S&S: June 2006

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

June 2006

Vol. 16 No. 6

16 Blocks

USA/Germany - 2006 - 102m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Richard Donner
Audio: 5.1

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36 Quai des Orfèvres

(USA: 36th Precinct)

France - 2004 - 111m - col / scope

Tartan (15)

D: Olivier Marchal
Audio: 5.1

American Dreamz

USA - 2006 - 107m - col

UIP (12A)

D: Paul Weitz
Audio: 5.1

Ask the Dust

USA/Germany/S.Africa - 2005 - 117m - col

Pathé (15)

D: Robert Towne
Audio: 5.1

Black Sun

UK/USA - 2005 - 70m - col

ICA

D: Gary Tarn

Brick

USA - 2005 - 110m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Rian Johnson
Audio: 5.1

The Dark

UK/Germany - 2005 - 93m - col

Momentum (15)

D: John Fawcett
Audio: 5.1

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

USA - 2005 - 110m - col and bw

Tartan (12A)

D: Jeff Feuerzeig
Audio: 5.1

District B13

Banlieue 13

(aka: District 13)

France - 2004 - 85m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Pierre Morel
Followed by: District 13: Ultimatum (2009, Nov/2009).
Audio: 6.1

Don’t Come Knocking

USA/UK/France/Germany - 2005 - 111m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Wim Wenders
Audio: 5.1

Down in the Valley

USA - 2004 - 112m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: David Jacobson
Audio: 5.1

Election

黑社會

Hong Kong - 2005 - 100m - col / scope

Optimum (18)

D: Johnnie To Kei-fung
Followed by: Election 2 (黑社會以和為貴, 2006).
Audio: 5.1

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

USA - 2005 - 109m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Alex Gibney
Audio: 5.1

Failure to Launch

USA - 2006 - 96m - col / scope

UIP (12A)

D: Tom Dey
Audio: 5.1

Fateless

Sorstalanság

Hungary/Germany/UK/Israel - 2005 - 140m - col / scope

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Lajos Koltai
Audio: 5.1

Freedomland

USA - 2005 - 113m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Joe Roth
Audio: 5.1

Ice Age: The Meltdown

USA - 2006 - 90m - col

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Carlos Saldanha
Series: Ice Age (2002, May/2002).
Audio: 5.1

Initial D: Drift Racer
Initial D

頭文字D

Hong Kong - 2005 - 109m - col / scope

Contender (12A)

D: Andrew Lau Wai-keung, Alan Mak Siu-fai
Audio: 5.1

Iqbal

इक़्बाल

India - 2005 - 132m - col / scope

Tip Top (PG)

D: Nagesh Kukunoor
Audio: 5.1

The King

USA/UK - 2005 - 106m - col / scope

Tartan (15)

D: James Marsh
Audio: 5.1

Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey

Canada - 2005 - 98m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Sam Dunn, Scot MacFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
Audio: 5.1

The Mistress of Spices

UK/Germany - 2005 - 96m - col

Entertainment (12A)

D: Paul Mayeda Berges
Audio: 5.1

The Moguls

(aka: The Amateurs)

USA/Germany/UK - 2005 - 96m - col

UIP (15)

D: Michael Traeger
Audio: 5.1

Offside

آفساید

Iran - 2006 - 93m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Jafar Panahi
Audio: 5.1

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos

USA/UK - 2006 - 97m - col and bw

Pathé (15)

D: Paul Crowder, John Dower
Audio: 5.1

Overcoming

Denmark/Norway/Finland/Sweden - 2005 - 105m - col

Soda

D: Tómas Gislason
Audio: 5.1

Quo Vadis, Baby?

Italy - 2004 - 105m - col

Yume (15)

D: Gabriele Salvatores
Audio: 5.1

Russian Dolls

Les poupées russes

France/UK - 2005 - 129m - col

Cinefile World (15)

D: Cédric Klapisch
Series: Pot Luck (2002, Jul/2003).
Audio: 5.1

Scary Movie 4

USA - 2006 - 83m - col

Buena Vista (15)

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

Slither

USA/Canada - 2006 - 96m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: James Gunn
Audio: 5.1

Take the Lead

USA - 2006 - 117m - col

Entertainment (12A)

D: Liz Friedlander
Audio: 5.1

The Thief Lord

UK/Germany/Luxembourg/Australia - 2005 - 98m - col / scope

Warner (PG)

D: Richard Claus
Audio: 5.1

Three

(USA: Survival Island)

Canada/Germany/UK/Luxembourg - 2005 - 95m - col

The Works (15)

D: Stewart Raffill
Audio: 5.1

Tony Takitani

トニー滝谷

Japan - 2005 - 76m - col

Axiom (U)

D: Jun Ichikawa
Audio: 5.1

Tou wen zi D

[see: Initial D]

Wah-Wah

UK/France/S.Africa - 2005 - 99m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Richard E. Grant
Audio: 5.1

Waiting...

USA/Australia - 2005 - 94m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Rob McKittrick
Audio: 5.1

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

USA - 2005 - 100m - col

Tartan (PG)

D: Robert Greenwald
Audio: Stereo

Wolf
El Lobo

Spain - 2004 - 125m/134m - col / scope
Dogwoof (15)
D: Miguel Courtois
Audio: 5.1

Yours, Mine & Ours

USA - 2005 - 88m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Raja Gosnell
Audio: 5.1