S&S: December 2007

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 2007

Vol. 17 No. 12

Air Guitar Nation

USA - 2006 - 82m - col

Contender (15)

D: Alexandra Lipsitz
Audio: 5.1

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

USA/Canada - 2007 - 160m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Andrew Dominik
Audio: 5.1

Black Sheep

New Zealand/S.Korea - 2006 - 87m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Jonathan King
Audio: 5.1

Blame It on Fidel!

La faute à Fidel!

France/Italy - 2006 - 98m - col / scope

ICA (12A)

D: Julie Gavras
Dolby Stereo SR

Brick Lane

UK - 2007 - 102m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Sarah Gavron
Audio: 5.1

Clubland

(USA: Introducing the Dwights)

Australia - 2006 - 105m - col

Warner (15)

D: Cherie Nowlan
Audio: 5.1

Cocaine Cowboys

USA - 2005 - 118m - col

Slingshot (18)

D: Billy Corben
Followed by: Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' With the Godmother (1988).
Audio: 5.1

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Switzerland/Germany - 2006 - 84m - col

Dogwoof (PG)

D: Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack
Audio: 5.1

The Darjeeling Limited

USA - 2007 - 104m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Wes Anderson
Audio: 5.1

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

USA/Germany/UK/France - 2007 - 115m - col

Universal (12A)

D: Shekhar Kapur
Series: Elizabeth (1998, Nov/1998).
Audio: 5.1

Ex Drummer

Belgium/France/Italy - 2007 - 101m - col

Tartan

D: Koen Mortier

The Extras

Statyści

Poland - 2006 - 119m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Michal Kwiecinski
Audio: 5.1

Good Luck Chuck

USA/Canada - 2007 - 99m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Mark Helfrich
Audio: 5.1

Halloween

USA - 2007 - 110m/121m - col / scope

Paramount (18)

D: Rob Zombie
Followed by: Halloween II (2009, Dec/2009).
Audio: 5.1

The Heartbreak Kid

USA - 2007 - 116m - col / scope

Paramount (15) (cut)

D: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Audio: 5.1

Hei yan quan

[see: I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone]

Hotel Harabati

De particulier à particulier

France - 2006 - 95m - col

Soda

D: Brice Cauvin

I Do

[see: I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single]

I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single

Prête-moi ta main

France - 2006 - 89m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Eric Lartigau
Audio: 5.1

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone

黑眼圈

Taiwan/China/Malaysia/France/Austria - 2006 - 115m - col

Axiom (15)

D: Tsai Ming-liang
Audio: 5.1

In Memory of Me

In memoria di me

Italy - 2007 - 117m - col

Artificial Eye (U)

D: Saverio Costanzo
Audio: 5.1

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

USA - 2007 - 115m - col

Universal (12A)

D: Dennis Dugan
Audio: 5.1

In the Shadow of the Moon

UK - 2006 - 100m - col

Vertigo (U)

D: David Sington
Audio: 5.1

Into the Wild

USA - 2007 - 148m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Sean Penn
Audio: 5.1

The Jane Austen Book Club

USA - 2007 - 105m - col

Sony (12A)

D: Robin Swicord
Audio: 5.1

Jesus Camp

USA - 2006 - 87m - col

ICA (PG)

D: Heidi E. Ewing, Rachel Grady
Audio: Stereo

KM 31: Kilometre 31

KM 31: Kilómetro 31

Spain/Mexico/Brazil - 2005 - 105m - col / scope

Yume (15)

D: Rigoberto Castañeda
Audio: 5.1

Lagerfeld Confidential

France - 2006 - 89m - col

Revolver (12A)

D: Rodolphe Marconi
Audio: 5.1

The Lookout

USA - 2006 - 99m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Scott Frank
Audio: 5.1

Love Songs

Les chansons d’amour

France - 2007 - 96m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Christophe Honoré
Audio: 5.1

The Magic Flute

UK/France - 2006 - 139m - col / scope

Revolver (PG)

D: Kenneth Branagh
Audio: 5.1

Man in the Chair

USA - 2006 - 107m - col / scope

Transmedia (12A)

D: Michael Schroeder
Audio: 5.1

Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore

Canada/Australia - 2007 - 74m - col

Liberation (12A)

D: Debbie Melnyk, Rick Caine
Dolby Stereo SR

Marigold

USA/India/UK - 2007 - 112m - col / scope

Adlabs (PG)

D: Willard Carroll
Audio: 5.1

Mr. Woodcock

USA/Germany - 2007 - 88m - col / scope

Entertainment (12A)

D: Craig Gillespie
Audio: 5.1

The Nanny Diaries

USA - 2007 - 105m - col

Paramount (12A)

D: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
Audio: 5.1

Never Apologize: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson

USA - 2007 - 111m - col

Lagoon (15)

D: Mika Kaplan
Dolby Stereo SR

The Oil Crash

[see: Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, A]

Planet Terror

USA - 2007 - 106m - col

Momentum (18)

D: Robert Rodriguez
Expanded version of a film originally included in the anthology feature Grindhouse (2007). This stand-alone version was released theatrically in markets outside the US. Also, the shorter Grindhouse version was framed at 2.39:1, whereas this stand-alone print was exhibited at 1.85:1.
Audio: 5.1

Princess

Denmark/Germany - 2006 - 93m - col / scope

Tartan (18)

D: Anders Morganthaler
Dolby Stereo SR

Rendition

USA - 2007 - 122m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Gavin Hood
Audio: 5.1

Rescue Dawn

USA/Luxembourg - 2006 - 125m - col

Pathé (12A)

D: Werner Herzog
Audio: 5.1

The Right of the Weakest

La raison du plus faible

France/Belgium - 2005 - 116m - col / scope

Tartan

D: Lucas Belvaux
Audio: 5.1

Shrooms

UK/Ireland/Denmark - 2006 - 84m - col / scope

Vertigo (18)

D: Paddy Breathnach
Audio: 5.1

Sicko

USA - 2007 - 123m - col

Optimum (12A)

D: Michael Moore
Audio: 5.1

Sigur Rós: Heima

Iceland/UK - 2007 - 97m - col

Shooting People

D: Dean DeBlois
Audio: 5.1

Sleuth

USA/UK - 2007 - 88m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Kenneth Branagh
Audio: 5.1

Talk to Me

USA - 2007 - 118m - col / scope

Verve (15)

D: Kasi Lemmons
Audio: 5.1

Tian bian yi duo yun

[see: Wayward Cloud, The]

War

USA/Canada - 2007 - 103m - col / scope

Lionsgate (18)

D: Philip G. Atwell
Audio: 5.1

The Wayward Cloud

天邊一朵雲

Taiwan/China/France - 2004 - 114m - col

Axiom (18)

D: Tsai Ming-liang
Followed by: What Time Is It There? (2004, Jul/2002).
Audio: 5.1

Weirdsville

Canada - 2006 - 91m - col / scope

Contender (15)

D: Allan Moyle
Audio: 5.1

Wristcutters: A Love Story

USA - 2006 - 88m - col

Miracle / Halcyon (15)

D: Goran Dukic
Audio: 5.1