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 ReleasesWhen China Met Africa
Napoleon once said, “China is a sleeping giant but when she wakes she will shake the world.” Capturing this rising titan’s strides into Afr... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesCrazy, Stupid, Love
There's a moment in Crazy, Stupid, Love where a plot revelation is so beautifully timed it almost redeems the sheer phoniness of what has gone before, but th... Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesBlood in the Mobile
Blood in the Mobile is a film of contrasts. The scorched heat and violence of Africa juxtaposes sharply with the glacial serenity of the Finnish Nokia HQ, al... Read more »| 20 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesYou Instead
You Instead attempts to capture the sights, sounds and smells of Britain's most rambunctious music festival, T in the Park. For the most part, it’s suc... Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré’s labyrinthine, weighty tome returns as Tomas Alfredson’s intricate yet lean drama – producing one of the films of the... Read more »| 15 Sep 2011 -
New Releases30 Minutes or Less
High hopes spilled from this reunion of Zombieland director and star, Ruben Fleischer and Jesse Eisenberg, but the result is a comedy crime caper centred on ... Read more »| 14 Sep 2011
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FestivalsTomboy
Tomboy Laure (Héran) arrives at her new apartment in a leafy French suburb, and soon yearns for more than simply playing inside with her little sister... Read more »| 12 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesFriends with Benefits
All the usual ingredients are here – boy meets girl; one emotionally unavailable, the other emotionally damaged – in a tale of modern friendship ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesPost Mortem
In Tony Manero, a Chilean dancer’s quest to build an illuminated dance-floor was studded with acts of shockingly abrupt violence, to blackly comic and ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesColombiana
Writer/producer Luc Besson returns to familiar super-assassin territory with Colombiana, and it may be time he left the genre well alone. After witnessing th... Read more »| 09 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesTrollHunter
André Øvredal’s charming mockumentary following curmudgeonly troll dispatcher Hans (Jespersen) features a great deal of wit, but perhaps ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesThe Hedgehog
Mona Achache’s film, The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson), might have easily descended into a cloying tale of the miseries of Paris’ bourgeoisie. El... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesWeekender
Opening with heavy beats and neon colours, Weekender is a nostalgic look at Manchester's rave culture in the early 90s. One drug-fuelled night, friends Matt ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
New ReleasesThe Skin I Live In
After going through the motions with a couple of features that failed to match the sharp wit of his best work, Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In is... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
New ReleasesIn a Better World
If you thought The Secret in Their Eyes was an unworthy Foreign Language Oscar victor, this year’s winner may destroy your faith in the Academy altoget... Read more »| 19 Aug 2011