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 Releases
Happyend
A group of rebellious school friends with a passion for throwing secret raves navigate a doom-laden, heavily surveilled future in this intriguing coming-of-age story Read more »| 15 Sep 2025 -
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Venice Film Festival 2025: 100 Nights of Hero
Julia Jackman's adaptation of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel is a distinctive feminist fairy tale powered by excellent performances and endlessly quotable dialogue Read more »| 08 Sep 2025 -
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Venice Film Festival 2025: The Smashing Machine
Dwayne Johnson is unrecognisable in The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie's biopic of mixed martial artist Mark Kerr, but the film is lacking in force and depth Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
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Paul & Paulette Take a Bath
A morbid anti-romcom, Paul & Paulette Take a Bath is a road trip through the banality of evil that forgets its characters along the way Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
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Venice Film Festival 2025: Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a sumptuous adaptation, but it embellishes the novel to its own detriment Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
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Venice Film Festival 2025: No Other Choice
Director Park Chan-wook returns to Venice with a Machiavellian teardown of capitalism and masculinity that saves its gory best for last Read more »| 30 Aug 2025
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Venice Film Festival 2025: After the Hunt
Julia Roberts gives one of her best performances in Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt, but the wordy movie around her feels more like an exhaustive debate rather than a compelling drama Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
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Venice Film Festival 2025: Bugonia
Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons for a bold conspiracy theory thriller Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
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Deaf
Eva Libertad's quietly urgent family drama Deaf reckons with disconnection and persisting pain Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
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The Golden Spurtle
The styles of both Wes Anderson and Christopher Guest are evoked in this winning documentary about the kooky community surrounding the annual World Porridge Making Championship in Carrbridge Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
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EIFF 2025: Low Rider
Campbell X's long-awaited second feature lands with a disappointing thud. This queer road movie set in South Africa suffers from irritating characters, cliché-riddled dialogue, and simplistic politics Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
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The Toxic Avenger
Macon Blair's slick remake of the Troma classic is not without its grubby charms, but its sub-Deadpool meta gags don't satisfy, and the whole thing feels a little bit sanitised Read more »| 20 Aug 2025 -
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The Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan's latest adaptation of Stephen King has some issues (monotonous pacing, an incessant narration), but its fine performances and Flanagan's fondness for theatricality make it work for the most part Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
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EIFF 2025: I Live Here Now
Julie Pacino's psychological horror is overstuffed with ideas, and very few of them are adequately explored Read more »| 19 Aug 2025 -
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EIFF 2025: Mortician
A dour, middle-aged Iranian mortician forms a bond with a rebellious young pop star wanted by the Iranian regime in this funny and politically potent piece of lo-fi cinema Read more »| 19 Aug 2025