S&S: February 1997

Introduction for newcomers

Like Grains of Sand

Sight & Sound

February 1997

Vol. 7 No. 2

Carla’s Song

UK/Germany/Spain - 1996 - 125m - col

PolyGram (15)

D: Ken Loach
Dolby Stereo SR

Conspirators of Pleasure

Spiklenci slasti

Czech Republic/Switzerland/UK - 1996 - 75m - col

ICA

D: Jan Švankmajer
Dolby Stereo

Evita

USA - 1996 - 135m - col / scope

Entertainment (PG)

D: Alan Parker
Audio: 5.1

Extreme Measures

USA/UK - 1996 - 118m - col / scope

Rank / Castle Rock / Turner (15)

D: Michael Apted
Audio: 5.1

Flirting With Disaster

USA - 1996 - 92m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: David O. Russell
Dolby Stereo

Fly Away Home

USA - 1996 - 107m - col

Columbia TriStar (U)

D: Carroll Ballard
Audio: 7.1

The Frighteners

USA/New Zealand - 1996 - 110m/123m - col / scope

UIP (15) (cut)

D: Peter Jackson
Audio: 5.1

The Ghost and the Darkness

USA - 1996 - 110m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: Stephen Hopkins
Audio: 5.1

Hamlet

USA - 1996 - 242m - col / Panavision Super 70

Rank / Castle Rock / Turner (PG)

D: Kenneth Branagh
Audio: 5.1

Hard Men

UK/France - 1996 - 86m - col

Entertainment (18) (cut)

D: J.K. Amalou
Dolby Stereo

Like Grains of Sand

渚のシンドバッド

Japan - 1995 - 129m - col

ICA

D: Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Looking for Richard

USA - 1996 - 112m - col

20th Century Fox (12) (cut)

D: Al Pacino
Dolby Stereo SR

The Mirror Has Two Faces

USA - 1996 - 126m - col

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Barbra Streisand
Audio: 5.1

Nagisa no sindbad

[see: Like Grains of Sand]

Nina Takes a Lover

USA - 1993 - 98m - col

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Alan Jacobs

The Phantom

USA/Australia - 1996 - 100m - col / scope

UIP (12)

D: Simon Wincer
Audio: 5.1

Picture Bride

USA - 1995 - 95m - col

Artificial Eye (12)

D: Kayo Hatta
Dolby Stereo

The Proprietor

UK/France/Turkey/USA - 1996 - 113m - col / scope

Warner (12)

D: Ismail Merchant
Dolby Stereo

Ransom

USA - 1996 - 121m/139m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Ron Howard
Audio: 5.1

Ridicule

France - 1996 - 102m - col / scope

Electric (15)

D: Patrice Leconte
Dolby Stereo SR

She’s the One

USA - 1996 - 96m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Edward Burns
Audio: 5.1

That Thing You Do!

USA - 1996 - 108m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Tom Hanks
Audio: 5.1

Trees Lounge

USA - 1996 - 95m - col

Electric (15)

D: Steve Buscemi
Ultra-Stereo

The Umbrellas of Cherboug

Les parapluies de Cherbourg

France/W.Germany - 1964 - 92m - col

Bargate (A)

D: Jacques Demy
Also reviewed: Feb 1965.

Welcome to the Dollhouse

USA - 1995 - 88m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Todd Solondz
Dolby Stereo

White Man’s Burden

USA/France - 1995 - 89m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Desmond Nakano
Dolby Stereo

Your Beating Heart

Un cœur qui bat

France - 1991 - 95m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: François Dupeyron