S&S: August 2011

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

August 2011

Vol. 21 No. 8

Bad Teacher

USA - 2011 - 92m - col

Sony (15)

D: Jake Kasdan
Audio: 5.1

Bal

(USA: Bal [Honey])

(aka: Honey)

Turkey/Germany - 2010 - 105m - col

Verve (15)

D: Semih Kaplanoglu
Audio: 5.1

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

USA - 2009 - 90m - col

November

D: Jessica Oreck
Audio: Stereo

Beginners

USA - 2010 - 104m - col

Universal (15)

D: Mike Mills
Audio: 5.1

Bobby Fischer Against the World

USA/UK/Germany - 2010 - 93m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Liz Garbus
Audio: 5.1

Break My Fall

UK - 2010 - 107m - col

Peccadillo

D: Kanchi Wichmann
Audio: 5.1

Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin

Switzerland/USA - 2009 - 82m - col

West Grove

D: Ruedi Gerber
Audio: 5.1

Cell 211

Celda 211

Spain/France - 2009 - 113m - col

Optimum (18)

D: Daniel Monzón
Audio: 5.1

Dancing Dreams

Tanzträume

(aka: Dancing Dreams: Teenagers Perform ‘Kontakthof’ by Pina Bausch)

Germany - 2010 - 92m - col

Soda

D: Anne Linsel
Audio: 5.1

Film socialisme

Switzerland/France - 2010 - 102m - col

New Wave (PG)

D: Jean-Luc Godard
Audio: 5.1

The Flaw

UK - 2010 - 78m - col

Studio Lambert

D: David Sington
Audio: Stereo

Green Lantern

USA - 2011 - 114m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (12A)

D: Martin Campbell
Audio: 5.1

Hobo With a Shotgun

Canada - 2011 - 86m - col / scope

Momentum (18)

D: Jason Eisener
Audio: 5.1

Holy Rollers

USA - 2009 - 89m - col

Crabtree (15)

D: Kevin Asch
Audio: 5.1

Huge

UK - 2009 - 78m - col / scope

Independent (15)

D: Ben Miller
Audio: 5.1

Kawa no soko kara kopnnichi-wa

[see: Sawako Decides]

Kung Fu Panda 2

USA - 2011 - 90m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (PG)

D: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Kung Fu Panda (2008, Aug/2008).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Larry Crowne

USA/France - 2011 - 99m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: Tom Hanks
Audio: 5.1

Last Night

USA/Canada/France - 2009 - 93m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: Massy Tadjedin
Audio: 5.1

The Light Thief

Svet-Ake

Kyrgyzstan/Netherlands/France/Germany - 2010 - 80m - col

Soda (15)

D: Aktan Arym Kubat
Audio: 5.1

Poetry

시

S.Korea/France - 2010 - 139m - col

ICA / Arrow (12A)

D: Lee Chang-dong
Audio: 5.1

The Princess of Montpensier

La princesse de Montpensier

France/Germany - 2010 - 140m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Bertrand Tavernier
Audio: 5.1

The Round Up

La rafle

France/Germany/Hungary - 2010 - 125m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: Rose Bosch
Audio: 5.1

Sawako Decides

川の底からこんにちは

Japan - 2010 - 112m - col

Third Window (12A)

D: Ishii Yuya

Screwed

UK - 2011 - 110m - col / scope

Lionsgate (18)

D: Reg Traviss
Audio: 5.1

Shi

[see: Poetry]

Super

USA/UK - 2011 - 96m - col

G2 (18)

D: James Gunn
Audio: 5.1

Swinging With the Finkels

UK/India/Germany/USA - 2010 - 85m - col / scope

Uno (15)

D: Jonathan Newman
Audio: 5.1

Treacle Jr.

UK - 2010 - 80m - col

Soda (15)

D: Jamie Thraves

The Tree of Life

USA - 2010 - 139m - col

Icon (12A)

D: Terrence Malick
Audio: 5.1

Trust

USA - 2010 - 106m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: David Schwimmer
Audio: 5.1

Viva Riva!

France/Belgium/Congo/S.Africa/Angola - 2010 - 98m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Djo Munga
Audio: 5.1

X: First Class

USA/UK/Australia - 2011 - 132m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Matthew Vaughn
Series: X-Men (2000, Sep/2000).
Audio: 5.1

X-Men: First Class

[see: X: First Class]

Zookeeper

USA - 2011 - 102m - col / scope

Sony (PG)

D: Frank Coraci
Audio: 5.1