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 ReleasesThe Souvenir: Part II
Joanna Hogg follows up her semi-autobiographical The Souvenir with a sequel, following film student Julie as she grapples with her artistic ambitions Read more »| 14 Oct 2021 -
New ReleasesLFF 2021: The Hand of God
Paolo Sorrentino's coming of age tale set in Naples during Maradona's time at Napoli is a love letter to rowdy Italian family life but loses its way towards its close Read more »| 13 Oct 2021 -
New ReleasesTitane
With the Palme d'Or-winning Titane, Raw director Julia Ducournau wraps a devastating story about love inside a wild tale of serial killing, car sex and shifting identity Read more »| 13 Oct 2021 -
New ReleasesThe French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s star-stuffed anthology film The French Dispatch recreates the simple pleasure of losing yourself in a long read Read more »| 13 Oct 2021 -
New ReleasesHalloween Kills
More Michael Myers chaos from David Gordon Green and Danny McBride, but their second sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 classic is an object lesson in the law of diminishing returns Read more »| 06 Oct 2021 -
New ReleasesSpencer
In Pablo Larraín's anarchic anti-royalist look at Princess Diana, the wealth and status of royalty are a trap from which no-one escapes happily Read more »| 07 Sep 2021
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New ReleasesVenice Film Festival 2021: Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, the latest film from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lily Amirpour, is a neon-drenched horror filled with warmth and humour, but with a frustratingly loose script Read more »| 05 Sep 2021 -
New ReleasesLast Night in Soho
Edgar Wright's psychological thriller starts promisingly, but as it takes its characters down the sinuous corridors of glamourous Soho clubs, its charming ambivalence and well-crafted allegories begin to unravel Read more »| 04 Sep 2021 -
New ReleasesParallel Mothers
The great Pedro Almodóvar returns with a twist-filled melodrama about two single mothers – one played by Almodóvar regular Penelope Cruz Read more »| 04 Sep 2021 -
New ReleasesThe Lost Daughter
Based on Elena Ferrante's book of the same name, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, depicts the horror of a woman ageing past what society deems desirable Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
New ReleasesDune
Dune isn't quite the sensory feast of Blade Runner 2049, but Jason Momoa steals the film as a salt of the earth swordmaster – if only this sci-fi epic had more of his pizzaz Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
New ReleasesThe Power of the Dog
Jane Campion returns after 12 years with The Power of the Dog, a haunting study of male violence that makes up for its lack of emotional depth with forensic storytelling Read more »| 03 Sep 2021 -
New ReleasesThe Card Counter
Paul Schrader delivers another exacting drama following a haunted man in search of redemption in tense morality tale The Card Counter Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival: Read 2021's Young Critics
Read reviews from this year's group of Edinburgh International Film Festival Young Critics Read more »| 02 Sep 2021 -
FestivalsEIFF 2021: Faceless
Documentary Faceless, from award-winning journalist Jennifer Ngo, explores Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy movement from the point of view of four young activists on the ground Read more »| 02 Sep 2021