S&S: February 2011

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

February 2011

Vol. 21 No. 2

127 Hours

USA/UK/Australia - 2010 - 94m - col

Pathé (15)

D: Danny Boyle
Audio: 5.1

Abel

Mexico/USA - 2010 - 82m - col / scope

Network (15)

D: Diego Luna
Audio: 5.1

Amer

France/Belgium - 2009 - 91m - col / scope

Anchor Bay (18)

D: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Audio: 5.1

Bathory

Czech Republic/Slovakia/UK/Hungary - 2008 - 140m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Juraj Jakubisco
Audio: 5.1

Biutiful

Mexico/Spain/UK - 2009 - 147m - col / scope + 1.85:1

Optimum (15)

D: Alexandro González Iñárritu
Audio: 5.1

Black Swan

USA - 2010 - 108m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Darren Aronofsky
Audio: 5.1

Blue Valentine

USA - 2010 - 112m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Derek Cianfrance
Audio: 5.1

Brighton Rock

UK/France - 2010 - 111m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Rowan Joffe
Audio: 5.1

Burlesque

USA - 2010 - 119m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Steve Antin
Audio: 5.1

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

USA/Australia - 2010 - 113m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Michael Apted
Series: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005, Feb/2006).
Audio: 7.1

Conviction

USA/UK - 2010 - 107m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Tony Goldwyn
Audio: 5.1

Freakonomics

USA - 2010 - 93m - col

Optimum (12A)

D: Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing, Seth Gordon, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock
Audio: 5.1

GasLand

USA - 2010 - 108m - col

Dogwoof (PG)

D: Josh Fox
Followed by: GasLand Part II (2013).
Audio: Stereo

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Canada/Sweden/Netherlands/UK/Germany/USA - 2009 - 111m - col and bw

Verve (U)

D: Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont
Audio: 5.1

Get Low

USA/Germany/Poland - 2009 - 103m - col / scope

Sony (PG)

D: Aaron Schneider
Audio: 5.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

USA/UK - 2010 - 146m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (12A)

D: David Yates
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX release prints. The 3-D version was only ever released on home video because the conversion process wasn't completed in time for theatrical distribution.
Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001, Jan/2002).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Hereafter

USA - 2010 - 129m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Clint Eastwood
Audio: 5.1

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?

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

Dogwoof

D: Norberto López Amado, Carlos Carcas
Audio: 5.1

I Spit on Your Grave

USA - 2010 - 108m - col / scope

Anchor Bay (18) (cut)

D: Steven R. Monroe
Followed by: I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013), I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine (2015).
Audio: 5.1

The King’s Speech

UK/Australia/USA - 2010 - 118m - col

Momentum (12A)

D: Tom Hooper
Audio: 5.1

Life Goes On

UK - 2009 - 120m - col / scope

Crabtree (12A)

D: Sangeeta Datta
Audio: 5.1

London Boulevard

USA - 2010 - 103m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: William Monahan
Audio: 5.1

Men on the Bridge

Köprüdekiler

Germany/Turkey/Netherlands/Finland - 2009 - 90m - col

Verve (15)

D: Asli Özge
Audio: 5.1

Midgets vs Mascots

USA - 2008 - 85m - col

Kaleidoscope (18)

D: Ron Carlson
Audio: 5.1

Morningglory

USA/UK - 2010 - 107m - col / scope

Paramount (12A)

D: Roger Michell
Audio: 5.1

Neds

UK/France/Italy - 2010 - 124m - col / scope

eOne (18)

D: Peter Mullan
Audio: 5.1

Nénette

France - 2010 - 70m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Nicolas Philbert
Audio: 5.1

The Next Three Days

USA - 2010 - 133m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Paul Haggis
Audio: 5.1

The Portuguese Nun

A Religiosa Portuguesa

Portugal/France - 2009 - 127m - col / scope

ICA

D: Eugène Green
Audio: 5.1

Rabbit Hole

USA - 2010 - 91m - col

Metrodome (12A)

D: John Cameron Mitchell
Audio: 5.1

Road to Las Vegas: A Story of Love and Family in the Years of Boom and Bust

UK - 2010 - 90m - col

ICA

D: Jason Massot

The Scar Crow

UK - 2009 - 84m - col

Metrodome (18)

D: Andy Thompson, Pete Benson
Audio: Stereo

A Serbian Film

Srpski film

Serbia - 2010 - 104m - col / scope

Revolver (18) (cut)

D: Srdjan Spasojevic
Audio: 5.1

Tangled

USA - 2010 - 100m - col / 3-D

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: Tangled: Before Ever After (2017).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

The Tourist

USA/France - 2010 - 103m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Audio: 5.1

Travellers

(aka: Gypsy Fighter)

UK - 2010 - 84m - col / scope

High Fliers (18)

D: Kris McManus
Audio: 5.1

Tron

(aka: Tron: Legacy)

USA - 2010 - 125m - col / scope / 3-D seq

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Joseph Kosinski
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints. LF version reframes some footage at 1.78:1 aspect ratio. Confusingly, the on-screen title in the opening sequence is simply Tron. The film was widely promoted as Tron: Legacy, but this title appears only in the closing credits.
Series: Tron (1982, Oct/82).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

True Grit

USA - 2010 - 110m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Audio: 5.1

The Warrior’s Way

USA/Australia/S.Korea/India - 2010 - 100m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Sngmoo Lee
Audio: 5.1

The Way Back

UK/USA/Poland/United Arab Emirates - 2010 - 133m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Peter Weir
Audio: 5.1