S&S: August 2016

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

August 2016

Vol. 26 No. 8

Aferim!

Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic/France/Germany - 2015 - 106m - bw / scope

Studio Canal (18)

D: Radu Jude
Audio: 5.1

An

[see: Sweet Bean]

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

USA - 2016 - 111m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Jeff Feuerzeig
Audio: 5.1

Bayou Maharajah

USA - 2016 - 90m - col

MusicFilmNetwork

D: Lily Keber
Audio: 5.1

The BFG

USA/India - 2016 - 117m - col / scope / 3-D

eOne (PG)

D: Steven Spielberg
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Born to Be Blue

Canada/UK/Germany - 2015 - 98m - col and bw

UPHE (15)

D: Robert Budreau
Audio: 5.1

Brahman Naman

UK/India (OL) - 2016 - 96m - col / scope

Netflix (18)

D: Quashiq Mukherjee [as: Q]
Audio: 5.1

The Carer

Jutalom játék

Hungary/UK - 2016 - 88m - col

Cinefile (15)

D: János Edelényi
Audio: 5.1

Central Intelligence

USA - 2016 - 107m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Audio: 7.1

Chevalier

Greece - 2015 - 105m - col / scope

Studio Canal (18)

D: Athina Rachel Tsangan
Audio: 5.1

The Commune

Kollektivet

Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands/Norway - 2015 - 112m - col / scope

Curzon Artificial Eye (15)

D: Thomas Vinterberg
Audio: 5.1

The Conjuring 2

USA - 2016 - 134m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: James Wan
Series: The Conjuring (2013, Aug/2013).
Dolby Atmos

Les cowboys

France/Belgium - 2015 - 105m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Thomas Bidegain
Audio: 5.1

Down by Love

Éperdument

France/Belgium - 2015 - 110m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Pierre Godeau
Audio: 5.1

Finding Dory

USA - 2016 - 96m - col / 3-D

Buena Vista (U)

D: Andrew Stanton
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Series: Finding Nemo (2003, Nov/2003).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

From Afar

Desde allá

Venezuela/Mexico/France - 2015 - 93m - col / scope (2.66:1)

ICA

D: Lorenzo Vigas
Audio: 7.1

Gods of Egypt

USA/Australia - 2016 - 127m - col / scope / 3-D

eOne (12A)

D: Alex Proyas
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 12-track

The Hard Stop

UK/USA - 2015 - 85m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: George Amponsah
Audio: 5.1

Independence Day: Resurgence

USA/Germany - 2016 - 119m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Roland Emmerich
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Series: Independence Day (1996, Aug/1996).
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / IMAX 12-track

Keanu

USA - 2016 - 99m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Peter Atencio
Audio: 5.1

K-Shop

UK - 2015 - 120m - col / scope

Bulldog (18)

D: Dan Pringle
Audio: 5.1

The Mafia Kills Only in Summer

La mafia uccide solo d'estate

Italy - 2012 - 89m - col

Cinefile (15)

D: Pierfrancesco Diliberto
Audio: 5.1

Me Before You

USA - 2016 - 110m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Thea Sharrock
Audio: 5.1

The Meddler

USA - 2015 - 103m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Lorene Scafaria
Audio: 5.1

Men and Chicken

Mænd & høns

Denmark/Germany/Sweden - 2015 - 104m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Anders Thomas Jensen
Dolby Atmos

Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air

UK/USA/Belgium/France - 2014 - 71m - col

Soda (U)

D: Phillip Warnell
Audio: Stereo

Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants

Minuscule: La vallée des fournis perdues

France/Belgium - 2013 - 89m - col / scope / 3-D

Lionsgate (U)

D: Thomas Szabo, Hélène Giraud
Audio: 5.1

The Neon Demon

Denmark/France/USA - 2016 - 117m - col / scope

Icon (18)

D: Nicolas Winding Refn
Audio: 5.1

Now You See Me 2

USA - 2016 - 129m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Jon M. Chu
Series: Now You See Me (2013, Aug/2013).
Dolby Atmos / DTS:X

A Poem is a Naked Person

USA - 1974 - 90m - col

Contemporary (15)

D: Les Blank

Precious Cargo

USA/UK - 2016 - 90m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: Max Adams
Audio: 5.1

The Purge: Election Year

USA - 2016 - 109m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: James DeMonaco
Series: The Purge (2013, Aug/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Queen of Earth

USA/Greece - 2015 - 90m - col

Eureka (15)

D: Alex Ross Perry
Audio: 5.1

The Secret Life of Pets

USA - 2016 - 91m - col / 3-D

Universal (U)

D: Chris Renaud
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1

Summertime

La belle saison

France - 2015 - 105m - col / scope

Curzon Artificial Eye (15)

D: Catherine Corsini
Audio: 5.1

Sweet Bean

あん

Japan/France/Germany - 2015 - 113m - col / scope

Eureka (PG)

D: Naomi Kawase
Audio: 5.1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

USA/Hong Kong/China/Canada - 2016 - 112m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (12A)

D: Dave Green
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014, Nov/2014).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Top Cat Begins

Don Gato: El inicio de la pandilla

Mexico/India - 2015 - 89m - col / 3-D

Warner (U)

D: Andrés Couturier
Series: Top Cat (2011, Jul/2012).
Audio: 5.1

Up for Love

Un homme à la hauteur

France/USA/Belgium - 2016 - 98m - col / scope

Soda (12A)

D: Laurent Tirard
Audio: 5.1

Warcraft: The Beginning

USA/Japan - 2016 - 123m - col / scope / 3-D

Universal (12A)

D: Duncan Jones
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / DTS:X / Auro 11.1 / IMAX 12-track

Weiner

USA - 2016 - 96m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
Audio: Stereo

Where You're Meant to Be

UK - 2016 - 76m - col

Better Days (15)

D: Paul Fegan
Audio: Stereo