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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FestivalsEIFF 2009: Modern Love Is Automatic
A wicked pastiche of contemporary life, Modern Love pulls off (no pun intended) the impressive feat of making you fall in love with a character who utters ar... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
FestivalsEIFF 2009: Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land is a formidable debut from Australian director Jonathan Auf Der Heide. This is the glacial true story of Alexander Pearce (played by thespi... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
FestivalsEIFF 2009: Giallo
Dario Argento's latest film, Giallo, sees the director return to his roots. It is reminiscent of his works during the seventies, such as Suspiria, but lacks... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
FestivalsEIFF 2009: I'm Going to Explode
Roman and Maru meet in detention; he is being punished for his entry in the school talent show – a faked suicide by hanging titled “I’ll se... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Spread
The Hollywood debut of EIFF alumnus David Mackenzie, Spread is a surprisingly entertaining parable about a vacuous but louche LA hustler. The supremely cynic... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
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Shirin
The human face has fascinated artists and filmmakers for centuries. It has inspired some of the most memorable moments in movie history, from the closing sce... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009
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FestivalsEIFF 2009: Jalainur
Jalainur is a surreal vision of reality caught between past and future, foreshadowing the nostalgia that will set in when Old China disappears in the turbule... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Rudo y Cursi
Beto dreams of being a singer. Tato dreams of being a goalie. One day a man in a loud shirt wearing too wide a smile enters their lives and offers them a cha... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Big Things
Standing in a wheelie bin, hiring a fat guy to play an athlete and wiping faeces off your front door are apparently just some of the lengths that aspiring fi... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Birdwatchers
Cowboys and Indians are two of the oldest film archetypes. As we all know, however, Hollywood's tendency to portray one as "good" and "the other" (appropriat... Read more »| 22 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Exam
Exam, screen-writer Stuart Hazeldine's first feature, is a low budget film disguised as a slick, big budget production. The premise is simple - eight candid... Read more »| 20 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: The Last Heroes of the Peninsula
In the 1970s, the city of Mérida, in the Mexican peninsula state Yucatán, delivered a series of compact gladiators who conquered the world of b... Read more »| 20 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow takes on the war genre, in this excellent film about a bomb disposal unit in Iraq. Like many films dealing with similar subject matter (for e... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: White Lightnin'
Based on the semi-biographical story of Jesco White, White Lightnin' is a brutal and uncompromising example of the trials and tribulations of hillbilly life.... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009: Little Soldier
Traumatised by her experiences as a soldier in Iraq, Lotte (Trine Dyrholm) returns to Denmark, where she drifts and drinks until she gets a job as a driver a... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009