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
Liberal Arts
Writer/director Josh Radnor's sophomore feature sees him also play Jesse, a detached but well-meaning 30-something university admissions officer recently dum... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Holy Motors
Holy Motors is the first Leos Carax feature since 1999's Pola X, and it sometimes feels as if every single idea, dream and nightmare that he has had in those... Read more »| 24 Sep 2012 -
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Looper
Rian Johnson’s third film is assuredly his best effort to date. The genre-bending director, having tackled film noir by way of adolescence (in Brick) a... Read more »| 24 Sep 2012 -
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Killing Them Softly
In adapting George V. Higgins’ 1974 novel Cogan’s Trade, writer/director Andrew Dominik updates the action to 2008 and lays on the political alle... Read more »| 21 Sep 2012 -
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To Rome With Love
Woody Allen attempts to replicate some of the magic from last year’s delightful Midnight In Paris by returning to a fabled old European city and addres... Read more »| 14 Sep 2012 -
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Keyhole
Guy Maddin’s latest is, loosely, a haunted Odyssey set in a decrepit, (meta)physically imposing mansion and populated by ghosts and gangsters. Its... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012
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The Sweeney
It’s The Sweeney, son… and it’s nowhere near as bad as you fink it is. Ray Winstone is Regan, snarling and punching his way through a miss... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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The Victim
When you've fought killer robots from the future, aliens with acid for blood and flesh-eating zombies, what do you do next? Veteran genre actor Michael Biehn... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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Lawless
John HIllcoat’s thriller, from a messy script by Nick Cave, charts the exploits of a family of Virginian bootleggers during Prohibition as their operat... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Tabu
Tabu explores the interlaced nexuses between memory, cinema and fable Read more »| 03 Sep 2012 -
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Berberian Sound Studio
Director Peter Strickland toys with the audience as a cat would with a mouse in this mysterious film dealing in horror and nightmares Read more »| 27 Aug 2012 -
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Shadow Dancer
A taut, sinewy thriller from Man on Wire director James Marsh Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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The Imposter
Deception and denial go hand-in-hand in this haunting documentary Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Take This Waltz
The standout moment in Take This Waltz, the second feature from Canadian actor-turned-director Sarah Polley, takes place on a cheesy fairground rid... Read more »| 16 Aug 2012 -
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King of Devil's Island
This film sits alongside the Devil’s Island of Henri Charriere’s Papillon, forming an archipelago of punishment and retribution. The settin... Read more »| 15 Aug 2012