S&S: May 2010

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2010

Vol. 20 No. 5

24 City

二十四城记

Hong Kong/China/Japan - 2008 - 112m - col

New Wave (U)

D: Jia Zhangke
Audio: 5.1

Alice in Wonderland

USA - 2010 - 108m - col / 3-D

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Tim Burton
35mm, D-Cinema, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016, Jul/2016).
Audio: 6.1 / IMAX 6-track

Apan

(aka: The Ape)

Sweden - 2009 - 82m - col

ICA

D: Jesper Ganslandt
Audio: 5.1

Bananas!*

Sweden/Denmark/USA/Germany/Finland/Norway/Switzerland/Netherlands/Spain/Canada - 2009 - 87m - col

Dogwoof

D: Fredrik Gertten
Audio: 5.1

Boogie Woogie

UK/USA - 2009 - 94m - col

Vertigo (15)

D: Duncan Ward
Audio: 5.1

The Bounty Hunter

USA - 2010 - 110m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Andy Tennant
Audio: 5.1

A Boy Called Dad

UK - 2009 - 80m - col

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Brian Percival
Dolby Stereo SR

Cemetery Junction

UK - 2010 - 95m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Audio: 5.1

Centurion

UK/USA/France - 2009 - 97m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Neil Marshall
Audio: 5.1

Cherrybomb

UK/Ireland - 2008 - 86m - col / scope

Blue Dolphin (15)

D: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Audio: 5.1

City of Life and Death

南京!南京!

(aka: Nanking! Nanking!)

China - 2009 - 135m - bw / scope

High Fliers (15)

D: Lu Chuan
Audio: 5.1

Crying With Laughter

UK - 2009 - 93m - col / scope

Britfilms (18)

D: Justin Molotnikov
Audio: 5.1

Dance With Me

UK - 2008 - 82m - col

Revolver

D: Sasha D. Damjanovski
Audio: 5.1

La danse: Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris

(aka: La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet)

France/USA/Japan/Finland - 2009 - 159m - col

Soda (PG)

D: Frederick Wiseman
Audio: 5.1

Date Night

USA - 2010 - 88m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Shawn Levy
Audio: 5.1

Dear John

USA - 2009 - 108m - col / scope

Paramount (12A)

D: Lasse Hallström
Audio: 5.1

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

UK - 2009 - 100m - col / scope

CinemaNX (18)

D: J Blakeson
Audio: 5.1

Dogtooth

Κυνόδοντας

Greece - 2009 - 97m - col / scope

Verve (18)

D: Yorgos Lanthimos
Audio: 5.1

Ershisi cheng ji

[see: 24 City]

Exit Through the Gift Shop

UK - 2010 - 86m - col

Revolver (15)

D: Banksy
Audio: 5.1

Freestyle

UK - 2009 - 86m - col

Revolver (12A)

D: Kolton Lee
Audio: 5.1

The Ghost

(USA: The Ghost Writer)

UK/Germany/France - 2010 - 128m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Roman Polanski
Audio: 5.1

Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Hachiko: A Dog’s Story

USA/UK - 2008 - 93m - col

Entertainment (U)

D: Lasse Hallström
Audio: 5.1

Happy Ever Afters

Ireland/Germany/UK/France - 2009 - 101m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Stephen Burke
Audio: 5.1

The House of the Devil

USA - 2008 - 91m - col

Metrodome (18)

D: Ti West
Audio: 5.1

How to Train Your Dragon

USA - 2010 - 98m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (PG)

D: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
35mm, D-Cinema, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, Aug/2014).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

I Am Love

Io sono l’amore

Italy - 2009 - 119m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Luca Guadagnino
Audio: 5.1

I Know You Know

UK/USA/Germany - 2008 - 82m - col

Network (15)

D: Justin Kerrigan
Dolby Stereo SR

The Infidel

UK - 2010 - 105m - col

Revolver (15)

D: Josh Appignanesi
Audio: 5.1

Kick-Ass

USA - 2009 - 117m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Matthew Vaughn
Followed by: Kick-Ass 2 (2013, Oct/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Kicks

UK - 2008 - 84m - col

New Wave (15)

D: Linda Heymann
Audio: 5.1

Kynodontas

[see: Dogtooth]

Life During Wartime

USA - 2009 - 98m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Todd Solondz
Audio: 5.1

The Market: A Tale of Trade

Pazar: Der Markt

Germany/Kazakhstan/UK/Turkey - 2008 - 89m - col

The Works (12A)

D: Ben Hopkins
Audio: 5.1

The Milk of Sorrow

La teta asustada

Spain/Peru/Switzerland/Germany - 2008 - 98m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Claudia Llosa
Audio: 5.1

My Name is Khan

माय नामे इस खान

India/Hong Kong/USA - 2009 - 161m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Karan Johar
Audio: 5.1

No Greater Love

UK - 2009 - 105m - col

Soda

D: Michael Whyte
Audio: Stereo

Old Dogs

USA - 2009 - 88m - col

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Walt Becker
Audio: 5.1

Remember Me

USA - 2010 - 112m - col

eOne (12A)

D: Allen Coulter
Audio: 5.1

Revanche

Austria - 2008 - 122m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Götz Spielmann
Audio: 5.1

The Sky Crawlers

スカイ・クロラ

Japan - 2008 - 121m - col

Manga (12A)

D: Oshii Mamoru
Audio: 6.1

Sons of Cuba

UK/USA/Hong Kong - 2009 - 88m - col

Mr. Bongo

D: Andrew Lang
Audio: Stereo

Sukai kurora

[see: Sky Crawlers, The]

Whip It

USA - 2009 - 111m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Drew Barrymore
Audio: 5.1

The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights

USA/UK - 2009 - 93m - col and bw

More2Screen

D: Emmett Malloy
Audio: 5.1