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 Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Coens' cruel anthology western begins with a blistering energy, but becomes more ponderous with each chapter Read more »| 10 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesWildlife
Actor Paul Dano's directorial debut is tender and heartfelt, and anchored by a knockout performance from Carey Mulligan Read more »| 06 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesOutlaw King
Stunning scenery and gory action scenes make up for dodgy accents and a lack of imagination in David Mackenzie's Robert the Bruce epic Outlaw King Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesWidows
Viola Davis is impeccable in this high-stakes heist thriller from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen Read more »| 01 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesNae Pasaran
Felipe Bustos Sierra's documentary Nae Pasaran shows how a group of Rolls-Royce factory workers from East Kilbride put their jobs on the line to take a stand against Chile's military junta Read more »| 30 Oct 2018 -
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Destroyer
Nicole Kidman will receive plaudits for her transformation into a grizzled LA cop, but the real star of Destroyer is director Karyn Kusama's muscular, pulsating direction Read more »| 25 Oct 2018
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Peterloo
Mike Leigh's retelling of the Peterloo Massacre is a powerful, pertinent piece of work Read more »| 22 Oct 2018 -
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LFF 2018: The Favourite
The director of Dogtooth and The Lobster delivers his most accessible and entertaining film yet, with Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman outstanding in this wild period comedy Read more »| 22 Oct 2018 -
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Wild Rose
Jessie Buckley gives a knockout performance as a gallus ex-con from Glasgow with ambitions of being a country singer in Nashville in this delightful crowd-pleaser with rugged edges Read more »| 19 Oct 2018 -
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LFF 2018: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Ben Wheatley’s partly-improvised family drama Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is funny and frenzied, but some of the huge cast get lost in the melee Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
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Make Me Up
With Make Me Up, pop ironist Rachel Maclean invites us into another darkly hilarious world in which the candy-coloured computer generated images contrast sharply with the brutal satire within Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
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Touch Me Not
Golden Bear winner Touch Me Not has good intentions, but what this chilly study of intimacy is lacking is, ironically, intimacy Read more »| 12 Oct 2018 -
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Mandy
Nicolas Cage delivers his most unhinged performance yet in Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, and the results are highly pleasurable but drenched in artifice Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
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First Man
Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong in this technically accomplished biopic that ultimately fails to get off the ground Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
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Venom
Tom Hardy can't save this toothless, incoherent Spider-Man spin-off Read more »| 03 Oct 2018