S&S: December 1998

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 1998

Vol. 8 No. 12

Angel Sharks

Marie Baie des Anges

(USA: Marie From the Bay of Angels)

France - 1997 - 93m - col / scope

Blue Light (15)

D: Manuel Pradal
Dolby Stereo SR

Antz

USA - 1998 - 83m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Audio: 5.1

Dancing at Lughnasa

Ireland/UK/USA - 1998 - 95m - col

Film Four (PG)

D: Pat O’Connor
Audio: 5.1

Dead Man’s Curve

USA - 1997 - 91m - col

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Dan Rosen
Audio: 5.1

The Eel

うなぎ

Japan - 1996 - 117m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Shōhei Imamura

Funny Games

Austria - 1997 - 109m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Michael Haneke
Dolby Stereo

If Only

Lluvia en los zapatos

(USA: Twice Upon a Yesterday)

(aka: The Man With Rain in His Shoes)

Spain/France/Canada/UK/Luxembourg - 1998 - 95m - col

Pathé (15)

D: Maria Ripoll
Audio: 5.1

Insomnia

Norway - 1997 - 96m - col

United Media (15)

D: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Dolby Stereo SR

The Knowledge of Healing

Das Wissen vom Heilen

Switzerland - 1996 - 93m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Franz Reichle

The Mask of Zorro

USA - 1998 - 138m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (PG)
D: Martin Campbell
Followed by: The Legend of Zorro (2005, Dec/2005).
Audio: 5.1

Les Misérables

USA/UK/Germany - 1998 - 134m - col / scope

Entertainment (12)

D: Bille August
Audio: 5.1

A Moment of Innocence

نون و گلدون

Iran/France/Switzerland - 1995 - 78m - col

ICA

D: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

The Negotiator

USA/Germany - 1998 - 139m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: F. Gary Gray
Audio: 5.1

Noon va goldoon

[see: Moment of Innocence, A]

The Odd Couple II

USA - 1998 - 96m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: Howard Deutch
Series: The Odd Couple (1967, Aug/1968).
Audio: 5.1

Out of Sight

USA - 1998 - 123m - col

UIP (15)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Audio: 5.1

The Parent Trap

USA - 1998 - 128m - col

Buena Vista (PG) (cut)

D: Nancy Meyers
Audio: 5.1

Razor Blade Smile

UK - 1998 - 102m - col

Manga (18)

D: Jake West
Audio: 5.1

Ronin

USA - 1998 - 121m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: John Frankenheimer
Audio: 5.1

Rounders

USA - 1998 - 121m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: John Dahl
Audio: 5.1

Rush Hour

USA - 1998 - 98m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Brett Ratner
Followed by: Rush Hour 2 (2001, Oct/2001), Rush Hour 3 (2007, Oct/2007).
Audio: 5.1

Same Old Song

On connaît la chanson

France/Switzerland/UK/Italy - 1997 - 122m - col

Pathé (PG)

D: Alain Resnais
Audio: 5.1

Slums of Beverly Hills

USA - 1998 - 91m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Tamara Jenkins
Dolby Stereo

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

USA - 1993 - 79m - col

Downtown

D: Steven M. Martin
Dolby Stereo SR

Thursday

USA - 1998 - 87m - col

PolyGram (18)

D: Skip Woods
Audio: 5.1

Twilight

USA - 1998 - 95m - col

UIP (15)

D: Robert Benton
Audio: 5.1

Unagi

[see: Eel, The]

Victory

UK/France/Germany - 1995 - 99m - col / scope

Feature Film Company (15)

D: Mark Peploe
Dolby Stereo SR

Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live

USA - 1997 - 107m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Jim Jarmusch
Audio: 5.1