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
Sunshine on Leith
The Proclaimers’ back catalogue makes a fine backbone for this largely fun, nicely sincere and well-staged musical. Director Dexter Fletcher deftly han... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
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For Those in Peril
“Respect the sea, because the sea’s the master,” reflects a voice over ominous images of crashing waves. It’s surely the boss of Aaro... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
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The Crash Reel
The Crash Reel, Lucy Walker’s compelling new documentary, has it all: sports rivalry, You’ve Been Framed-style carnage, family drama, a... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
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Filth
Bruce ‘the Stallion’ Robertson: alcoholic, drug addict, compulsive liar, amoral sociopath, sexual pervert – and senior Detective Sergeant. ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
Mister John
This cinematic enigma opens with reflections dissolving into one another on the surface of a lake. And like those merging images the film shows a distorted ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
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Cold Comes the Night
Alice Eve bids to be taken seriously by playing downtrodden single mum and half-a-horse town motel owner Chloe. Under the protection of bent copper Billy (Lo... Read more »| 20 Sep 2013
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Kelly + Victor
Adapted from Niall Griffiths' novel of the same name, Evans' debut feature follows the perilously intense relationship between two Liverpudlian twenty-someth... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
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The Artist and the Model
Best known for fluffy Oscar-winner Belle Epoque (and more recently, Chico and Rita’s vibrant jazz animation), The Artist and the Model presents a more ... Read more »| 13 Sep 2013 -
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In a World...
Actress Lake Bell makes her feature writing and directing debut with this funny ensemble piece set within and around the world of voice-over artists. Carol S... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
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The Great Hip Hop Hoax
A follow-up to Sound It Out, her 2011 documentary about a Teesside record shop, Jeanie Finlay forays into darker aspects of the music industry with... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints might ultimately be a triumph of craft over content, but when the craft is this impressive it seems churlish to complain. Davi... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013 -
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About Time
Richard Curtis rounds off his trust fund trilogy with weddings (not four, thankfully) and love (not actually, mercifully) in this return to the vanilla, uppe... Read more »| 30 Aug 2013 -
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Upstream Colour
Dense, maddening, oblique but oh so beautiful, Shane Carruth’s long-awaited follow-up to the similarly bizarre Primer will certainly leave his audience... Read more »| 27 Aug 2013 -
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Pain & Gain
Michael Bay has never given the impression of being a filmmaker particularly interested in irony. His bombastic oeuvre features all the self-awareness of you... Read more »| 26 Aug 2013 -
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Lovelace
A very strong performance from Amanda Seyfried anchors this biopic of the most notorious period of Linda Boreman’s life, that of her troubled marriage ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2013