S&S: October 2011

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

October 2011

Vol. 21 No. 10

3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy

3D肉蒲團之極樂寶鑑

Hong Kong - 2010 - 113m - col / 3-D

Metrodome (18) (cut)

D: Suen Laap-gei
Audio: 5.1

30 Minutes or Less

USA/Canada/Germany - 2011 - 83m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Ruben Fleischer
Audio: 5.1

Aarakshan

आरक्षण

India - 2011 - 164m - col / scope

Reliance (PG)

D: Prakash Jha
Audio: 5.1

Attenberg

Greece - 2010 - 97m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Audio: 5.1

Broken Lines

UK - 2008 - 97m - col / scope

Axiom (15)

D: Sallie Aprahamian
Audio: 5.1

Captain America: The First Avenger

USA - 2011 - 124m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (12A)

D: Joe Johnston
Converted to IMAX-D/L (with 12-track audio) for a 2018 re-release.
Followed by: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, May/2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016, Jul/2016).
Audio: 7.1

The Change-Up

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

Universal (15)

D: David Dobkin
Audio: 5.1

Conan the Barbarian

USA - 2011 - 113m - col / scope / 3-D

Lionsgate (15)

D: Marcus Nispel
Audio: 5.1

Cowboys and Aliens

USA - 2011 - 118m/135m - col / scope

Paramount (12A)

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

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

USA - 2011 - 118m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Audio: 5.1

The Debt

USA/UK/Hungary/Israel - 2010 - 113m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: John Madden
Audio: 5.1

Drive

USA - 2011 - 100m - col / scope

Icon (18)

D: Nicolas Winding Refn
Audio: 5.1

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora è Outro

Brazil - 2010 - 115m - col

Revolver (18)

D: José Padilha
Series: Elite Squad (2007, Sep/2008).
Audio: 5.1

Fast Romance

UK - 2010 - 97m - col

Ickleflix (15)

D: Carter Ferguson

Final Destination 5

USA - 2011 - 92m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (15)

D: Steven Quale
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Final Destination (2000, Jul/2000).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Friends With Benefits

USA - 2011 - 109m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Will Gluck
Audio: 5.1

The Green Wave

Germany - 2010 - 80m - col

Dogwoof

D: Ali Samadi Ahadi
Audio: 5.1

Guilty of Romance

恋の罪

Japan - 2011 - 113m - col

Eureka (18)

D: Sion Sono
Audio: 5.1

The Inbetweeners Movie

UK - 2011 - 97m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Ben Palmer
Followed by: The Inbetweeners 2 (2014, Oct/2014).
Audio: 5.1

Jane Eyre

UK/USA - 2011 - 120m - col

Focus (PG)

D: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Audio: 5.1

Koi no tsumi

[see: Guilty of Romance]

A Lonely Place to Die

UK - 2011 - 99m - col / scope

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Julian Gilbey
Audio: 5.1

Mademoiselle Chambon

France - 2009 - 101m - col / scope

Axiom (12A)

D: Stéphane Brizé
Audio: 5.1

Melancholia

Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany/Italy - 2011 - 135m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Lars von Trier
Audio: 5.1

Page One: Inside the New York Times

USA - 2011 - 92m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Andrew Rossi
Audio: 5.1

Post Mortem

Chile/Germany/Mexico - 2010 - 98m - col / scope

Network (15)

D: Pablo Larraín
Audio: 5.1

R

Denmark - 2009 - 99m - col

V: Soda (18)

D: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer
Audio: 5.1

Red, White & Blue

USA/UK - 2010 - 119m - col / scope

Trinity (18)

D: Simon Rumley
Audio: 5.1

R: Hit First, Hit Hardest

[see: R]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

USA/UK/Australia - 2011 - 105m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Rupert Wyatt
Followed by: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, Sep/2014), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, Sep/2017).
Audio: 5.1

Self Made

UK - 2010 - 88m - col and bw

Cornerhouse (Manchester) (15)

D: Gillian Wearing
Audio: 5.1

The Smurfs

USA - 2011 - 103m - col / 3-D

Sony (U)

D: Raja Gosnell
Followed by: The Smurfs 2 (2013, Oct/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

USA - 2011 - 89m - col / 3-D

Entertainment (PG)

D: Robert Rodriguez
Series: Spy Kids (2001, Jun/2001).
Audio: 5.1

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

UK/France/Germany - 2011 - 127m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Tomas Alfredson
Audio: 5.1

Tomboy

France - 2011 - 82m - col

Peccadillo (U)

D: Céline Sciamma
Audio: 5.1

Troll Hunter

Trolljegeren

Norway - 2010 - 103m - col

Momentum (15)

D: André Øvredal
Audio: 5.1

Turnout

UK - 2011 - 97m - col

Revolver (18)

D: Lee Sales
Audio: 5.1

Way of the Morris

UK - 2010 - 64m - col

Fifth Column (12A)

D: Tim Plester, Rob Curry

You Instead

(USA: Tonight You’re Mine)

UK - 2011 - 80m - col

Icon (15)

D: David Mackenzie
Audio: 5.1