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 ReleasesCafé De Flore
After a brief sojourn into British period drama with The Young Victoria, Quebecois Jean-Marc Vallée returns home for Café De Flore, and in the ... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
New ReleasesCrime or Punishment?!?
Take heed of the title’s interrobang: Crime or Punishment?!? is a bewildering creation. In a similar vein to circular, multi-strand narratives like Go ... Read more »| 07 May 2012 -
New ReleasesHara-kiri: Death of a Samurai
After revitalising the samurai picture with the thrilling 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike's new movie Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai is a change of pace, and a di... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
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Goodbye First Love
Mia Hansen-Løve's Goodbye First Love covers the well-worn ground of teenage romance, but it does so with a sensitivity and honesty that makes the subj... Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
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American Pie: Reunion
All hail the class of 99, the birth of the MILF and the induction of pie fornication into pop culture. It has been 13 years since the first slice of American... Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
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The Divide
The title of Xavier Gens’ gristly post-apocalyptic survival movie is working on a myriad of levels. Firstly, it’s the heavy duty door that separa... Read more »| 16 Apr 2012
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The Cabin in the Woods
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s deliriously entertaining homage to horror cinema takes a format as old as the hills – teens run into trouble at a ... Read more »| 12 Apr 2012 -
New ReleasesDamsels in Distress
Chief damsel in Whit Stillman’s long awaited filmmaking return following some Malickesque downtime is Violet (Gerwig), an aggressively altruistic ... Read more »| 09 Apr 2012 -
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This Must Be the Place
The most satisfying thing about This Must Be the Place is that it proves that, even after three decades of remarkable performances, Sean Penn still has the c... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
New ReleasesLe Havre
Le Havre is Aki Kaurismäki's first film made in France since 1992's La vie de bohème, and it acts as a kind of loose sequel to that picture,... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
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John Carter
Let me tell you a story about a man with the initials JC. True of heart, he came from the heavens and used his superhuman powers to unite a humble people, gi... Read more »| 09 Mar 2012 -
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Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The cinema release of Spielberg's Tintin was met with predictable howls of outrage from certain quarters - mostly middle-aged, male Guardian writers - for wh... Read more »| 02 Mar 2012 -
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A Dangerous Method
Where is the danger in A Dangerous Method? This exploration of the relationship between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) sh... Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
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The Muppets
Old-fashioned dastardly danger is threatening the, now abandoned, Muppet studios as a maniacally laughing oil tycoon (Chris Cooper) looks set to plunder the ... Read more »| 02 Feb 2012 -
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Bombay Beach
After an outstanding festival journey, a Tribeca World Documentary Award, and praise from Alec Baldwin, music video director Alma Har'el's debut feature Bomb... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012