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 ReleasesAvatar
Having declared himself "The king of the world", James Cameron has now become a creator of worlds. His astonishing epic Avatar takes place on Pandora... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
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Where the Wild Things Are
The first fifteen minutes of Spike Jonze's new film are possibly the most convincing representation of a child's world ever committed to celluloid, v... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
New ReleasesThe Red Shoes
All the best fairytales have a dark sub-theme and this certainly proves to be the case with the re-release of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
New ReleasesThe First Day of The Rest of Your Life
Rémi Bezançon's second feature is a variegated portrait of the Duval family, each of whom we follow for one day, spanning 12 chaotic years of t... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
New ReleasesUnmade Beds
Unmade Beds is a beautiful and sensitive account of a handful of 20-somethings living in a squat in East London. We follow wide-eyed Axl (Fernando T... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
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The Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience is a fragmented, detached, yet revealing exploration of contemporary consumerist society. We follow high class escort, Che... Read more »| 02 Dec 2009
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Cracks
Jordan Scott’s directorial debut is a suggestive beast. The title of the film itself, adapted from a Sheila Kohler novel of the same name, is a coy all... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
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The Merry Gentleman
If every good festive film requires a dollop of misery to counter the sparkles, The Merry Gentleman certainly fits the bill. When Kate (Kelly MacDonald), a y... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
New ReleasesMe and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles begins with actor Richard (Zac Effron) seeking out the great Orson Welles for work. Seeing in his Haribo-boy face the perfect fo... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
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The Box
If a stranger left a box at your door, offering you a million dollars to push a button that results in the death of someone you don’t know, wou... Read more »| 30 Nov 2009 -
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Law Abiding Citizen
Since 9/11, Hollywood has been resistant to give us the kind of evil geniuses who dominated genre cinema throughout the nineties, no doubt because Am... Read more »| 27 Nov 2009 -
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Bunny and the Bull
Bunny and the Bull is the authorial debut of Paul King, best known for directing The Mighty Boosh and Darkplace - inevitable but deceptive touchstone... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
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Paranormal Activity
Continuing the budgeting tradition of Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity is the similarly marketed, much-hyped story of young couple Kate Featherstone and Mica... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
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Orzel
Is it art or film? It's both, and painfully exciting. Gareth K Vile reviews 85a and LowSalt's recent performance event. Read more »| 20 Nov 2009 -
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A Serious Man
Larry Gropnik (Stuhlbarg) is a midwestern Jewish physics professor and 1967’s answer to Job. He has a cheating wife, an incapacitated brother, ... Read more »| 20 Nov 2009