S&S: November 2011

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

November 2011

Vol. 21 No. 11

African Cats

USA - 2011 - 89m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Kevin Scholey
Audio: 5.1

Albatross

UK - 2011 - 90m - col / scope

CinemaNX (15)

D: Niall MacCormick
Audio: 5.1

Anonymous

USA/UK/Germany - 2011 - 130m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Roland Emmerich
Audio: 5.1

Apollo 18

USA/Canada - 2011 - 86m - col and bw

Entertainment (15)

D: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Audio: 5.1

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Sweden/USA/Norway/Germany/Switzerland/Finland/Greece - 2011 - 100m - col and bw

Soda (12A)

D: Göran Olsson
Audio: Stereo

Blood in the Mobile

Blod i mobilen

Denmark/Germany - 2010 - 83m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Frank Piasechi Poulsen
Audio: Stereo

Cane Toads: The Conquest

Australia/USA - 2010 - 84m - col / 3-D

Kaleidoscope (PG)

D: Mark Lewis
Series: Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988, short).
Audio: 5.1

Children of the Revolution

Ireland/UK/Germany - 2011 - 92m - col and bw

E2

D: Shane O’Sullivan
Audio: Stereo

Colombiana

France - 2011 - 108m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Olivier Mégaton
Audio: 5.1

Contagion

USA/United Arab Emirates - 2011 - 106m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Steven Soderbergh
35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

The Dead

UK - 2010 - 105m - col

Anchor Bay (18)

D: Howard J. Ford
Followed by: The Dead 2: India (2013).
Audio: 5.1

Dolphin Tale

USA - 2011 - 113m - col / 3-D
Warner (U)

D: Charles Martin Smith
Followed by: Dolphin Tale 2 (2014, Nov/2014).
Audio: 5.1

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

USA/Mexico/Australia - 2010 - 99m - col

Studio Canal (15)

D: Troy Nixey
Audio: 5.1

Four Days Inside Guantanamo

[see: You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo]

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

USA - 2011 - 87m - col

The Works (12A)

D: Morgan Spurlock
Audio: Stereo

Hell and Back Again

USA/UK/Germany - 2010 - 88m - col

Independent (15)

D: Danfung Dennis
Audio: 5.1

The Help

USA/India/United Arab Emirates - 2011 - 146m - col

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Tate Taylor
Audio: 5.1

Hwanghae

[see: Yellow Sea, The]

The Ides of March

USA - 2011 - 101m - col / scope

Entertainment One (15)

D: George Clooney
Audio: 5.1

I Don’t Know How She Does It

USA - 2011 - 89m - col

Entertainment (12A)

D: Douglas McGrath
Audio: 5.1

Johnny English Reborn

UK/USA/France - 2011 - 101m - col / scope

Universal (PG)

D: Oliver Parker
Series: Johnny English (2003, May/2003).
Audio: 5.1

Midnight in Paris

USA/Spain - 2011 - 94m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Woody Allen
Audio: 3.0

Miss Bala

Mexico/USA - 2011 - 113m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Gerardo Naranjo
Audio: 5.1

Monte Carlo

USA - 2011 - 109m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Thomas Bezucha
Audio: 5.1

Newsreel 1

UK - 2011 - 64m - col

A Reuben Film

D: Alex Reuben

Parked

Ireland/Finland - 2010 - 94m - col / scope

Element (15)

D: Darragh Byrne
Audio: 5.1

Perfect Sense

UK/Denmark/Ireland/Germany - 2010 - 92m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: David Mackenzie
Audio: 5.1

POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

[see: Greatest Movie Ever Sold, The]

Red State

USA - 2011 - 88m - col

Entertainment One (18)

D: Kevin Smith
Audio: 5.1

Restless

USA - 2011 - 91m - col

Sony (PG)

D: Gus Van Sant
Audio: 5.1

Sleeping Beauty

Australia - 2011 - 101m - col

Revolver (18)

D: Julia Leigh
Audio: 5.1

Soul Surfer

USA - 2011 - 106m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Sean McNamara
Audio: 5.1

The Story of Lovers Rock

UK - 2011 - 101m - col

Verve (12A)

D: Menelik Shabazz
Audio: Stereo

Tyrannosaur

UK/Finland/Australia - 2010 - 92m - col / scope

Studio One (18)

D: Paddy Considine
Audio: 5.1

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

USA - 2010 - 92m - col

Verve (15)

D: Whitney Sudler-Smith
Audio: 5.1

Warrior

USA - 2011 - 140m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Gavin O’Connor
Audio: 7.1

Weekender

UK - 2011 - 90m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Karl Golden
Audio: 5.1

We Need to Talk About Kevin

UK/USA - 2011 - 112m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Lynne Ramsey
Audio: 5.1

When China Met Africa

UK/France/Netherlands/Switzerland/Finland/Sweden/Norway/USA - 2010 - 90m - col

Speak-It Media

D: Marc Francis, Nick Francis
Audio: Stereo

Will

UK/Panama/Turkey - 2011 - 102m - col / scope

Vertigo (PG)

D: Ellen Perry
Audio: 5.1

The Woman

USA - 2011 - 101m - col

Revolver (18)

D: Lucky McKee
Audio: 5.1

The Yellow Sea

황해

S.Korea - 2010 - 156m/140m - col / scope

Eureka / Bounty (18)

D: Na Hong-jin
Audio: 5.1

You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo

Canada/Australia/UK - 2010 - 100m - col

Dogwoof

D: Luc Côté, Patricio Henríquez
Audio: 5.1