S&S: August 2012

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

August 2012

Vol. 22 No. 8

7 Days in Havana

7 días en la Habana

Spain/France/Cuba - 2012 - 129m - col

Soda (15)

D: Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noë, Juan Carlos Tabio, Laurent Cantet
Audio: 5.1

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

USA - 2012 - 105m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Timur Bekmambatov
Audio: 7.1

Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best

USA - 2011 - 98m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: Ryan O’Nan
Audio: 5.1

Chernobyl Diaries

USA - 2012 - 88m - col

Studio Canal (15)

D: Brad Parker
Audio: 5.1

Comes a Bright Day

UK - 2012 - 91m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Simon Aboud
Audio: 5.1

Detachment

USA - 2011 - 98m - col

G2 (15)

D: Tony Kaye
Audio: 5.1

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

[see: Lorax, The]

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

USA - 2011 - 85m - col

Soda (12A)

D: Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey
Audio: 5.1

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

Germany - 2010 - 113m - col

Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Gereon Wetzel
Audio: 5.1

Electrick Children

USA - 2012 - 95m - col

Revolver / Picturehouse (15)

D: Rebecca Thomas

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

UK - 2011 - 100m - col

Universal (15)

D: Crispian Mills
Audio: 5.1

The Giants

Les géants

Belgium/France/Luxembourg - 2011 - 84m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Bouli Lanners
Audio: 5.1

God Bless America

USA - 2011 - 104m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Bobcat Goldthwait
Audio: 5.1

Harold’s Going Stiff

UK - 2012 - 79m - col

V: Frisson (15)

D: Keith Wright
Audio: 5.1

The Hunter

Australia - 2011 - 102m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Daniel Nettheim
Audio: 5.1

I Am Bruce Lee

Canada - 2012 - 93m - col

Freemantle (15)

D: Pete McCormack
Audio: 5.1

In Your Hands

Contre toi

France - 2010 - 81m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Lola Doillon
Audio: 5.1

Lay the Favorite

USA/France/UK - 2012 - 94m - col

eOne (15)

D: Stephen Frears
Audio: 5.1

LOL

USA - 2011 - 97m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Liza Azuelos
Audio: 5.1

The Lorax

USA - 2012 - 101m - col / 3-D

Universal (U)

D: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul, Chris Renaud
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Magic Mike

USA - 2012 - 110m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Followed by: Magic Mike XXL (2015, Sep/2015).
Audio: 5.1

Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

USA - 2012 - 106m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Matthew Akers
Audio: 5.1

Nostalgia for the Light

Nostalgie de la lumière

France/Germany/Chile/USA (TV) - 2010 - 94m - col

New Wave (12A)

D: Patricio Guzmán
Originally broadcast on French TV as an episode of P.O.V. (1988-present).
Audio: 5.1

Personal Best

UK - 2012 - 89m - col

Verve (12A)

D: Sam Blair
Audio: Stereo

Ping Pong

UK - 2012 - 76m - col

BritDoc (PG)

D: Hugh Hartford, Anson Hartford
Audio: 5.1

The Players

Les infidèles

France - 2011 - 107m - col / scope

Momentum (18)

D: Fred Cavayé, Michel Hazanavicius, Eric Lartigau, Emmanuelle Bercot, Alexandre Courtes, Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche
Audio: 5.1

Prometheus

USA/UK - 2012 - 124m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Ridley Scott
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints. LF version reframed at 1.66:1 (15/70) and 1.90:1 (IMAX-D) aspect ratio.
Followed by: Alien: Covenant (2017, Jul/2017).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Requiem for a Killer

Requiem pour une tueuse

France - 2011 - 92m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Jérôme Le Gris
Audio: 5.1

Revenge of the Electric Car

USA - 2011 - 90m - col

Dogwoof (PG)

D: Chris Paine
Audio: 5.1

Rock of Ages

USA - 2012 - 123m/136m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

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

Searching for Sugar Man

UK - 2012 - 86m - col

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Malik Bendjelloul
Audio: 5.1

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

USA - 2011 - 101m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Lorene Scafaria
Audio: 5.1

A Simple Life

桃姐

Hong Kong - 2011 - 118m - col

Arrow (PG)

D: Ann Hui On-wah
Audio: 5.1

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap

UK/USA - 2012 - 112m - col

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Ice-T
Audio: 5.1

The Soul of Flies

El alma de las moscas

Spain - 2011 - 78m - col

Matchbox

D: Jonathan Cenzual Burley
Audio: Stereo

Storage 24

UK/USA - 2012 - 87m - col

Universal (15)

D: Johannes Roberts
Audio: 5.1

Strawberry Fields

UK - 2011 - 87m - col

Soda (15)

D: Frances Lea
Audio: 5.1

Swandown

UK - 2012 - 98m - col

Cornerhouse (12A)

D: Andrew Kötting
Audio: 5.1

Tao jie

[see: Simple Life, A]

Ted

USA - 2012 - 106m - col

Universal (15)

D: Seth MacFarlane
Followed by: Ted 2 (2015, Aug/2015).
Audio: 5.1

Tortoise in Love

UK - 2011 - 84m - col / scope

Immense (12A)

D: Guy Browning
Audio: 5.1

Undefeated

USA/UK - 2011 - 113m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Audio: 5.1

Wagner’s Dream

USA - 2012 - 114m - col

The Metropolitan Opera (U)

D: Susan Froemke
Audio: 5.1

Where Do We Go Now?

Et maintenant on va où?

France/Lebanon/Egypt/Italy - 2011 - 102m - col / scope

Revolver (12A)

D: Nadine Labaki
Audio: 5.1

You’ve Been Trumped

UK - 2011 - 101m - col

Montrose (PG)

D: Anthony Baxter
Followed by: You've Been Trumped Too (2016, Jan/2017).
Audio: 5.1