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Skate Kitchen review – half-baked tales of New York’s high rollers

Crystal Moselle’s drama about a Manhattan skateboard crew would have been better as a documentary

In its opening scenes, the first narrative feature from The Wolfpack director Crystal Moselle feels like a documentary. Shooting cinema-verite style, Moselle’s camera watches as 18-year-old Latina skater Camille (Rachelle Vinberg) gets violently “credit-carded” by her board, blood pouring from between her legs. It’s visceral, almost too shocking to be made up.

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