S&S: April 2004

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

April 2004

Vol. 14 No. 4

Against the Ropes

USA/Germany - 2003 - 111m - col / scope

UIP (12A)

D: Charles S. Dutton
Audio: 5.1

At Five in the Afternoon

ساعت پنج عصر

Iran/France - 2003 - 106m - col

Artificial Eye (U)

D: Samira Makhmalbaf

Capturing the Friedmans

USA - 2003 - 106m - col

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Andrew Jarecki

Carandiru

Brazil/USA - 2003 - 145m - col

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Hector Babenco
Audio: 5.1

Carnages

(aka: Carnage)

France/Belgium/Spain/Switzerland - 2002 - 133m - col / scope

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Delphine Gleize
Audio: 5.1

The Cat in the Hat

USA - 2003 - 82m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Bo Welch
Audio: 5.1

Charlie

UK - 2003 - 94m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Malcolm Needs
Audio: 5.1

Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat

[see: Cat in the Hat, The]

Fear X

Denmark/Canada/UK/Brazil - 2003 - 91m - col / scope

Verve (12A)

D: Nicolas Winding Refn
Audio: 5.1

The Fog of War: Five Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara

USA - 2003 - 107m - col

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Errol Morris
Audio: 5.1

The Girl Next Door

USA - 2004 - 109m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Luke Greenfield
Audio: 5.1

The Good Old Naughty Days

Polissons et galipettes

France - 2002 - 71m - bw

Metro Tartan (R18) (cut)

D: Michel Reilhac, Cécile Babiole

Gothika

USA - 2003 - 98m - col

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Mathieu Kassovitz
Audio: 5.1

Grand Theft Parsons

UK/USA - 2003 - 88m - col

Redbus (12A)

D: David Caffrey
Audio: 6.1

Honey

USA - 2003 - 94m - col

UIP (PG)
D: Bille Woodruff
Followed by: Honey 2 (2011, Jul/2011), Honey 3 (2016).
Audio: 5.1

House of Sand and Fog

USA/UK - 2003 - 124m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Vadim Perelman
Audio: 5.1

Carandiru

Imagining Argentina

USA/Spain - 2003 - 107m - col

UIP (15)

D: Christopher Hampton
Audio: 6.1

The Last Kiss

L’ultimo bacio

Italy - 2001 - 118m - col / scope

Verve (15)

D: Gabriele Muccino
Audio: 5.1

Leo

UK - 2002 - 104m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: Mehdi Norowzian
Audio: 5.1

Man Dancin’

UK - 2003 - 114m - col

Festival (15)

D: Norman Stone
Audio: 5.1

Monster

USA/Germany - 2003 - 109m - col

Metrodome (18)

D: Patty Jenkins
Audio: 5.1

One Last Chance

UK/Norway - 2003 - 96m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Stewart Svaasand
Audio: 5.1

Open Range

USA/UK - 2003 - 139m - col / scope

Winchester (12A)

D: Kevin Costner
Audio: 5.1

Panj é asr

[see: At Five in the Afternoon]

The Passion of the Christ

USA - 2004 - 127m - col / scope

Icon (18)

D: Mel Gibson
Audio: 5.1

The Perfect Score

USA/Germany/Canada - 2003 - 93m - col

UIP (12A)

D: Brian Robbins
Audio: 5.1

Radio

USA - 2003 - 109m - col

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Mike Tollin
Audio: 5.1

Sex Lives of the Potato Men

UK - 2003 - 82m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Andy Humphries
Audio: 5.1

Spare Parts

Rezervni deli

Slovenia - 2003 - 87m - col

Soda (15)

D: Damjan Kozole
Audio: 5.1

The Station Agent

USA - 2003 - 89m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Tom McCarthy
Audio: 5.1

Torque

USA/Australia - 2004 - 84m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Joseph Kahn
Audio: 5.1

Under the Tuscan Sun

USA - 2003 - 113m - col

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Audrey Wells
Audio: 5.1

Vizontele Tuuba

Turkey - 2004 - 111m - col

Vivafilm (12A)

D: Yilmaz Erdogan
Series: Vizontele (2004).
Audio: 5.1

Wonderland

USA - 2003 - 104m - col

Tartan (18)

D: James Cox
Audio: 5.1

Zatoichi

座頭市

Japan - 2003 - 115m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Takeshi Kitano
Audio: 5.1

S&S: March 2004

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

March 2004

Vol. 14 No. 3

21 Grams

USA/Germany - 2003 - 124m - col

Icon (15)

D: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Audio: 5.1

Along Came Polly

USA - 2003 - 90m - col

UIP (12A)

D: John Hamburg
Audio: 5.1

The Barbarian Invasions

Les invasions barbares

Canada/France - 2003 - 99m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Denys Arcand
Series: The Decline of the American Empire (1986, Sep/1986).
Audio: 5.1

Cheaper by the Dozen

USA - 2003 - 98m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Shawn Levy
Followed by: Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005, Mar/2006).
Audio: 5.1

Cremaster 3

USA - 2002 - 180m - col

Palm (15)

D: Matthew Barney
Series: Cremaster 4 (1995).
Audio: 5.1

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

USA - 2003 - 98m - col / scope

UIP (12A)

D: Sam Weisman
Audio: 5.1

Fei long zai sheng

[see: Medallion, The]

Gambling, Gods and LSD

Canada/Switzerland - 2001 - 180m - col

ICA

D: Peter Mettler

Gumball 3000

UK - 2003 - 102m - col

Gumball 3000 Film (18)

D: Steven Green
Dolby Stereo

The Haunted Mansion

USA - 2003 - 87m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Rob Minkoff
Audio: 5.1

The Human Stain

USA/Germany - 2003 - 101m - col / scope

Buena Vista (18)

D: Robert Benton
Audio: 5.1

I'm Not Scared

Io non ho paura

Italy/Spain/UK - 2003 - 101m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Gabriele Salvatores
Audio: 5.1

Infernal Affairs

無間道

Hong Kong - 2002 - 101m - col / scope

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Andrew Lau Wai-keung, Alan Mak Siu-fai
Followed by: Infernal Affairs II (2003, Sep/2004), Infernal Affairs III (無間道III終極無間, 2003).
Audio: 5.1

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

USA/Germany - 2003 - 90m - col / scope

Warner (PG)

D: Joe Dante
Audio: 5.1

The Medallion

USA/Hong Kong - 2003 - 88m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Gordon Chan Ka-seung
Audio: 5.1

The Missing

USA - 2003 - 137m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Ron Howard
Audio: 5.1

Mona Lisa Smile

USA - 2003 - 119m - col

Columbia TriStar (12A)

D: Mike Newell
Audio: 5.1

Northfork

USA - 2002 - 103m - col / scope

Metrodome (PG)

D: Michael Polish
Audio: 5.1

Osama

أسامة

Afghanistan/Ireland/Japan - 2003 - 83m - col

ICA (12A)

D: Siddiq Barmak
Audio: 5.1

Paycheck

USA/Canada - 2003 - 119m - col / scope

UIP (12A)

D: John Woo
Audio: 5.1

People I Know

USA/Germany - 2001 - 100m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Dan Algrant
Audio: 5.1

Peter Pan

USA/UK/Australia - 2003 - 113m - col / scope

UIP (PG)

D: P.J. Hogan
Audio: 6.1

Pieces of April

USA - 2003 - 80m - col

Optimum (12A)

D: Peter Hedges
Audio: 5.1

Runaway Jury

USA - 2003 - 127m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Gary Fleder
Audio: 5.1

Scary Movie 3

USA - 2003 - 84m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: David Zucker
Series: Scary Movie (2000, Oct/2000).
Audio: 5.1

Silent Grace

Ireland/UK - 2000 - 86m - col

Guerilla (15)

D: Maeve Murphy

Something’s Gotta Give

USA - 2003 - 128m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Nancy Meyers
Audio: 5.1

Son frère

(aka: His Brother)

France - 2003 - 93m - col

Peccadillo (15)

D: Patrice Chéreau
Audio: 5.1

The Statement

Canada/France/UK/USA - 2003 - 120m - col

Momentum (12A)

D: Norman Jewison
Audio: 5.1

Stuck on You

USA - 2003 - 118m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Audio: 5.1

Suddenly

Tan de repente

Argentina/Netherlands - 2002 - 93m - bw

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Diego Lerman
Audio: 5.1

Suzie Gold

UK - 2003 - 94m - col / scope

Pathé (15)

D: Ric Cantor
Audio: 5.1

Tooth

UK - 2003 - 91m - col

Redbus (U)

D: Edouard Nammour
Audio: 5.1

Triggermen

Canada/Germany/USA - 2003 - 96m - col

Winchester (15)

D: John Bradshaw
Audio: 5.1

Valentín

Netherlands/Argentina/France/Spain/Italy - 2002 - 82m - col

Metrodome (PG)

D: Alejandro Agresti
Audio: 5.1

Welcome to the Jungle
The Rundown

USA - 2003 - 104m - col / scope
Columbia TriStar (12A) (cut)
D: Peter Berg
Audio: 5.1

Wu jian diao

[see: Infernal Affairs]

S&S: February 2004

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

February 2004

Vol. 14 No. 2

Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony

USA/S.Africa - 2002 - 103m - col

Metrodome (12A)

D: Lee Hirsch
Audio: 5.1

Bartleby

USA - 2001 - 83m - col

Mandrake (PG)

D: Jonathan Parker
Dolby Stereo SR

Big Fish

USA - 2003 - 125m - col

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Tim Burton
Audio: 5.1

Black and White

Australia/UK/Sweden - 2002 - 99m - col

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Craig Lahiff
Audio: 5.1

Cold Creek Manor

USA/UK - 2003 - 119m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Mike Figgis
Audio: 5.1

Cold Mountain

USA/UK/Romania/Italy - 2003 - 152m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Anthony Minghella
Audio: 5.1

Cremaster 2

USA - 1999 - 79m - col

Palm (18)

D: Matthew Barney
Series: Cremaster 4 (1995).

Dead End

USA/France - 2002 - 83m - col

Pathé (15)

D: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Audio: 5.1

Dogville

[see: Film "Dogville" As Told in Nine Chapters and a Prologue, The]

The Dreamers

UK/France/Italy - 2003 - 115m - col

20th Century Fox (18)

D: Bernardo Bertolucci
Audio: 5.1

Elephant

USA - 2003 - 81m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Gus Van Sant
Audio: 5.1

The Emperor’s New Clothes

UK/Italy/Germany - 2001 - 107m - col

Pathé (PG)

D: Alan Taylor
Audio: 5.1

The Fighting Temptations

USA - 2003 - 123m - col / scope

UIP (PG)

D: Jonathan Lynn
Audio: 5.1

The Film "Dogville" As Told in Nine Chapters and a Prologue

Denmark/Sweden/France/UK/Germany/Finland/Italy/Netherlands/Norway - 2003 - 178m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Lars von Trier
Audio: 5.1

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

UK/Canada - 2003 - 87m - col

Momentum (PG)

D: Vikram Jayanti
Audio: 5.1

Girl With a Pearl Earring

UK/Luxembourg/USA - 2003 - 100m - col / scope

Pathé (12A)

D: Peter Webber
Audio: 5.1

It’s All About Love

Denmark/UK/Germany/Italy/Japan/Sweden/Netherlands/Spain/Switzerland/Greece/Israel - 2002 - 104m - col / scope

Pathé (15)

D: Thomas Vinterberg
Dolby Stereo SR

Kitchen Stories

Salmer fra kjøkkenet

Norway/Sweden - 2003 - 95m - col

ICA (PG)

D: Bent Hamer
Audio: 5.1

The Last Samurai

USA - 2003 - 154m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Edward Zwick
Audio: 5.1

The Late Twentieth

UK - 2002 - 80m - col

Timeless (18)

D: Hadi Hajaig

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

USA/New Zealand/Germany - 2003 - 201m/251m/263m - col / scope

Entertainment (12A)

D: Peter Jackson
Series: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Feb/2002).
Audio: 6.1

A Mighty Wind

USA - 2003 - 92m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Christopher Guest
Audio: 5.1

The Principles of Lust

UK - 2003 - 109m - col

Pathé (18)

D: Penny Woodcock
Audio: 5.1

Salmer fra kjøkkenet

(see: Kitchen Stories)

The School of Rock

USA/Germany - 2003 - 109m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Richard Linklater
Audio: 5.1

Shoreditch

UK - 2002 - 101m - col

Georgia (15)

D: Malcolm Needs
Audio: 5.1

Steal
Riders

France/UK/Canada - 2002 - 84m - col / scope
Redbus (15)
D: Gérard Pirès
Audio: 5.1

Sylvia

UK/USA - 2003 - 114m - col

Icon (15)

D: Christine Jeffs
Audio: 5.1

Tattoo

Germany - 2002 - 109m - col / scope

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Robert Schwentke
Audio: 5.1

The Three Marias

As Três Marias

Brazil/Italy/Netherlands - 2003 - 88m - col

Gala (15)

D: Aluizio Abranches

Timeline

USA - 2003 - 115m - col / scope

Entertainment (12A)

D: Richard Donner
Audio: 5.1