S&S: December 2008

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 2008

Vol. 18 No. 12

Año uña

(aka: Year of the Nail)

Mexico - 2007 - 79m - col and bw

Halcyon (15)

D: Jonás Cuarón
Audio: 5.1

Appaloosa

USA - 2008 - 115m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Ed Harris
Audio: 5.1

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Germany/France/Czech Republic - 2008 - 150m/184m - col

Momentum (18)

D: Uli Edel
Audio: 5.1

Belle toujours

Portugal/France - 2006 - 69m - col

ICA (15)

D: Manoel de Oliveira
Series: Belle de jour (1967, Dec/1967).
Audio: 5.1

Blindness

Canada/Brazil/Japan/UK/Italy - 2008 - 121m - col

Pathé (18)

D: Fernando Meirelles
Audio: 5.1

Body of Lies

USA - 2008 - 128m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Ridley Scott
Audio: 5.1

Chocolate

ช็อคโกแลต

Thailand - 2008 - 92m - col

V: Showbox (18)

D: Prachya Pinkaew
Audio: 6.1

Choke

USA - 2008 - 92m - col

20th Century Fox (18)

D: Clark Gregg
Audio: 5.1

Chokgohlaet

[see: Chocolate]

Choking Man

USA/UK - 2006 - 85m - col

Soda

D: Steve Barron
Dolby Stereo SR

City of Ember

USA - 2008 - 95m - col / scope

Entertainment (PG)

D: Gil Kenan
Audio: 5.1

Conversations With My Gardener

Dialogue avec mon jardinier

France - 2006 - 109m - col / scope

Cinefile World (12A)

D: Jean Becker
Audio: 5.1

Death Race

USA/Germany/UK - 2008 - 105m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Paul W.S. Anderson
Followed by: Death Race 2 (2010), Death Race 3: Inferno (2012).
Audio: 5.1

Eagle Eye

USA/Germany/UK - 2008 - 117m - col / scope

Paramount (12A)

D: D.J. Caruso
35mm and IMAX release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Easy Virtue

UK/USA - 2008 - 97m - col / scope

Pathé (PG)

D: Stephan Elliott
Audio: 5.1

Fly Me to the Moon

USA/Belgium - 2007 - 84m/50m - col / 3-D

Momentum (U)

D: Ben Stassen
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Ghost Town

USA - 2008 - 102m - col

Paramount (12A)

D: David Koepp
Audio: 5.1

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

USA - 2008 - 112m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Kenny Ortega
Series: High School Musical (2006).
Audio: 5.1

Igor

USA/France - 2008 - 87m - col

Momentum (PG)

D: Tony Leondis
Audio: 5.1

Incendiary

UK/USA - 2008 - 100m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Sharon Maguire
Audio: 5.1

Lakeview Terrace

USA - 2008 - 110m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Neil LaBute
Audio: 5.1

Let's Talk About the Rain

Parlez-moi de la pluie

(USA: Let It Rain)

France - 2008 - 99m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Agnès Jaoui
Audio: 5.1

Mutant Chronicles

UK/USA - 2008 - 111m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Simon Hunter
Audio: 5.1

Nights in Rodanthe

USA/Australia - 2008 - 97m - col / scope

Warner (PG)

D: George C. Wolfe
Audio: 5.1

OSS 117: Cairo: Nest of Spies

OSS 117: Le Caire: Nid d’espions

France/Belgium - 2006 - 99m - col / scope

ICA (12A)

D: Michel Hazanavicius
Followed by: OSS 117 Lost in Rio (2009, Feb/2010).
Audio: 5.1

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

USA - 2007 - 109m - col and bw

Verve (15)

D: Steven Sebring
Audio: 5.1

Quantum of Solace

UK/USA - 2008 - 106m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Marc Forster
Series: Dr. No (1962, Oct/1962).
Audio: 5.1

Redbelt

USA - 2007 - 99m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: David Mamet
Audio: 5.1

Righteous Kill

USA - 2008 - 101m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Jon Avnet
Audio: 5.1

Rivals

Les liens du sang

France/Belgium - 2007 - 107m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Jacques Maillot
Audio: 5.1

Saas Bahu Aur Sensex

सास बहु और सेंसेक्स

India/USA - 2008 - 144m - col / scope

Warner (PG)

D: Shona Urvashi
Audio: 5.1

Scar

Canada - 2007 - 90m - col / 3-D

The Works (18)

D: Jed Weintrob
Audio: 5.1

The Silence of Lorna

Le silence de Lorna

France/Italy/Belgium/Germany - 2008 - 105m - col

New Wave (15)

D: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Audio: 5.1

Sisterhood

UK/New Zealand - 2008 - 89m - col

Blue Dolphin (15)

D: Richard Wellings-Thomas
Audio: 5.1

Special People

UK - 2007 - 81m - col

Guerilla (15)

D: Justin Edgar
Audio: 5.1

‘Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris

USA - 2007 - 99m - col and bw

Verve (15)

D: Raymond De Felitta
Audio: 5.1

To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die

Биҳишт фақат барои мурдагон

Tajikistan/France/Germany/Switzerland - 2006 - 96m - col

Trinity (15)

D: Djamshed Usmonov
Audio: 5.1

Vals im Bashir

[see: Waltz With Bashir]

Waltz With Bashir

ואלס עם באשיר

Israel/France/Germany/USA/Japan/Finland/Switzerland/Belgium/Australia - 2008 - 90m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Ari Folman
Audio: 5.1

Zombie Strippers!

USA - 2007 - 94m - col / scope

Sony (18)

D: Jay Lee
Audio: 5.1