S&S: August 2009

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

August 2009

Vol. 19 No. 8

35 Shots of Rum

35 rhums

France/Germany - 2008 - 101m - col

New Wave (12A)

D: Claire Denis
Audio: 5.1

Adam

USA - 2009 - 99m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Max Mayer
Audio: 5.1

Alice Neel

USA - 2007 - 82m - col

Revolver

D: Andrew Neel
Audio: 5.1

Anti Christ

Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland/Belgium - 2009 - 109m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Lars von Trier
Audio: 5.1

Bandslam

USA - 2009 - 111m - col / scope

eOne (PG)

D: Todd Graff
Audio: 5.1

Blood: The Last Vampire

France/Hong Kong/China - 2009 - 89m - col / scope

Pathé (18)

D: Chris Nahon
Audio: 5.1

Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country

Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land

Denmark/Sweden/Italy/UK/Germany/Netherlands/Norway/Israel/Spain/Belgium - 2008 - 89m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Anders Østergaard
Audio: 5.1

Charles Dickens’s England

UK - 2009 - 124m - col

Guerilla

D: Julian Richards

Coco Before Chanel

Coco avant Chanel

France/Belgium - 2008 - 110m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: Anne Fontaine
Audio: 5.1

Do99ing: A Love Story

(USA: Public Sex)

UK - 2008 - 108m - col

Vertigo (18)

D: Simon Ellis
Audio: 5.1

Doghouse

UK - 2008 - 89m - col / scope

Vertigo (15)

D: Jake West
Audio: 5.1

Echoes of Home

Heimatklänge

Switzerland/Germany/Austria - 2007 - 82m - col

ICA

D: Stefan Schwietert
Audio: 5.1

Embodiment of Evil

Encarnação do Demônio

(USA: Devil’s Reincarnation)

Brazil - 2008 - 94m - col

Anchor Bay (18)

D: José Mojica Marins
Series: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma, 1964).
Audio: 5.1

Fired Up!

USA - 2009 - 90m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Will Gluck
Audio: 5.1

Frozen River

USA - 2008 - 97m - col

Axiom (15)

D: Courtney Hunt
Audio: 5.1

The Hangover

USA/Germany - 2009 - 100m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Todd Phillips
Followed by: The Hangover Part II (2011, Jul/2011), The Hangover Part III (2013, Jul/2013).
Audio: 5.1

The Heavy

UK - 2009 - 102m - col

Kaleidoscope (18)

D: Marcus Warren
Audio: 5.1

Ichi

市

Japan - 2008 - 119m - col

Manga (15)

D: Fumihiko Sori
Audio: 5.1

Land of the Lost

USA/Japan - 2009 - 101m - col

Universal (12A)

D: Brad Silberling
Audio: 5.1

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine

USA - 2008 - 99m - col

Revolver

D: Marion Cajori, Amei Wallach
Audio: 5.1

Mad, Sad & Bad

UK - 2009 - 90m - col

Soda (15)

D: Avie Luthra
Audio: 5.1

Mesrine: L’instinct de mort

[see: Public Enemy Number One: Part One]

Moon

UK - 2008 - 97m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Duncan Jones
Audio: 5.1

Objectified

UK - 2009 - 75m - col

Plexifilm

D: Gary Hustwit
Audio: 5.1

The Proposal

USA - 2009 - 108m - col / scope

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Anne Fletcher
Audio: 5.1

Public Enemies

USA - 2009 - 140m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Michael Mann
Audio: 5.1

Public Enemy Number One: Part One

L’instinct de mort

(USA: Mesrine: Killer Instinct)

France/Canada/Italy - 2008 - 113m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Jean-François Richet
Followed by: Public Enemy Number One: Part Two (2008, Sep/2009).
Audio: 5.1

Rumba

France/Belgium - 2008 - 77m - col

Network (PG)

D: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
Audio: 5.1

Skin

UK/S.Africa - 2008 - 107m - col / scope

ICA (12A)

D: Anthony Fabian
Audio: 5.1

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

USA - 2009 - 106m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Tony Scott
Audio: 5.1

Three Miles North of Molkom...

UK - 2009 - 107m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Robert Cannan, Corinna Vilari-McFarlane
Audio: 5.1

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

USA - 2009 - 150m - col / scope + IMAX

Paramount (12A)

D: Michael Bay
35mm, D-Cinema, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Transformers (2007, Sep/2007).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Year One

USA - 2009 - 97m - col

Sony (12A)

D: Harold Ramis
Audio: 5.1

The Yes Men Fix the World

USA/France/UK - 2009 - 87m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno
Series: The Yes Men (2003, Mar/2005).
Audio: 5.1