S&S: August 2013

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

August 2013

Vol. 23 No. 8

Admission

USA - 2013 - 107m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Paul Weitz
Audio: 5.1

After Earth

USA - 2013 - 100m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: M. Night Shyamalan
Audio: 5.1

The Battle of the Sexes

UK - 2013 - 83m - col

Kaleidoscope (PG)

D: James Erskine, Zara Hayes
Audio: Stereo

Blackfish

USA - 2013 - 83m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Audio: 5.1

Black Rock

USA - 2012 - 80m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Katie Aselton
Audio: 5.1

Blancanieves

Spain/France/Belgium - 2011 - 105m - bw and col

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Pablo Berger
Audio: 5.1

Blood

UK/USA - 2012 - 92m - col / scope

Entertainment One (15)

D: Nick Murphy
Audio: 5.1

Breathe In

USA - 2012 - 98m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Drake Doremus
Audio: 5.1

The Conjuring

USA - 2013 - 112m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: James Wan
Followed by: The Conjuring 2 (2016, Aug/2016).
Audio: 5.1

Days of Grace

Días de gracia

Mexico/USA/France - 2011 - 133m - col / 1.85:1 + scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Everardo Valerio Gout
Audio: 5.1

The Deep

Djúpið: Byggt á sannsögulegum atburðum

Iceland/Norway - 2012 - 93m - col / scope

Metrodome (12A)

D: Baltasar Kormákur
Audio: 5.1

Le dernier exorcisme part II

[see: Last Exorcism Part II, The]

Despicable Me 2

USA - 2013 - 98m - col / 3-D

Universal (U)

D: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Despicable Me (2010, Nov/2010).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Eden

(aka: Abduction of Eden)

USA - 2012 - 98m - col / scope

Clear Vision (15)

D: Megan Griffiths
Audio: 5.1

Fire in the Night

[see: Piper Alpha: Fire in the Night]

Frances Ha

USA - 2012 - 86m - bw

Metrodome (15)

D: Noah Baumbach
Audio: 5.1

From Up on Poppy Hill

コクリコ坂から

Japan - 2011 - 92m - col

Studio Canal (U)

D: Goro Miyazaki
Audio: 5.1

The Frozen Ground

USA - 2011 - 105m - col / scope

Koch Media (15)

D: Scott Walker
Audio: 5.1

Girl Most Likely

USA - 2012 - 103m - col

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Audio: 5.1

The Heat

USA/UK/Australia - 2013 - 117m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Paul Feig
Dolby Atmos

The Internship

USA - 2013 - 119m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Shawn Levy
Audio: 5.1

Les invisibles

France - 2012 - 115m - col / scope

Peccadillo

D: Sébastien Lifshitz
Dolby Stereo SR

Kokurikozaka kara

[see: From Up on Poppy Hill]

The Last Exorcism Part II

USA/France/Luxembourg - 2013 - 89m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Series: The Last Exorcism (2010, Oct/2010).
Audio: 5.1

Man of Steel

USA/UK - 2013 - 143m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (12A)

D: Zack Snyder
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016, Jun/2016).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

Monsters University

USA - 2013 - 110m - col / 3-D

Buena Vista (U)

D: Dan Scanlon
Series: Monsters, Inc. (2001, Feb/2002).
Dolby Atmos

The Moo Man

UK - 2013 - 98m - col

November / Trufflepig (U)

D: Andy Heathcote
Audio: Stereo

My Father and the Man in Black

Canada - 2012 - 87m - col

Ballpark (15)

D: Jonathan Holiff
Audio: Stereo

Night of Silence

Lal Gece

Turkey - 2012 - 92m - col / scope

Verve (PG)

D: Reis Çelik

Now You See Me

USA - 2013 - 115m/125m - col / scope

Entertainment One (12A)

D: Louis Leterrier
Followed by: Now You See Me 2 (2016, Aug/2016).
Audio: 5.1

Paradise: Hope

Paradies: Hoffnung

Austria/France/Germany - 2012 - 100m - col

Soda (15)

D: Ulrich Seidl
Series: Paradise: Love (2012, Jul/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Paris-Manhattan

France - 2011 - 78m - col

Cinefile (12A)

D: Sophie Lellouche
Audio: 5.1

Piper Alpha: Fire in the Night

UK - 2013 - 94m - col

Soda

D: Anthony Wonke
Dolby Stereo SR

Play

Sweden/Denmark/France/Germany/Norway - 2011 - 118m - col

Soda (15)

D: Ruben Östlund
Audio: 5.1

The Purge

USA/France/Japan - 2013 - 85m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: James DeMonaco
Followed by: The Purge: Anarchy (2014, Sep/2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016, Aug/2016).
Audio: 5.1

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

UK/Russia - 2013 - 88m - col

Independent (18)

D: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Audio: 5.1

Trap for Cinderella

UK/USA - 2011 - 100m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Iain Softley
Audio: 5.1

Venus and Serena

USA - 2012 - 99m - col and bw

Kaleidoscope (12A)

D: Maiken Baird, Michelle Major
Audio: 5.1

Viramundo: A Musical Journey With Gilberto Gil

Viramundo: Un voyage musical avec Gilberto Gil

France/Switzerland/USA/UK - 2012 - 95m - col / scope

Soda (PG)

D: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
Audio: 5.1

Wadjda

Germany/Saudi Arabia/USA/United Arab Emirates - 2012 - 98m - col

Soda (PG)

D: Haifaa al Mansour
Audio: 5.1

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

USA - 2013 - 128m - col

Universal (15)

D: Alex Gibney
Audio: 5.1

World War Z

USA/Malta - 2013 - 116m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (15)

D: Marc Forster
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track