S&S: February 2015

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

February 2015

Vol. 25 No. 2

American Sniper

USA - 2014 - 132m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Clint Eastwood
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / IMAX 12-track

Annie

USA/Australia - 2014 - 118m - col / scope

Sony (PG)

D: Will Gluck
Dolby Atmos

Beyond Clueless

UK - 2014 - 89m - col

Beyond Clueless (15)

D: Charlie Lyne
Audio: Stereo

Big Eyes

USA - 2014 - 106m - col

Entertainment (12A)

D: Tim Burton
Audio: 5.1

Big Hero 6

USA - 2014 - 102m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Don Hall, Chris Williams
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

Bushi no kondate

[see: Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story, A]

Ex Machina

USA/UK - 2014 - 108m - col / scope

Universal (U)

D: Alex Garland
Audio: 5.1

Exodus: Gods and Kings

USA/Spain - 2014 - 150m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Ridley Scott
D-Cinema and IMAX-D release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

Foxcatcher

USA - 2014 - 134m - col

Entertainment One (15)

D: Bennett Miller
Audio: 5.1

The Gambler

USA - 2014 - 111m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Rupert Wyatt
Audio: 5.1

Get Santa

UK/USA/Sweden - 2014 - 102m - col / scope

Warner (U)

D: Christopher Smith
Audio: 5.1

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

USA/New Zealand - 2014 - 144m/164m - col / scope / 3-D / 48fps

Warner (12A)

D: Peter Jackson
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D/L release prints. LF version reframed at 2.00:1 aspect ratio.
Series: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Feb/2002).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

I Am Yours

Jeg er din

Norway - 2013 - 100m - col

Day for Night (18)

D: Iram Haq
Audio: 5.1

Inherent Vice

USA - 2014 - 149m - col

Warner (15)

D: Paul Thomas Anderson
D-Cinema, 35mm and 70mm release prints.
Audio: 5.1

Into the Woods

USA - 2014 - 125m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Rob Marshall
Audio: 5.1

Kajaki: The True Story

(USA: Kilo Two Bravo)

UK - 2014 - 108m - col / scope

Alchemy (15)

D: Paul Katis
Audio: 5.1

The Last of the Unjust

Le dernier des injustes

France/Austria - 2013 - 220m - col

Eureka

D: Claude Lanzmann
Audio: 5.1

La maison de la radio

France/Japan - 2013 - 103m - col

Curzon Film World (PG)

D: Nicolas Philibert
Audio: 5.1

Montana

UK - 2013 - 108m - col / scope

Entertainment One (15)

D: Mo Ali
Audio: 5.1

A Most Violent Year

USA - 2014 - 125m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: J.C. Chandor
Audio: 5.1

National Gallery

USA/France - 2014 - 181m - col

Soda (12A)

D: Frederick Wiseman
Audio: 5.1

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

USA - 2014 - 98m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Shawn Levy
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Night at the Museum (2006, Mar/2007).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

Paddington

UK/France - 2014 - 95m - col / scope

Studio Canal (PG)

D: Paul King
Followed by: Paddington 2 (2017).
Audio: 5.1

Paper Souls

Les âmes de papier

Belgium/Luxembourg/France - 2013 - 90m - col / scope

Swipe

D: Vincent Lannoo
Audio: 5.1

Pelo malo

Venezuela/Peru/Argentina/Germany - 2013 - 93m - col

Axiom (15)

D: Mariana Rondón
Audio: 5.1

Pelo malo (Bad Hair)

[see: Pelo malo]

Penguins of Madagascar

USA - 2014 - 92m - col / 3-D

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / IMAX 6-track

Point and Shoot

USA/UK/Denmark - 2014 - 83m - col

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Marshall Curry
Audio: 5.1

The Pyramid

USA - 2014 - 89m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Grégory Levasseur
Audio: 5.1

The Rendlesham UFO Incident

(aka: Hangar 10)

UK - 2013 - 86m - col

Altitude (15)

D: Daniel Simpson
Audio: 5.1

Ruroni Kenshin: Kyoto taika-hen

[see: Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno]

Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno

るろうに剣心 京都大火編

Japan - 2014 - 138m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Keishi Ōtomo
Series: Rurouni Kenshin (2012, Dec/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Selma

UK/USA - 2014 - 127m - col / scope

Pathé (12A)

D: Ava DuVernay
Audio: 5.1

Son of a Gun

Australia/New Zealand/Canada/UK - 2013 - 109m - col / scope

Koch (15)

D: Julius Avery
Audio: 5.1

A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story

武士の献立

Japan - 2013 - 122m - col

Yume (U)

D: Yūzō Asahara
Audio: 5.1

Testament of Youth: Based on the Memoirs of Vera Brittain

UK/Denmark - 2014 - 130m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: James Kent
Audio: 5.1

Trash

UK/Brazil/Germany/Netherlands/USA - 2014 - 114m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Stephen Daldry
Audio: 5.1

The Turning

Australia - 2013 - 180m/90m - col / 1.85:1 + scope

Soda (15)

Compilation of 18 short films:
Fog (D: Jonathan auf der Heide), Cockleshell (D: Tony Ayres), Reunion (D: Simon Stone), Abbreviation (D: Jub Clerc), Aquifer (D: Robert Connolly), Family (D: Shaun Gladwell), Small Mercies (D: Rhys Graham), Boner McPharlin's Moll (D: Justin Kurzel), Immunity (D: Yaron Lifschitz), Damaged Goods (D: Anthony Lucas), The Turning (D: Claire McCarthy), Defender (D: Ian Meadows), On Her Knees (D: Ashley Page), Sand (D: Stephen Page), Big World (D: Warwick Thornton), Ash Wednesday (D: Marieka Walsh), Long, Clear View (D: Mia Wasikowska), Commission (D: David Wenham)
A subsequent screening on Australian TV reduced the number of stories to eight, while the UK theatrical print was edited again and retained only nine of the original stories.
Audio: 5.1

Unbroken

USA - 2014 - 137m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Angelina Jolie
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1

We Still Kill the Old Way

UK - 2014 - 94m - col / scope

Anchor Bay (18)

D: Sacha Bennett
Followed by: We Still Steal the Old Way (2017).
Audio: 5.1

Whiplash

USA - 2013 - 106m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Damien Chazelle
Audio: 5.1

Wild

USA - 2014 - 115m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Jean-Marc Vallée
Audio: 5.1