S&S: May 2008

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2008

Vol. 18 No. 5

10,000 BC

USA/New Zealand - 2008 - 109m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Roland Emmerich
Audio: 5.1

The Accidental Husband

USA - 2008 - 91m - col

Momentum (12A)

D: Griffin Dunne
Audio: 5.1

Assembly

集結號

Hong Kong/China - 2007 - 124m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Feng Xiaogang
Audio: 5.1

Awake

USA - 2007 - 85m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Joby Harold
Audio: 5.1

Beaufort

בופור

Israel - 2007 - 131m - col / scope

Trinity (15)

D: Joseph Cedar
Audio: 5.1

Bufor

[see: Beaufort]

Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth

UK - 2007 - 95m - col

ICA

D: Simon DaVison

Caramel

سكر بنات

Lebanon/France - 2007 - 96m - col

Momentum (PG)

D: Nadine Labaki
Audio: 5.1

Cashback

UK - 2005 - 102m - col / scope

The Works (15)

D: Sean Ellis
Audio: 5.1

The Devil Came on Horseback

USA/UK/Denmark - 2006 - 85m - col

Dogwoof

D: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern
Audio: 5.1

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!

[see: Horton Hears a Who!]

Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes

[see: Manufactured Landscapes]

10,000 BC

The Eye

USA - 2008 - 96m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Audio: 5.1

The Go Master

吳清源

China/Hong Kong - 2006 - 104m - col / scope

ICA

D: Tian Zhuangzhuang
Audio: 5.1

Happy-Go-Lucky

UK/USA - 2007 - 118m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Mike Leigh
Audio: 5.1

Heartbeat Detector

La question humaine

(USA: The Human Question)

France - 2007 - 143m - col

Trinity (12A)

D: Nicolas Klotz
Audio: 5.1

Honeydripper

USA - 2007 - 124m - col

Axiom (PG)

D: John Sayles
Audio: 5.1

Hope

Nadzieja

Pol/Ger - 2007 - 101m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Stanislaw Mucha
Dolby Stereo SR

Horton Hears a Who!

USA - 2008 - 86m - col

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Audio: 5.1

The Hottie & the Nottie

USA - 2007 - 91m - col

Pathé (12A)

D: Tom Putnam
Audio: 5.1

In Bruges

USA/UK/Germany - 2007 - 107m - col / scope

Universal (18)

D: Martin McDonagh
Audio: 5.1

Jezile

[see: Son of Man]

Ji jie hao

[see: Assembly]

Jodhaa Akbar

जोधा अकबर

India - 2007 - 213m - col / scope

UTV (12A)

D: Ashutosh Gowariker
Audio: 5.1

Joy Division

UK - 2007 - 93m - col

The Works (15)

D: Grant Gee
Audio: 5.1

The Last Mistress

Une vieille maîtresse

France/Italy - 2007 - 114m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Catherine Breillat
Audio: 5.1

Lonesome Jim

USA - 2005 - 92m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Steve Buscemi
Audio: 5.1

Manufactured Landscapes

Canada - 2006 - 87m - col

BFI (U)

D: Jennifer Baichwal
Dolby Stereo SR

Meet the Spartans

USA - 2008 - 83m - col

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Audio: 5.1

Persepolis

France/USA - 2007 - 96m - col

Optimum (12A)

D: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Audio: 5.1

Private Property

Nue propriété

Belgium/France/Luxembourg - 2006 - 91m - col

Soda (15)

D: Joachim Lafosse
Dolby Stereo SR

Protégé

門徒

Hong Kong/Singapore/UK/China - 2007 - 109m - col / scope

Liberation (18)

D: Derek Yee Tung-sing
Audio: 5.1

P2

USA - 2006 - 98m - col / scope

Tartan (18)

D: Franck Khalfoun
Audio: 5.1

[•REC]

Spain - 2007 - 78m - col

Odeon Sky Filmworks (18)

D: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Followed by: [•REC]² (2009, Jul/2010), [•REC]³: Génesis (2011, Oct/2012), [•REC]⁴ (2014).
Audio: 5.1

Redacted

USA/Canada - 2007 - 91m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Brian De Palma
Audio: 5.1

Ruby Blue

UK - 2007 - 106m - col / scope

Target (15)

D: Jan Dunn
Audio: 5.1

Semi-Pro

USA/Germany - 2008 - 91m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Kent Alterman
Audio: 5.1

Shine a Light

USA/Canada - 2007 - 122m - col

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Martin Scorsese
35mm and IMAX release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Sikkar banet

[see: Caramel]

Smart People

USA/Hungary - 2007 - 95m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Noam Murro
Audio: 5.1

Son of Man

S.Africa/UK - 2006 - 91m - col

Spier (12A)

D: Mark Dornford-May
Audio: 5.1

The Spiderwick Chronicles

USA - 2007 - 96m/107m - col / scope

Paramount (PG)

D: Mark Waters
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Step Up 2: The Streets

USA - 2008 - 97m - col

Universal (PG)

D: Jon M. Chu
Series: Step Up (2006, Jan/2007).
Audio: 5.1

Stop-Loss

USA - 2007 - 112m - col

Paramount (15)

D: Kimberly Peirce
Audio: 5.1

Terror's Advocate

L’avocat de la terreur

France - 2007 - 137m - col

Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Barbet Schroeder
Audio: 5.1

Wu qingyuan

[see: Go Master, The]

XXY

Argentina/Spain/France - 2007 - 91m - col

Peccadillo (15)

D: Lucía Puenzo
Audio: 5.1