S&S: December 2014

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 2014

Vol. 24 No. 12

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

USA - 2014 - 81m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Miguel Arteta
Dolby Atmos

Annabelle

USA - 2014 - 99m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: John R. Leonetti
Followed by: Annabelle: Creation (2017, Sep/2017).
Audio: 5.1

Bang Bang!

बैंग बैंग

India - 2014 - 153m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Siddharth Anand
D-Cinema and IMAX-D release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Björk: Biophilia Live

UK - 2014 - 97m - col

Gloria / One Little Indian / Wellcome Trust (U)

D: Nick Fenton, Peter Strickland
Audio: 5.1

Black Butler

黒執事

(aka: Kuroshitsuji)

Japan - 2014 - 119m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Otani Kentaro, Sato Keiichi
Audio: 5.1

The Book of Life

USA - 2014 - 95m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Jorge R. Gutiérrez
Dolby Atmos

The Case Against 8

USA - 2014 - 112m - col

Dogwoof

D: Ben Cotner, Ryan White
Audio: 5.1

Citizenfour

USA/S.Africa/UK/Germany - 2014 - 113m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Laura Poitras
Audio: 5.1

Concerning Violence

Sweden/Denmark/Finland/USA/Norway/Germany - 2014 - 89m - col and bw

Dogwoof (15)

D: Göran Hugo Olsson
Audio: 5.1

Dracula Untold

USA/Japan - 2014 - 92m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Gary Shore
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

The Drop

USA/UK/Australia - 2014 - 106m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Michaël R. Roskam
Audio: 5.1

Fury

USA - 2014 - 134m - col / scope

Sony (15)

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

Giovanni no shima

[see: Giovanni's Island]

Giovanni's Island

ジョバンニの島

Japan - 2014 - 102m - col

All the Anime

D: Nishikubo Mizuho
Audio: 5.1

Going Away

Un beau dimanche

France - 2013 - 95m - col

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Nicole Garcia
Audio: 5.1

The Great Museum

Das grosse Museum

Austria - 2014 - 94m - col

Matchbox (PG)

D: Johannes Holzhausen
Audio: 5.1

Haider

हैदर

India - 2014 - 160m - col / scope

IG Interactive (15)

D: Vishal Bhardwaj
Audio: 5.1

Hockney

UK/USA - 2014 - 112m - col

Picturehouse (15)

D: Randall Wright
Audio: 5.1

The Homesman

USA/France - 2014 - 122m - col / scope

eOne (15)

D: Tommy Lee Jones
Audio: 5.1

Honeymoon

USA - 2013 - 87m - col

Arrow (15)

D: Leigh Janiak
Audio: 5.1

I Am Ali

USA/UK - 2013 - 111m - col

Universal (PG)

D: Clare Lewins
Audio: 5.1

The Imitation Game

UK/USA - 2014 - 114m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Morten Tyldum
Audio: 5.1

Leviathan

Левиафан

Russia - 2014 - 141m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Audio: 5.1

Life Itself

USA - 2014 - 121m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Steve James
Audio: 5.1

Luna

UK - 2014 - 106m - col / scope

Miracle (15)

D: Dave McKean
Audio: 5.1

Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy.

Thailand/Italy/USA/United Arab Emirates - 2013 - 127m - col

Day for Night (15)

D: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Audio: 5.1

My Old Lady

USA/UK/France - 2014 - 107m - col / scope

Curzon (12A)

D: Israel Horovitz
Audio: 5.1

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
Charlie Countryman

USA/Romania - 2013 - 103m - col / scope
Entertainment (15)
D: Fredrik Bond
Audio: 5.1

Night Train to Lisbon

Nachtzug nach Lissabon

Germany/Switzerland/Portugal/USA - 2012 - 111m - col

Bull Dog (12A)

D: Bille August
Audio: 5.1

No Good Deed

USA - 2014 - 83m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Sam Miller
Audio: 5.1

The November Man

USA - 2014 - 108m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Roger Donaldson
Audio: 5.1

The Possibilities Are Endless

UK - 2014 - 83m - col / scope

Pulse (12A)

D: Edward Lovelace, James Hall
Audio: 5.1

The Remaining

USA - 2014 - 87m - col

Miracle (15)

D: Casey La Scala
Audio: 5.1

The Rewrite

USA - 2014 - 105m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Marc Lawrence
Audio: 5.1

Sacro GRA

Italy/France - 2013 - 95m - col

Soda (15)

D: Gianfranco Rosi
Audio: 5.1

Say When
Laggies

USA - 2014 - 99m - col
Icon (15)
D: Lynn Shelton
Audio: 5.1

Serena

USA/Czech Republic - 2014 - 110m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Susanne Blier
Audio: 5.1

Set Fire to the Stars

UK - 2014 - 97m - bw / scope

Munro (15)

D: Andy Goddard
Audio: 5.1

The Skeleton Twins

USA - 2014 - 93m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Craig Johnson
Audio: 5.1

Stations of the Cross

Kreuzweg

Germany/France - 2014 - 110m - col

Arrow (15)

D: Dietrich Brüggemann
Audio: 5.1

Third Person

UK/USA/Germany/Belgium - 2013 - 137m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Paul Haggis
Audio: 5.1

This is Where I Leave You

USA - 2014 - 103m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Shawn Levy
Audio: 5.1

What We Do in the Shadows

New Zealand/USA - 2014 - 85m - col and bw

Metrodome (15)

D: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Audio: 5.1

Winter Sleep

Kış uykusu

Turkey/France/Germany - 2014 - 196m - col / scope

New Wave (15)

D: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Audio: 5.1