S&S: November 2008

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

November 2008

Vol. 18 No. 11

88 Minutes

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

Warner (15)

D: Jon Avnet
Audio: 5.1

Afro Saxons

UK - 2008 - 84m - col

Chocolate

D: Rachel Wang, Mark Currie

Bangkok Dangerous

USA - 2007 - 99m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Danny Pang Fat & Oxide Pang Shut [as: The Pang Brothers]
Audio: 5.1

Bigga Than Ben: A Russians’ Guide to Ripping Off London

UK - 2007 - 82m - col

Swipe (15)

D: S.A. Halewood
Audio: 5.1

A Bloody Aria

구타유발자들

S.Korea - 2006 - 114m - col / scope

ICA (18)

D: Won Sin-yeon
Audio: 5.1

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

(USA: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas)

USA/UK - 2008 - 94m - col

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Mark Herman
Audio: 5.1

Burn After Reading

USA/UK/France - 2008 - 96m - col

Universal (15)

D: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Audio: 5.1

El cantante

USA - 2006 - 114m - col

Revelation (15)

D: Leon Ichaso
Audio: 5.1

Cheung gong 7 hou

[see: CJ7]

CJ7

長江七號

Hong Kong/China - 2008 - 88m - col / scope

BFI / Sony (PG)

D: Stephen Chow Sing-chi
Audio: 5.1

Disaster Movie

USA - 2008 - 87m - col

Momentum (12A)

D: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Audio: 5.1

Fear(s) of the Dark

Peur(s) du noir

France/Belgium - 2007 - 83m - bw

Metrodome (12A)

D: Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire
Audio: 5.1

Flawless

UK/USA/Luxembourg - 2007 - 108m - col / scope

Metrodome (12A)

D: Michael Radford
Audio: 6.1

Gomorrah

Gomorra

Italy - 2008 - 137m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Matteo Garrone
Audio: 5.1

Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot

USA - 2008 - 96m - col

Diffusion (12A)

D: Adam Yauch
Audio: 5.1

Gu-ta-yu-eal-ja-deul

[see: Bloody Aria, A]

The House Bunny

USA - 2008 - 97m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Fred Wolf
Audio: 5.1

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

UK/Ireland/USA - 2008 - 110m - col

Paramount (15)

D: Robert Weide
Audio: 5.1

Hunger

UK/Ireland - 2008 - 96m - col / scope

Pathé (15)

D: Steve McQueen
Audio: 5.1

Love Letters and Live Wires: Highlights From the GPO Film Unit

UK - 1936 to 1939 - 79m - bw and col

BFI (U)

D: Len Lye, Norman McLaren, William Coldstream, Patrick Jackson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Lotte Reiniger
Collection of short films: The Fairy of the Phone (1936), Night Mail (1936), N or NW (1937), Trade Tattoo: The Rhythm of Work-a-Day Britain (1937), The Horsey Mail (1938), Love on the Wing (1938), The Tocher (1938), A Midsummer Day’s Work (1939).

Mirrors

USA/Germany - 2008 - 110m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15) (cut)

D: Alexandre Aja
Followed by: Mirrors 2 (2010).
Audio: 5.1

Of Time and the City

UK - 2008 - 74m - bw and col

BFI (12A)

D: Terence Davies
Audio: 5.1

Outlanders

UK/USA - 2006 - 99m - col

Organic Marketing (15)

D: Dominic Lees
Audio: 5.1

Pineapple Express

USA - 2008 - 111m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: David Gordon Green
Audio: 5.1

Quiet Chaos

Caos calmo

Italy/UK - 2008 - 112m - col

New Wave (15)

D: Antonello Grimaldi
Audio: 5.1

Rock On!!
रॉक ऑन

India - 2008 - 145m - col / scope

Adlabs (12A)

D: Abhishek Kapoor
Followed by: Rock On 2 (रॉक ऑन-2, 2016).
Audio: 5.1

Stone of Destiny

Canada/UK - 2008 - 96m - col

Odeon Sky Filmworks (PG)

D: Charles Martin Smith
Audio: 5.1

The Strangers

USA - 2007 - 85m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Bryan Bertino
Audio: 5.1

Sweet Land

USA - 2005 - 111m - col

Revelation (PG)

D: Ali Selim
Audio: 5.1

Sydney White

USA - 2007 - 108m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Joe Nussbaum
Audio: 5.1

Taken

France/USA - 2007 - 93m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Pierre Morel
Followed by: Taken 2 (2012, Nov/2012), Taken 3 (2014, Mar/2015).
Audio: 5.1

Tropic Thunder

USA/Germany/UK - 2008 - 107m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Ben Stiller
Audio: 5.1

Tu£sday

UK - 2007 - 79m - col / scope

Japan Films (15)

D: Sacha Bennett
Audio: 5.1

The Wave

Die Welle

Germany - 2008 - 107m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Dennis Gansel
Audio: 5.1

What Just Happened

USA - 2007 - 102m - col / scope

Pathé (15)

D: Barry Levinson
Audio: 5.1

The Women

USA/UK - 2008 - 114m - col

Entertainment (12A)

D: Diane English
Audio: 5.1

Young@Heart

USA/UK (TV) - 2006 - 108m - col

Yume (PG)

D: Stephen Walker
Originally shown on UK TV in 2006, then revised for theatrical distribution in 2008.
Audio: 5.1

Zero: An Investigation Into 9-11

Zero: Inchiesta sull’11 settembre

Italy - 2007 - 104m - col

MercuryMedia (12A)

D: Franco Fracassi, Francesco Trento
Audio: Stereo

The Zone

La zona

Spain/Mexico - 2007 - 95m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Rodrigo Plá
Audio: 5.1