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 ReleasesGlass
Samuel L. Jackson makes for a mesmerising supervillain, and there's a pleasing physicality to Glass's superhero showdowns, but Shyamalan just can't help himself when it comes to convoluted dialogue and eye-rolling twists Read more »| 18 Jan 2019 -
New ReleasesBeautiful Boy
Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet are both outstanding in this profoundly moving story of a young man dealing with addiction Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
New ReleasesMary Queen of Scots
Ronan and Robbie are knockout, but their bold, sensitive performances as somewhat hindered by structural and pacing issues Read more »| 14 Jan 2019 -
New ReleasesThe Favourite
Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman deliver career-best performances in Yorgos Lanthimos' most accessible – and entertaining – film yet Read more »| 08 Jan 2019 -
New ReleasesThe House That Jack Built
Is aging enfant terrible Lars von Trier trolling us with serial killer flick The House That Jack Built? Or is he trying to purge something ugly from deep within himself? Maybe it's both... Read more »| 10 Dec 2018 -
New ReleasesSorry to Bother You
Inventive visual flights of fancy combine with a righteous anger at systemic injustice in Boots Riley's brilliant, absurdist satire Sorry to Bother You Read more »| 06 Dec 2018
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New ReleasesWhite Boy Rick
The rise and fall of teen drug dealer Rick Wershe Jr is explored in White Boy Rick, the new film from Yann Demange. It looks great, but unfortunately lacks the intensity of Demange's previous film, Belfast thriller ’71 Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
New ReleasesThe Old Man & the Gun
Robert Redford stars as an elderly bank robber who refuses to retire in David Lowery's delightful The Old Man & the Gun Read more »| 06 Dec 2018 -
New ReleasesCreed II
Creed II is a winner, but it can't match the succession of devastating blows delivered by Ryan Coogler’s original film Read more »| 29 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesDisobedience
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's follow-up to A Fantastic Woman is the story of same-sex love within the Orthodox Jewish community, but it's a drab affair lacking passion and colour Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesRoma
Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, the Mexican director's most most personal work, is more impressive as a feat of crowd control than as a piece of visual storytelling or as a character study Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesAnna and the Apocalypse
Anna and the Apocalypse is rough around the edges, but this endearing Scottish Christmas zombie musical has some toe-tapping tunes and characters you care about Read more »| 27 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesThe Image Book
Veteran French auteur Jean-Luc Godard bewilders and delights with dizzying essay film The Image Book Read more »| 23 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
This sequel to the Harry Potter prequel is a tad heavy-handed and its racial politics don’t always hold up, but it’s more tonally assured than its predecessor and exploits the Potter nostalgia fruitfully Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesSuspiria
Luca Guadagnino’s reimagining of Dario Argento’s classic horror Suspiria is languorous and muted, and fails to find its true rhythm Read more »| 13 Nov 2018