S&S: January 2009

Introduction for newcomers

Censor certificates

Glossary

Sight & Sound

January 2009

Vol. 19 No. 1

Blessed

UK - 2007 - 83m - col

Storm (U)

D: Mark Aldridge
Audio: 5.1

Bushi no ichibun

[see: Love and Honour]

Changeling

USA - 2008 - 142m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Clint Eastwood
Audio: 5.1

Che

USA/Spain/France - 2008 - 253m - col and bw / scope + 1.85:1

Optimum (15)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Released in two separate parts: Che Part One (scope), Che Part Two (1.85:1, reviewed Mar/2009).
Audio: 5.1

The Class

Klass

Estonia - 2007 - 101m - col

V: Media Sales (18)

D: Ilmar Raag
Audio: 5.1

Dean Spanley

UK/New Zealand - 2008 - 100m - col

Icon (U)

D: Toa Fraser
Audio: 5.1

Defiance

USA - 2008 - 137m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Edward Zwick
Audio: 5.1

Etz Limon

[see: Lemon Tree]

The Express

USA/Germany - 2008 - 129m - col / scope

Universal (PG)

D: Gary Fleder
Audio: 5.1

Far North

UK/France/Norway - 2007 - 89m - col / scope

Soda (12)

D: Asif Kapadia
Audio: 5.1

Fine, Totally Fine

全然大丈夫

Japan - 2007 - 110m - col

Third Window

D: Fujita Yosuke
Audio: 5.1

Gardens in Autumn

Jardins en automne

France/Italy/Russia - 2006 - 121m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Otar Iosseliani
Audio: 5.1

The Girl in the Park

USA/Germany/Singapore - 2007 - 110m - col

Unanimous (15)

D: David Auburn
Audio: 5.1

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

USA/UK/Japan - 2008 - 120m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Alex Gibney
Audio: 5.1

How Ohio Pulled It Off

USA - 2007 - 63m - col

MercuryMedia (12A)

D: Charla Barker, Matthew Kraus, Mariana Quiroga

In Prison My Whole Life

UK/USA/Italy - 2008 - 94m - col

MercuryMedia (15)

D: Marc Evans
Audio: Stereo

I.O.U.S.A.

USA - 2008 - 84m - col and bw

MercuryMedia (U)

D: Patrick Creadon
Audio: 5.1

Julia

France/Belgium/USA/Mexico - 2008 - 144m - col / scope

AE (15)

D: Erick Zonca
Audio: 5.1

Kidnap

किडनैप

India - 2008 - 150m - col / scope

Studio 18 (12A)

D: Sanjay Gadhvi
Audio: 5.1

Klass

(see: Class, The)

Lemon Tree

עץ לימון

Israel/Germany/France - 2008 - 106m - col

Unanimous (PG)

D: Eran Riklis
Audio: 5.1

Love and Honor

武士の一分

Japan - 2006 - 122m - col

ICA (12A)

D: Yōji Yamada
Audio: 5.1

The Man From London

A londoni férfi

Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland - 2007 - 139m - bw

Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Béla Tarr
Audio: 5.1

Max Payne

USA/Canada - 2008 - 100m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: John Moore
Audio: 5.1

The Midnight Meat Train

USA - 2008 - 98m - col / scope

Lionsgate (18)

D: Ryūhei Kitamura
Audio: 5.1

Mum & Dad

UK - 2008 - 84m - col

Revolver (18)

D: Steven Sheil
Audio: 5.1

The North Face

Nordwand

Germany/Austria/Switzerland - 2008 - 127m - col / scope

Metrodome (12A)

D: Philipp Stölzl
Audio: 5.1

Pride and Glory

USA/Germany - 2007 - 130m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Gavin O’Connor
Audio: 5.1

Quarantine

USA - 2008 - 89m - col

Sony (18)

D: John Erick Dowdle
Followed by: Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011).
Audio: 5.1

Religulous

USA - 2008 - 101m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Larry Charles
Audio: 5.1

Saw V

USA/Canada - 2008 - 92m - col

Lionsgate (18)

D: David Hackl
Series: Saw (2004, Dec/2004).
Audio: 5.1

The Secret Life of Bees

USA - 2008 - 110m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Audio: 5.1

Summer

UK/Germany - 2008 - 83m - col / scope

Vertigo (15)

D: Kenneth Glenaan
Audio: 5.1

Surveillance

USA/Germany/Canada - 2007 - 97m - col / scope

Odeon Sky Filmworks (18)

D: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Audio: 5.1

Tau ming chong

[see: Warlords, The]

Trade

USA/Germany - 2006 - 119m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Audio: 5.1

Trouble the Water

USA - 2007 - 95m - col

ICA (15)

D: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Audio: 5.1

W.

USA/Australia/Hong Kong/Switzerland/China - 2008 - 129m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Oliver Stone
Audio: 5.1

The Warlords

投名狀

Hong Kong/China - 2008 - 113m - col / scope

Metrodome (15) (cut)

D: Peter Chan Hoh-san, Raymond Yip Wai-man
Audio: 5.1

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

USA - 2008 - 102m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Kevin Smith
Audio: 5.1

Zenzen daijobu

[see: Fine, Totally Fine]