S&S: May 2009

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2009

Vol. 19 No. 5

Afghan Star

UK/Afghanistan - 2008 - 87m - col

Roast Beef

D: Havana Marking
Audio: Stereo

Alone

Issız adam

Turkey - 2008 - 115m - col / scope

Most Production (15)

D: Çagan Irmak
Audio: 5.1

Blue Eyelids

Párpados azules

Mexico/USA - 2007 - 98m - col

Axiom (15)

D: Ernesto Contreras
Audio: 5.1

The Boat That Rocked

(USA: Pirate Radio)

UK/Germany/USA/France - 2008 - 135m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Richard Curtis
Audio: 5.1

Bottle Shock

USA - 2008 - 108m - col / scope

Paramount (12A)

D: Randall Miller
Audio: 5.1

The Burning Plain

(aka: A Deadly Game)

USA/Argentina - 2008 - 106m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Guillermo Arriaga
Audio: 5.1

Chéri

UK/France/Germany - 2009 - 92m - col / scope

Pathé (15)

D: Stephen Frears
Audio: 5.1

Coraline

USA - 2008 - 101m - col / 3-D

Universal (PG)

D: Henry Selick
Audio: 5.1

The Damned United

UK/USA - 2009 - 97m - col

Sony (15)

D: Tom Hooper
Audio: 5.1

Delta

Hungary/Germany/France - 2008 - 96m - col

ICA (18)

D: Kornél Mundruczó
Dolby Stereo SR

Diminished Capacity

USA - 2007 - 89m - col

Paramount (15)

D: Terry Kinney
Audio: 5.1

Duplicity

USA/Germany - 2009 - 125m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Tony Gilroy
Audio: 5.1

Encounters at the End of the World

USA/Canada - 2007 - 101m - col

Revolver (U)

D: Werner Herzog
Audio: 5.1

The End

USA/Germany - 2008 - 81m - col and bw

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Nicola Collins
Audio: 5.1

Everlasting Moments

[see: Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moments]

Good

UK/Germany/USA/Hungary - 2007 - 96m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Vicente Amorim
Audio: 6.1

The Grocer's Son

Le fils de l’épicier

France - 2007 - 99m - col

ICA (12A)

D: Eric Guirado
Audio: 5.1

Helen

UK/Ireland - 2008 - 79m - col / scope

New Wave (PG)

D: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
Audio: 5.1

In the Loop

UK - 2009 - 106m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Armando Iannucci
Audio: 5.1

Is Anybody There?

UK/USA - 2009 - 95m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: John Crowley
Audio: 5.1

King of the Hill

El rey de la montaña

Spain - 2007 - 88m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Audio: 5.1

Knowing

USA/Australia/UK - 2009 - 121m - col / scope

eOne (15)

D: Alex Proyas
Audio: 5.1

Lesbian Vampire Killers

(USA: Vampire Killers)

UK/Canada/Hungary - 2008 - 86m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Phil Claydon
Audio: 5.1

Let the Right One In

Låt den rätte komma in

Sweden/Norway - 2008 - 114m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Tomas Alfredson
Audio: 5.1

The Life Before Her Eyes

USA - 2007 - 89m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Vadim Perelman
Audio: 5.1

Little Ashes

USA/UK/Spain - 2008 - 112m - col

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Paul Morrison
Audio: 5.1

Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moments

Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick

Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Finland/Germany - 2008 - 131m - col

Icon (15)

D: Jan Troell
Audio: 5.1

Martyrs

France/Canada - 2008 - 99m - col

Optimum (18)

D: Pascal Laugier
Audio: 5.1

Momma’s Man

USA - 2008 - 98m - col

Diffusion (15)

D: Azazel Jacobs
Audio: 5.1

My Name is Bruce

USA - 2008 - 84m - col

Anchor Bay (15)

D: Bruce Campbell
Audio: 5.1

Not Easily Broken

USA - 2009 - 99m - col

Sony (PG)

D: Bill Duke
Audio: 5.1

Observe and Report

USA - 2009 - 86m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Jody Hill
Audio: 5.1

O’Horten

Norway/Germany/France/Denmark - 2007 - 90m - col

Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Bent Hamer
Audio: 5.1

Race to Witch Mountain

USA - 2009 - 98m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Andy Fickman
Audio: 5.1

Shifty

UK - 2008 - 85m - col

Metrodome (15) (cut)

D: Eran Creevy
Audio: 5.1

Sounds Like Teen Spirit

UK - 2008 - 93m - col

Warner (12A) (cut)

D: Jamie J. Johnson
Audio: 5.1

Tony Manero

Chile/Brazil/Netherlands - 2008 - 97m - col

Network (18)

D: Pablo Larraín
Audio: 5.1

Watchmen

USA - 2009 - 162m/186m/215m - col / scope

Paramount (18)

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

The World Unseen

UK/S.Africa - 2008 - 93m - col

Enlightenment (12A)

D: Shamim Sarif
Audio: 5.1