S&S: December 2003

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 2003

Vol. 13 No. 12

An Amazing Couple

Un couple épatant

France/Belgium - 2002 - 97m - col

Metro Tartan (PG)

D: Lucas Belvaux
Series: On the Run (2002, below).
Audio: 5.1

Après la vie

(aka: After Life)

France/Belgium - 2002 - 124m - col

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Lucas Belvaux
Series: On the Run (2002, below).
Audio: 5.1

Bollywood Queen

UK/Australia - 2002 - 90m - col / scope

Redbus (PG)

D: Jeremy Wooding
Audio: 5.1

Cabin Fever

USA - 2002 - 92m - col / scope

Redbus (15)

D: Eli Roth
Followed by: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009), Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014).
Audio: 5.1

Cinemania

USA/Germany - 2002 - 83m - col

Park Circus (12A)

D: Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak

Concert for George

UK/Australia/USA - 2003 - 97m - col

Pathé (PG)

D: David Leland
Audio: 5.1

Decasia

USA - 2002 - 67m - bw

BFI (U)

D: Bill Morrison
Audio: 5.1

Der Fall Furtwängler

[see: Taking Sides]

The Five Obstructions

De fem benspænd

Denmark/Belgium/Switzerland/France/Sweden/Finland/UK/Norway - 2003 - 90m - col and bw

ICA (15)

D: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
Dolby Stereo SR

Ha ni zai yi qi

[see: Together]

House of 1000 Corpses

USA - 2002 - 89m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Rob Zombie
Followed by: The Devil's Rejects (2005, Aug/2005).
Audio: 5.1

In America

USA/Ireland/UK - 2003 - 105m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Jim Sheridan
Audio: 5.1

In the Cut

UK - 2003 - 118m - col

Pathé (18)

D: Jane Campion
Audio: 5.1

The Italian Job

USA - 2003 - 111m - col / scope

UIP (12A)

D: F. Gary Gray
Audio: 5.1

Kill Bill Vol. 1

USA - 2003 - 110m - col and bw / scope

Buena Vista (18)

D: Quentin Tarantino
Followed by: Vol. 2 (2004, Jun/2004).
Audio: 5.1

Krámpack

(USA: Nico and Dani)

Spain - 2000 - 94m - col

Peccadillo (15)

D: Cesc Gay
Audio: 5.1

Love Actually

UK/USA/France - 2003 - 135m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: Richard Curtis
Audio: 5.1

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Mother

UK - 2003 - 112m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Roger Michell
Audio: 5.1

Mr In-Between

(USA: The Killing Kind)

UK - 2001 - 98m - col

Verve (15)

D: Paul Sarossy

Mystic River

USA/Australia - 2003 - 137m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Clint Eastwood
Audio: 5.1

Nói Albínói

(aka: Noi the Albino)

Iceland/Germany/UK/Denmark - 2002 - 93m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Dagur Kári
Audio: 5.1

Octane

(USA: Pulse)

UK/Luxembourg - 2003 - 91m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Marcus Adams
Audio: 5.1

On the Run

Cavale

France/Belgium - 2002 - 114m - col

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Lucas Belvaux
Followed by: Après la vie (2002, above), An Amazing Couple (2002, above).
Audio: 5.1

Seabiscuit

USA - 2003 - 141m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Gary Ross
Audio: 5.1

Secondhand Lions

USA - 2003 - 111m - col

Entertainment (PG) (cut)

D: Tim McCanlies
Audio: 5.1

Taking Sides

Taking Sides: Der Fall Furtwängler

Germany/France/UK/Austria - 2001 - 111m/142m - col

Guerilla (15)

D: István Szabó
Audio: 5.1

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Germany/UK/USA - 2002 - 92m - col and bw

Blue Dolphin (15)

D: Aki Kaurismäki, Victor Erice, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders, Spike Lee, Chen Kaige
Followed by: Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002, Jan/2004).
Audio: 5.1

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet: Visions of Time

[see: Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

USA - 2003 - 98m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Marcus Nispel
Followed by: Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006, Dec/2006).
Audio: 5.1

thirteen

USA/UK - 2003 - 100m - col

UIP (18)

D: Catherine Hardwicke
Audio: 5.1

Together

和你在一起

China - 2002 - 116m - col

Momentum (PG)

D: Chen Kaige
Audio: 5.1

Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family

龍的深處:失落的拼圖

Hong Kong - 2003 - 94m - col

ICA

D: Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting
Audio: 5.1

Underworld

UK/Germany/Hungary/USA - 2003 - 121m/133m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Len Wiseman
Followed by: Underworld: Evolution (2005, Mar/2006), Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009, Apr/2009), Underworld: Awakening (2012, Mar/2012), Underworld: Blood Wars (2016, Mar/2017).
Audio: 5.1

White Oleander

USA - 2002 - 109m - col

Redbus (15)

D: Peter Kosminsky
Audio: 5.1

XX/XY

USA - 2001 - 91m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Austin Chick
Audio: 5.1