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 ReleasesGentlemen Prefer Blondes
This month sees the cinematic re-release of the 1953 hit Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, telling the story of Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy (Jane Russell), ... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Headless Woman
In Lucrecia Martel's The Headless Woman, all it takes is a bump on the head to throw the central character's whole world out of sync. Verónica... Read more »| 15 Feb 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Wolfman
Limping into cinemas after a notoriously protracted and problematic shoot, The Wolfman seems to be defeated almost before it has begun. Having lost o... Read more »| 11 Feb 2010 -
New ReleasesA Single Man
Tom Ford’s directorial debut attempts to create an emotional portrait of grief through the use of sensual images, textures and colours. Colin F... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
New ReleasesFood, Inc.
Think twice about buying that hotdog or fizzy drink before sitting down to watch Food, Inc.: you’re not likely to finish them. Robert Kenner&rs... Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
New ReleasesEdge of Darkness
Whether he's taking a beating or dishing one out, Mel Gibson is an actor who's energised by violence, so he's perhaps the inevitable choice to play a vengefu... Read more »| 29 Jan 2010
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New ReleasesBrothers
From a troubled upbringing dominated by their heavy-drinking, Marine father (Sam Shepard) the Cahill brothers have grown into very different men. Sam... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesAdoration
After a brief flirtation with genre filmmaking in the underrated Where the Truth Lies, Atom Egoyan's Adoration finds the auteur in more familiar terr... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesPrecious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Lee Daniels’ hard-hitting depiction of the life of a Harlem teenager will, without doubt, make a big splash at the Oscars this year. It’s... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesA Prophet
French director Jacques Audiard beats Scorsese at his own game in this remarkably assured and confidently crafted prison drama. A Prophet begins with Muslim ... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Sea Wall
The Sea Wall stars Isabelle Huppert as a French widow who, accompanied by her two children Joseph (Gaspard Ulliel) and Suzanne (Astrid Berges-Frisbey), leave... Read more »| 11 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesTreeless Mountain
Brooklyn-based So Yong Kim draws on her own memories growing up in Korea for her second feature film Treeless Mountain. Young sisters Jin and Bin are left wi... Read more »| 11 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesMugabe and the White African
Mugabe and the White African delivers an emotive insight into the effects of Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe’s land acquisition policy. The docum... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesIt's Complicated
The middle-aged demographic is notably underserved in mainstream romantic comedy, but on the occasion that it is, it would be nice to see an alternat... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Road
John Hillcoat found some of the most disaster-ravaged locations in the world to film his version of Cormac McCarthy’s celebrated novel, The Road. The u... Read more »| 05 Jan 2010