S&S: May 2005

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2005

Vol. 15 No. 5

Be Cool

USA - 2005 - 119m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: F. Gary Gray
Series: Get Shorty (1995, Mar/1996).
Audio: 5.1

Brothers

Brødre

Denmark/UK/Sweden/Norway - 2004 - 117m - col

Soda (15)

D: Susanne Bier
Audio: 5.1

Chicken Tikka Masala

UK - 2004 - 96m - col

Film Incubation (15)

D: Harmage Singh Kalirai
Audio: 5.1

The Clan

Le clan

(USA: 3 Dancing Slaves)

France/Switzerland - 2004 - 90m - col

Peccadillo (15)

D: Gaël Morel
Audio: 5.1

The Consequences of Love

Le conseguenze dell’amore

(aka: Reason and Rhyme to a Life of Crime)

Italy - 2004 - 104m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Paolo Sorrentino
Audio: 5.1

Cursed

USA/Germany - 2005 - 97m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Wes Craven
Audio: 5.1

Darkness

Spain/USA - 2002 - 88m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Jaume Balagueró
Audio: 6.1

Downfall

Der Untergang

Germany/Austria/Italy - 2004 - 155m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Audio: 5.1

Fat Slags

UK - 2004 - 76m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Ed Bye
Audio: 5.1

Flight of the Phoenix

USA - 2004 - 113m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: John Moore
Audio: 5.1

Gong fu

[see: Kung Fu Hustle]

A Good Woman

UK/Italy/Spain/USA - 2004 - 93m - col

Vertigo (PG)

D: Mike Barker
Audio: 5.1

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings

Heimat 3: Chronik einer Zeitenwende

Germany/UK (TV) - 2004 - 689m/525m - 6 episodes - col and bw

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Edgar Reitz
Eps. 3 - 6 reviewed: Jun 2005.
Series: Heimat (1984, Feb/1985).
Audio: 5.1

The Clan

The Interpreter

USA/UK/Germany - 2005 - 128m - col / scope

UIP (12A)

D: Sydney Pollack
Audio: 5.1

The Jacket

USA/Germany - 2003 - 103m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: John Maybury
Audio: 5.1

Kung Fu Hustle

功夫

Hong Kong/China - 2004 - 99m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Stephen Chow Sing-chi
Audio: 5.1

Lizard

مارمولک

Iran - 2004 - 115m - col

ICA (12A)

D: Kamal Tabrizi

Marmoulak

[see: Lizard]

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous

USA/Australia - 2005 - 115m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: John Pasquin
Series: Miss Congeniality (2000, May/2001).
Audio: 5.1

Mysterious Skin

USA/Netherlands - 2004 - 105m - col

Tartan (18)

D: Gregg Araki
Audio: 5.1

Ong-Bak

องค์บาก

Thailand - 2003 - 104m - col

Premier Asia (18)

D: Prachya Pinkaew
Followed by: Ong Bak 2 (2008, Nov/2009), Ong Bak 3 (องค์บาก 3, 2010).
Audio: 6.1

Only Human

Seres queridos

Spain/UK/Argentina/Portugal - 2004 - 89m - col

Verve (15)

D: Teresa Pelegri, Dominic Harari
Audio: 5.1

The Pacifier

USA - 2005 - 95m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG) (cut)

D: Adam Shankman
Audio: 5.1

Palindromes

USA/France - 2004 - 100m - col

Tartan (15)

D: Todd Solondz
Audio: 5.1

The Ring Two

USA - 2005 - 110m - col

UIP (15)

D: Hideo Nakata
Series: The Ring (2002, Apr/2003).
Audio: 5.1

Robots

USA - 2005 - 91m - col

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Chris Wedge
35mm and IMAX release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Seu-ken-deul Jo-seon-nam-nyeo sang-yeol-ji-sa

[see: Untold Scandal]

Three Dancing Slaves

[see: Clan, The]

Twin Sisters

De tweeling

Netherlands/Luxembourg - 2002 - 137m - col

Optimum (12A)

D: Ben Sombogaart
Audio: 5.1

Untold Scandal

스캔들 조선남녀상열지사

S.Korea - 2003 - 124m - col

Soda (18)

D: Lee Jae-yong [as: E J-yong]
Audio: 5.1

We Don’t Live Here Anymore

USA/Canada - 2004 - 99m - col / scope

Redbus (15)

D: John Curran
Audio: 5.1