S&S: March 1999

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

March 1999

Vol. 9 No. 3

Affliction

USA - 1997 - 114m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Paul Schrader
Dolby Stereo

Beloved

USA - 1998 - 172m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Jonathan Demme
Audio: 5.1

Buttoners

Knoflíkáři

Czech Republic - 1997 - 108m - col

ICA

D: Petr Zelenka

Central Station

Central do Brasil

Brazil/France/Spain/Japan - 1998 - 110m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Walter Salles
Dolby Stereo SR

Dogme 1: Festen

(USA: The Celebration)

Denmark - 1998 - 106m - col

Blue Light (15)

D: Thomas Vinterberg
Dolby Stereo

Festen

[see: Dogme 1: Festen]

Francis Barrett: Southpaw

(aka: Southpaw: The Francis Barrett Story)

Ireland/UK - 1998 - 80m - col

Downtown (15)

D: Liam McGrath

Holy Man

USA - 1998 - 114m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Stephen Herek
Audio: 5.1

Hotel du Nord

France - 1938 - 95m - bw

United Curzon (A) (cut)

D: Marcel Carné
Also reviewed: Jun 1939.

The Inheritors

Die Siebtelbauern

Austria/Germany - 1997 - 94m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Dolby Stereo

Jack Frost

USA - 1998 - 101m - col / scope

Warner (PG)

D: Troy Miller
Audio: 5.1

Out of the Present

Germany/France/Belgium/Russia - 1995 - 100m - col

Downtown (U)

D: Andrei Ujica

Painted Angels

(USA: The Wicked, Wicked West)

Canada/UK - 1997 - 110m - col

Artificial Eye (12)

D: Jon Sanders
Dolby Stereo

Patch Adams

USA - 1998 - 115m - col / scope

UIP (12)

D: Tom Shadyac
Audio: 5.1

Perdita Durango

(USA: Dance With the Devil)

Spain/USA/Mexico - 1997 - 125m - col / scope

Metrodome (18)

D: Álex de la Iglesia
Audio: 5.1

Pleasantville

USA - 1998 - 124m - col

Entertainment (12)

D: Gary Ross
Audio: 7.1

The Red Violin

Le violon rouge

Canada/Italy/USA/UK/Austria - 1998 - 130m - col

Film Four (15)

D: François Girard
Audio: 5.1

Sour Grapes

USA - 1997 - 92m - col

Warner (15)

D: Larry David
Audio: 5.1

Southpaw

[see: Francis Barrett: Southpaw]

The Thin Red Line

USA - 1998 - 171m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Terrence Malick
Audio: 5.1

This Year’s Love

UK - 1999 - 109m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: David Kane
Audio: 5.1

Urban Legend

USA/France - 1998 - 100m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (18)

D: Jamie Blanks
Followed by: Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000, Jan/2001), Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005).
Audio: 5.1

You’ve Got Mail

USA - 1998 - 119m - col

Warner (PG)

D: Nora Ephron
Audio: 5.1