S&S: May 2014

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2014

Vol. 24 No. 5

20 Feet From Stardom

USA - 2013 - 90m - col and bw

Altitude (12A)

D: Morgan Neville
Audio: 5.1

300: Rise of an Empire

USA - 2013 - 102m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (15)

D: Noam Murro
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: 300 (2006, May/2007).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

After the Night

Até Ver a Luz

Portugal/Switzerland - 2013 - 95m - col

Capricci (15)

D: Basil da Cunha
Audio: 5.1

Almost Married

UK - 2013 - 98m - col / scope

Tested (15)

D: Ben Cookson
Audio: 5.1

Blue Ruin

USA/France - 2013 - 90m - col / scope

Picturehouse (PG)

D: Jeremy Saulnier
Audio: 5.1

Calvary

UK/Ireland - 2013 - 101m - col / scope

eOne (15)

D: John Michael McDonagh
Audio: 5.1

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

USA - 2014 - 136m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011, Oct/2011).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

Cupcakes

בננות

Israel/France - 2013 - 90m - col / scope

Peccadillo (12A)

D: Eytan Fox
Audio: 5.1

Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus

USA - 2013 - 76m - col

Dogwoof

D: Madeleine Sackler
Audio: Stereo

Divergent

USA - 2014 - 139m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Neil Burger
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: Insurgent (2015, May/2015), Allegiant (2016, May/2016).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker

Epizoda u životu berača željeza

Bosnia-Herzegovina/France/Slovenia/Italy - 2012 - 75m - col

New Wave (12A)

D: Danis Tanovic
Audio: 5.1

Escape From Planet Earth

USA/Canada - 2013 - 84m - col / scope / 3-D

Entertainment (U)

D: Cal Brunker
Audio: 5.1

Exhibition

UK - 2013 - 105m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Joanna Hogg
Audio: 5.1

Ilo Ilo

爸媽不在家

Singapore - 2013 - 99m - col

Soda (12A)

D: Anthony Chen
Audio: 5.1

The Informant
Gibraltar

France/Canada/Belgium - 2013 - 110m - col / scope
Kaleidoscope (15)
D: Julien Leclercq
Audio: 5.1

The Invisible War

USA/UK/France - 2011 - 93m - col

Independent

D: Kirby Dick
Audio: 5.1

Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood

UK - 2013 - 108m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Jonathan English
Series: Ironclad (2010, Apr/2011).
Audio: 5.1

Khumba

S.Africa/USA - 2013 - 85m - col / scope / 3-D

Kaleidoscope (U)

D: Anthony Silverston
Audio: 5.1

The Last Days on Mars

UK/Ireland - 2013 - 98m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Ruairi Robinson
Audio: 5.1

Locke

USA/UK - 2013 - 85m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Steven Knight
Audio: 5.1

Looking for Light: Jane Bown

UK - 2014 - 90m - col

Soda

D: Luke Dodd, Michael Whyte
Audio: Stereo

The Love Punch

UK/France - 2013 - 95m - col / scope

eOne (12A) (cut)

D: Joel Hopkins
Audio: 5.1

The Lunchbox
Dabba
डिब्बा
India/France/USA/Germany/Italy - 2013 - 105m - col / scope
Artificial Eye (PG)
D: Ritesh Batra
Audio: 5.1

Magic Magic

USA/Argentina/Chile - 2013 - 97m - col / scope

V: Koch (15)

D: Sebastián Silva
Audio: 5.1

The Motel Life

USA - 2012 - 90m - col / scope

House (15)

D: Alan Polsky, Gabriel Polsky
Audio: 5.1

Muppets Most Wanted

USA - 2014 - 113m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: James Bobin
Series: The Muppet Movie (1979, Jul/1979).
Audio: 5.1

Non-Stop

France/USA/UK/Canada - 2014 - 106m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Jaume Collet-Serra
Audio: 5.1

Omar

Palestine/United Arab Emirates - 2013 - 96m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Hany Abu-Assad
Audio: 5.1

Pioneer

Pionér

Norway/Germany/Sweden/Finland/France - 2013 - 111m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Audio: 5.1

The Quiet Ones

UK/USA - 2013 - 98m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: John Pogue
Audio: 5.1

The Raid: Retaliation

[see: Raid 2: Berandal, The]

The Raid 2
The Raid 2: Berandal
Indonesia/USA - 2013 - 150m - col / scope

eOne (18)

D: Gareth Evans
Series: The Raid (2011, Jun/2012).
Audio: 5.1

The Sea

UK/Ireland - 2013 - 86m - col / scope

Independent (12A)

D: Stephen Brown
Audio: 5.1

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears

L’étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps

Belgium/France/Luxembourg - 2013 - 102m - col and bw / scope

Metrodome (18)

D: Bruno Forzani, Hélène Cattet
Audio: 5.1

Tracks

Australia/UK - 2013 - 112m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: John Curran
Audio: 5.1

Veronica Mars

USA - 2014 - 107m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Rob Thomas
Audio: 5.1

We Are the Best!

Vi är bäst!

Sweden/Denmark/Norway - 2013 - 102m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Lukas Moodysson
Audio: 5.1

We Are the Freaks

UK - 2013 - 72m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Justin Edgar
Audio: 5.1

Wrinkles

Arrugas

Spain - 2011 - 89m - col

Anchor Bay (15)

D: Ignacio Ferreras
Audio: 5.1

You & Me Forever

Denmark - 2012 - 82m - col / scope

Day for Night

D: Kaspar Munk
Audio: 5.1

YvesSaintLaurent

France/Belgium - 2013 - 106m - col / scope

eOne (15)

D: Jalil Lespert
Audio: 5.1