S&S: February 2007

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

February 2007

Vol. 17 No. 2

Apocalypto

USA - 2006 - 138m - col

Icon (18)

D: Mel Gibson
Audio: 5.1

Babel

USA/Mexico - 2006 - 143m - col

UIP (15)

D: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Audio: 5.1

Bamako

France/Mali/USA - 2006 - 117m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Abderrahmane Sissako
Audio: 5.1

Black Book

Zwartboek

Netherlands/Germany/UK/Belgium - 2006 - 145m - col / scope

Tartan (15)

D: Paul Verhoeven
Audio: 5.1

Black Christmas

USA/Canada - 2006 - 84m - col / scope

Pathé (15)

D: Glen Morgan
Audio: 5.1

Blood Diamond

USA/S.Africa - 2006 - 143m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Edward Zwick
Audio: 5.1

Bobby

USA - 2006 - 116m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Emilio Estevez
Audio: 5.1

The Covenant

USA - 2006 - 97m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Renny Harlin
Audio: 5.1

Deck the Halls

USA - 2006 - 93m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: John Whitesell
Audio: 5.1

Deja Vu

USA/UK - 2006 - 126m - col / scope

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Tony Scott
Audio: 5.1

Esma's Secret
Grbavica

(USA: Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams)
Austria/Germany/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Croatia/Netherlands - 2005 - 95m - col
Dogwoof (15)
D: Jasmila Zbanic
Audio: 5.1

Ghosts

UK - 2006 - 100m - col

Tartan (15)

D: Nick Broomfield
Audio: 5.1

Grounded
Unaccompanied Minors

USA/Australia - 2006 - 90m - col / scope
Warner (PG)
D: Paul Feig
Audio: 5.1

Grounded: Unaccompanied Minors

[see: Grounded]

Happy Feet

USA/Australia - 2006 - 108m - col / scope

Warner (U)

D: George Miller
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints. LF version reframed at 1.44:1 aspect ratio.
Followed by: Happy Feet Two (2011, Feb/2012).
Audio: 6.1 / IMAX 6-track

The Heart of the Game

USA - 2005 - 93m - col

Miracle (12A)

D: Ward Serrill
Audio: 5.1

The Holiday

USA - 2006 - 135m - col

UIP (12A)

D: Nancy Meyers
Audio: 5.1

Infamous

USA - 2006 - 118m - col

Warner (15)

D: Douglas McGrath
Audio: 5.1

Into Great Silence

Die große Stille

Germany/Switzerland - 2005 - 169m - col

Soda (U)

D: Philip Gröning
Audio: 5.1

Iraq in Fragments

USA - 2006 - 94m - col

ICA (12)

D: James Longley
Audio: 5.1

It’s a Boy/Girl Thing

UK/Canada - 2006 - 95m - col

Icon (12A)

D: Nick Hurran
Audio: 5.1

Kabul Express

काबुल एक्सप्रेस

India - 2006 - 105m - col / scope

Yash Raj (15)

D: Kabir Khan
Audio: 5.1

The Last King of Scotland

UK/Germany/USA - 2006 - 123m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Kevin Macdonald
Audio: 5.1

Libero

Anche libero va bene

(aka: Along the Ridge)

Italy - 2006 - 108m - col

Axiom (15)

D: Kim Rossi Stuart
Audio: 5.1

The Lives of the Saints

UK - 2005 - 101m - col

Tartan (15)

D: Rankin, Chris Cottam
Audio: 5.1

The Nativity Story

USA - 2006 - 101m - col / scope

Entertainment (PG)

D: Catherine Hardwicke
Audio: 5.1

Notes on a Scandal

UK/USA - 2006 - 92m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Richard Eyre
Audio: 5.1

Old Joy

USA - 2005 - 73m - col

Soda (15)

D: Kelly Reichardt

Running With Scissors

USA - 2006 - 122m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Ryan Murphy
Audio: 5.1

Smokin’ Aces

USA/UK/France - 2007 - 109m - col / scope

UIP (18)

D: Joe Carnahan
Followed by: Smokin' Aces 2: Assassin's Ball (2010).
Audio: 5.1

Suburban Mayhem

Australia - 2006 - 89m - col

Contender (15)

D: Paul Goldman
Audio: 5.1

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

USA/Germany - 2006 - 94m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Liam Lynch
Audio: 5.1

Them

Ils

France/Romania - 2005 - 77m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Audio: 5.1

Umrao Jaan

उमराव जान

India - 2006 - 188m - col / scope

Adlabs (12A)

D: J.P. Dutta
Audio: 5.1

Venus

UK/USA - 2006 - 95m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Roger Michell
Audio: 5.1

The West Wittering Affair

UK - 2005 - 90m - col

Yeah Yeah Yeah

D: David Scheinmann