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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Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget
Dawn of the Nugget is an imperfect sequel to Chicken Run, but with more to say than Aardman’s much-loved original Read more »| 04 Dec 2023 -
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Fallen Leaves
The deadpan Finnish minimalist Aki Kaurismäki is back with another bittersweet tale of hardscrabble lives in his retro vision of Helsinki Read more »| 27 Nov 2023 -
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Femme
Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's debut feature is a complex character portrait in which a gay man forms a curious relationship with a closeted thug Read more »| 27 Nov 2023 -
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Tish
Tish, the new film from Edinburgh-based documentarian Paul Sng, is a moving portrait of photographer Tish Murtha and the powerful photographs she took documenting working-class Britain in the Thatcher era Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
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May December
Inspired by a real-life tabloid scandal, Todd Haynes' delicious new melodrama sees Natalie Portman play an actor preparing to star in a true-crime drama by inserting herself in her subject's life Read more »| 13 Nov 2023 -
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Saltburn
Its plot may be a bit derivative and its politics are somewhat incoherent, but Saltburn is a fun, sexy romp full of great visuals and aristocratic excess Read more »| 13 Nov 2023
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How to Have Sex
Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature, following three teen girls on a holiday in Malia, is a remarkable feat in modern social realism Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
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Typist Artist Pirate King
Monica Dolan brings energy and conviction to her performance as unsung artist Audrey Amiss in this biopic road movie from Carol Morley Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
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Beyond Utopia
A heart-stopping documentary taking us inside North Korea following the people taking the treacherous journey to escape its totalitarian regime Read more »| 24 Oct 2023 -
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star in the epic true-crime saga Killers of the Flower Moon, which sees Martin Scorsese exploring the shameful treatment of the United States' Indigenous population Read more »| 17 Oct 2023 -
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
In this tough but tender documentary, women find community as they cleanse a lifetime of shared pain Read more »| 09 Oct 2023 -
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The Old Oak
Reported to be Ken Loach's final film, The Old Oak concerns the bringing together of a bitter working-class community with a busload of Syrian refugees. Tensions soon give way to shared humanity in this rousing call for solidarity Read more »| 25 Sep 2023 -
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Brother
Brother is a powerful and beautifully rendered drama about siblings from a Toronto suberb, told over three time periods Read more »| 22 Sep 2023 -
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A Cat Called Dom
Things get increasingly meta in Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson's A Cat Called Dom, a pseudo-documentary blending fact, fiction and animation Read more »| 19 Sep 2023 -
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Past Lives
Star-crossed childhood friends reunite as adults in this moving, deeply melancholic film from Celine Song Read more »| 04 Sep 2023