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 ReleasesSpider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man heads to Europe in the latest instalment featuring the teen superhero. When it feels like a John Hughes-like romance, Spider-Man: Far From Home is a lot of fun Read more »| 01 Jul 2019 -
New ReleasesSchemers
Schemers is the inspiring true-life story of how a Dundee teen set his town's music scene alight – it's just a shame that the film has little interest in the women of that scene Read more »| 29 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesCronofobia
An atmospheric psychological drama from first-time director Francesco Rizzi, Cronofobia's arresting visuals and committed performances make this one of the most memorable films of the year Read more »| 28 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
As an overview of the career of the contentious film critic, What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is a congenial ode to a unique and important cultural voice of the 20th century Read more »| 28 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesUnderdown
Life below the poverty line in Beirut’s concrete jungle is explored in Sarah Kaskas’ humanistic feature debut Underdown Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesBalance, Not Symmetry
Director Jamie Adams collaborates with Biffy Clyro for Glasgow-set drama Balance, Not Symmetry, an unbearable film marred by clichés and an inconsistent structure Read more »| 27 Jun 2019
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New ReleasesThe Grizzlies
A true-life story of how sport unites a group of disenfranchised teens in northern Canada, too often The Grizzlies feels like Hollywood schmaltz Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesNot the End (Sin fin)
Time-travelling romance with a sensitive approach to love and loss Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesVenezia
A woman wanders a grey Venice in this gut-wrenching film about loneliness and loss Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesThe Vast of Night
Andrew Patterson's The Vast of Night evokes paranoid 50s B-movies but elevates the genre with stylish visuals and vibrant performances Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesScheme Birds
This lyrical documentary follows the life of an 18-year-old navigating the harsh truths of motherhood, relationships and violence in a deprived corner of Motherwell Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesIn Fabric
Peter Strickland continues to push at narrative conventions with this witty costume horror that's another extraordinarily rich and strange work from a unique filmmaker Read more »| 25 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesRobert the Bruce
Angus Macfadyen returns to the role he played 24 years ago in Mel Gibson's Braveheart with this stoic take on the Scottish freedom fighter that plays like a Celtic western Read more »| 25 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesSupport the Girls
The Hooters-style bar setting of Andrew Bujalski's Support the Girls and its double entendre title prove a misdirect; this is an empathetic, refreshingly incisive portrait of women at work that's as funny as it is generous Read more »| 25 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesMemory: The Origins of Alien
78/52 director Alexandre O Philippe delves into the world of Ridley Scott's Alien – fanatics will find little new here, but this is an entertaining, informative companion to the 1979 sci-fi Read more »| 24 Jun 2019