New Releases
Here you will find an in-depth guide to new films. The Skinny offers synopsis and reviews of the latest film releases.
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New ReleasesKent Jones on Late Fame
In Late Fame, Willem Dafoe plays a failed poet who gets rediscovered in his dotage by a group of young New York scenesters. The film's director, Kent Jones, discusses Dafoe, New York and smartphones Read more »| 01 Sep 2026 -
New ReleasesLeviticus
Homosexual desire becomes a literal curse in Adrian Chiarella’s allegorical horror film, which works best when it's building atmosphere within a menacing church community in a desolate Aussie township Read more »| 31 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesLate Fame
Willem Dafoe plays a forgotten poet who, much to his surprise and delight, gets embraced by a new generation in this rueful comedy-drama poking fun at the New York literati while celebrating the city's bohemian past Read more »| 31 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesColony
Zombie apocalypse meets biotech abominations in Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony, an ambitious hive-mind zombie horror for the AI era Read more »| 25 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesBitter Christmas
Is one great scene enough to elevate a whole picture? In the case of Bitter Christmas, the latest from Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, we say yes! Read more »| 25 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: Skintown
The euphoria of early 90s rave culture and the genuine terror of the Troubles collide in Kieron J Walsh’s Skintown, a lively tale of friendship set in 1994's Enniskillen Read more »| 19 Aug 2026
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New ReleasesI Want Your Sex
Gregg Araki is back with a new film exploring the relationship between an artist and her much younger employee; unfortunately, the sex in this sex comedy has a mechanical music video sheen Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: The Education of Jane Cumming
So many elements of The Education of Jane Cumming are great – the cast, music, period detail, writing – but it rushes its conclusion, delivering much of the story's dramatic details as text title cards during the credits Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: Snapshot
Director Joseph Archer and writer Cathy Wippell give the found footage horror subgenre a shot in the arm with the eerie Snapshot, which is presented as a proto documentary from the late 1880s that reveals new information about Jack the Ripper Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: Goodbye Cruel World
Félix De Givry – best known as the lead actor from Mia Hansen-Løve's Eden – announces himself as a hugely promising filmmaking talent with this sensitive teen drama that calls to mind the youth films of the French New Wave Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: The Peril at Pincer Point
With The Peril at Pincer Point, directors Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine have created a wonderfully atmospheric low-budget cinema marvel that sits somewhere between Lake Michigan Monster and Widow’s Bay Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: Mission
George MacKay is perfectly cast as a young man going through an existential crisis in Paul Wright's Mission. His full-bodied performance helps us overlook some of the film's narrative flaws Read more »| 17 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: Her Private Hell
Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest is as stylised, camp and violent as we've come to expect from this cult filmmaker, but unfortunately it's also deeply boring Read more »| 16 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight
Theodore Schaefer's black-and-white portmanteau shot on 16mm film is a visual, aural and intellectual treat, a wonderful ode to the energy of New York City and a superb showcase of the unique star power of its lead actor, Gus Birney Read more »| 16 Aug 2026 -
New ReleasesEIFF 2026: Capsized
There are shades of Little Miss Sunshine in this deft comedy centred on a family coming together during a crisis, which features terrific performances for a cast that includes Rhys Ifans and Lily Rabe Read more »| 15 Aug 2026