony Read more »| 12 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsAntonia Campbell-Hughes on It Is in Us All
We delve into the dark psychological thriller It Is in Us All with Irish filmmaker Antonia Campbell-Hughes, who directed, wrote, and acted in the film Read more »| 10 Aug 2022 -
InterviewsCooking With Gas: Peter Strickland on Flux Gourmet
Avant-garde sonic caterers? Nipple-twisting kinks? The melancholy of flatulence? You'll find all and more in Flux Gourmet from Peter Strickland, one of the most visionary voices in British cinema Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
InterviewsEIFF 2022: Amanda Kramer interview
Amanda Kramer brings not one but two jaw-dropping films to EIFF this year, Please Baby Please and Give Me Pity! She talks to us about embracing theatricality, bringing an art school cool back to cinema and the iconic awesomeness of Terminator 2 Read more »| 09 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsKim Knowles on EIFF retrospective Reframing the Gaze
Kim Knowles introduces EIFF's Reframing the Gaze retrospective which responds to the 50th anniversary of the festival's legendary 1972 Women’s Event Read more »| 09 Aug 2022