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 Releases
To All the Boys: PS I Still Love You
The sequel to Netflix's popular teen rom-com To All the Boys I've Loved Before wears its heart on its sleeve and, in star Lana Condor, has an endlessly watchable protagonist. Perfect for Valentine's Day streaming Read more »| 13 Feb 2020 -
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First Love
The relentless Takashi Miike is back, this time with a madcap gangster mashup that's as genuinely thrilling as it is ridiculous Read more »| 10 Feb 2020 -
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A Hidden Life
It's two steps forward and one back as Terrence Malick returns with A Hidden Life. Visually and narratively it's the filmmaker's most vital work since The Tree of Life, but a lack of tension and a bizarre approach to language hobbles the movie Read more »| 20 Jan 2020 -
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Bombshell
This star-studded examination of the 2016 sex scandal at Fox News features an impressive impersonation of former Fox star Megyn Kelly by Charlize Theron, but elsewhere the approach by director Jay Roach to the material feels glib and unsatisfying Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
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Uncut Gems
The Safdie brothers follow up Good Time with another frenetic New York drama, as Adam Sandler gives a great performance as a brash jeweller who dabbles in various suspect tradings across the city Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
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1917
Over a series of long takes, director Sam Mendes shows himself to be a filmmaker in complete command of his craft, while George MacKay makes for a compelling surrogate for the generation of young men sacrificed in the First World War Read more »| 06 Jan 2020
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
JJ Abrams is eager to give the Star Wars fanboys what they want, but it’s always on his terms Read more »| 18 Dec 2019 -
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Little Women
Greta Gerwig's take on Louisa May Alcott's straightforward epic is elevated by the chemistry between the cast, who include Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Emma Watson Read more »| 17 Dec 2019 -
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Sons of Denmark
Ulaa Salim’s thriller takes us to a future Denmark swept up by a far-right political movement Read more »| 10 Dec 2019 -
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So Long, My Son
Wang Xiaoshuai's epic Chinese drama has a lot to say about family caught in the tide of history – and has trouble saying it Read more »| 03 Dec 2019 -
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Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton has been trying to adapt Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn for two decades. We're not sure why he bothered Read more »| 03 Dec 2019 -
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Pink Wall
Tom Cullen's directorial debut drifts through the disquiet of an unfolding romance in six acts Read more »| 02 Dec 2019 -
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The Nightingale
Writer-director Jennifer Kent follows up her creepy debut The Babadook with brutal historical-revenge drama The Nightingale Read more »| 25 Nov 2019 -
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Atlantics
Mati Diop's feature debut Atlantics feels like the work of an experienced master Read more »| 18 Nov 2019 -
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The Report
Adam Driver is typically brilliant in this impressively mounted dramatisation of the US Senate’s investigation into torture conducted during the War on Terror Read more »| 08 Nov 2019