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 ReleasesBig Eyes
With Big Eyes, Tim Burton takes a break from his spate of auto-pilot adaptations (be it butchering Alice in Wonderland or remaking his own early short f... Read more »| 18 Dec 2014 -
New ReleasesThe Theory of Everything
What can you do with a film like The Theory of Everything? It’s exactly what it intends to be: a straightforward potted history of a real-life figure t... Read more »| 18 Dec 2014 -
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Birdman
The two consistent traits in Alejandro González Iñárritu's body of work are his directorial virtuosity and his ability to get 100% commi... Read more »| 18 Dec 2014 -
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
In one key scene of Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ramses (Joel Edgerton) addresses exiled foster brother Moses’ (Christian Bale) suggestion to free the Hebre... Read more »| 17 Dec 2014 -
New ReleasesThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
What began with An Unexpected Journey ends in an altogether expected fashion, as Peter Jackson wraps up his frequently misguided three-part adaptation o... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014 -
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Manakamana
From Harvard’s experimental Sensory Ethnography Lab, which gave us 2012’s haunting fishing vessel doc Leviathan, comes Manakamana. This is an&nbs... Read more »| 08 Dec 2014
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New ReleasesThe Grandmaster
A sort of biopic of renowned martial artist Ip Man, Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster finally arrives after a European debut at the Berlin Film Festival w... Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
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St. Vincent
In writer-director Theodore Melfi’s debut feature, Bill Murray turns back to the salty, misanthropic persona with which he made his name; his titular c... Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
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Eastern Boys
Daniel (Rabourdin) gets a lot more than he bargained for when he spends an afternoon cruising a Parisian shopping centre for a teenage boy to bring home, and... Read more »| 01 Dec 2014 -
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Black Sea
In Black Sea, a muscular Jude Law adopts a Scottish accent and a salty persona to lead a submarine crew looking for lost Nazi gold. The mariners evade Putin&... Read more »| 01 Dec 2014 -
Festivals
LFF 2014: The Old Guard
A roundup of the established auteurs who were flogging their wares at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross is made up of 14 segments, each filmed in a single long and often static take, where meticulous compositions and dry performances drive... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
FestivalsLFF 2014: The Standouts
We round up some of the best new films shown at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
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Diary of a Lost Girl
While critical plaudits are more often reserved for Pandora's Box, the first collaboration between director GW Pabst and star Louise Brooks, the pair's lurid... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
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The Imitation Game
Awards buzz circled this entertaining account of Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing long before its debut at the traditionally Oscar-foreshadowing Toronto Film ... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014