S&S: December 2009

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 2009

Vol. 19 No. 12

Bright Star

UK/Australia - 2009 - 119m - col

Warner (PG)

D: Jane Campion
Audio: 5.1

Bunny & the Bull

UK/France - 2009 - 101m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Paul King
Audio: 5.1

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

USA - 2009 - 90m - col / scope / 3-D

Sony (U)

D: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
35mm, D-Cinema, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013, Dec/2013).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Cold Souls

USA/France - 2008 - 101m - col

The Works (12A)

D: Sophie Barthes
Audio: 5.1

Couples Retreat

USA/Japan - 2009 - 113m - col

Universal (15)

D: Peter Billingsley
Audio: 5.1

Cracks

Ireland/UK/Spain/USA/France - 2009 - 104m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Jordan Scott
Audio: 5.1

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

USA/UK/France - 2009 - 78m - col

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Matthew Aeberhard, Leander Ward
Audio: 5.1

The Descent: Part 2

UK - 2009 - 94m - col / scope

Pathé (18)

D: Jon Harris
Series: The Descent (2005, Sep/2005).
Audio: 5.1

Disgrace

Australia/USA/Netherlands/S.Africa - 2007 - 119m - col / scope

ICA (15)

D: Steve Jacobs
Audio: 5.1

Examined Life

Canada - 2008 - 87m - col

ICA

D: Astra Taylor
Audio: 5.1

Fame

USA - 2009 - 107m/121m - col / scope

Entertainment (PG)

D: Kevin Tancharoen
Audio: 5.1

The Girlfriend Experience

USA - 2009 - 77m - col / scope

Revolver (15)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Audio: 5.1

Glorious 39

UK - 2009 - 129m - col / scope

Momentum (12A)

D: Stephen Poliakoff
Audio: 5.1

Halloween II

USA - 2009 - 105m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Rob Zombie
Series: Halloween (2007, Dec/2007).
Audio: 5.1

The Horseman

Australia - 2008 - 96m - col

Kaleidoscope (18)

D: Steven Kastrissios
Audio: 5.1

The Informant!

USA - 2009 - 108m - col

Warner (15)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Audio: 5.1

The Invention of Lying

USA/UK - 2009 - 100m - col

Universal (12A)

D: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
Audio: 5.1

Jennifer’s Body

USA - 2009 - 102m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Karyn Kusama
Audio: 5.1

Johnny Mad Dog

France/Belgium/Liberia - 2008 - 98m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Audio: 5.1

Lala Pipo: A Lot of People

ララピポ

Japan - 2005 - 95m - col

Third Window

D: Masayuki Miyano

Made in Jamaica

France/USA - 2007 - 109m - col

Network (15)

D: Jérôme Laperrousaz
Audio: 5.1

The Merry Gentleman

USA - 2007 - 97m - col / scope

The Works (15)

D: Michael Keaton
Audio: 5.1

Morris: A Life With Bells On

UK - 2009 - 101m - col

Twist Films Morris (12A)

D: Lucy Akhurst
Audio: 5.1

Pandorum

UK/Germany - 2009 - 108m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Christian Alvart
Audio: 5.1

Paper Heart

USA - 2009 - 88m - col

Anchor Bay (PG)

D: Nicholas Jasenovec
Audio: 5.1

Rage

UK/USA - 2009 - 98m - col

Adventure Pictures (15)

D: Sally Potter
Audio: 5.1

Reckoning Day

UK - 2001 - 107m - col and bw

V: Revolver (18)

D: Julian Gilbey
Audio: 5.1

The Sea Wall

Un barrage contre le Pacifique

France/Belgium/Cambodia - 2008 - 116m - col

Axiom (12A)

D: Rithy Panh
Audio: 5.1

Séraphine

France/Belgium - 2008 - 126m - col

Metrodome (PG)

D: Martin Provost
Audio: 5.1

A Serious Man

USA/UK/France - 2009 - 105m - col

Universal (15)

D: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Audio: 5.1

Surrogates

USA - 2009 - 88m - col / scope

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Jonathan Mostow
Audio: 5.1

Surviving Evil

UK/S.Africa/USA - 2009 - 90m - col

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Terence Daw
Audio: 5.1

Taking Wood Stock

USA - 2009 - 120m - col

Universal (15)

D: Ang Lee
Audio: 5.1

Tulpan

Тюльпан

Kazakhstan/Germany/Russia/Poland/Italy/Switzerland - 2008 - 103m - col

New Wave (12A)

D: Sergei Dvortsevoy
Audio: 5.1

Vanishing of the Bees

USA/UK - 2009 - 97m - col

Dogwoof (U)

D: George Langworthy, Maryam Henein
Audio: Stereo

The White Ribbon

Das weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

Germany/Austria/France/Italy - 2009 - 143m - bw

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Michael Haneke
Audio: 5.1

wmd.

UK - 2008 - 113m - col

Shortwave

D: David Holroyd
Audio: Stereo

Zombieland

USA - 2009 - 88m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Ruben Fleischer
Audio: 5.1