S&S: August 2017

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

August 2017

Vol. 27 No. 8

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

USA/Canada - 2016 - 88m - col

DocHouse

D: Steve James
Audio: Stereo

All Eyez on Me

USA - 2017 - 139m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Benny Boom
Audio: 5.1

Bakemono no ko

[see: Boy and the Beast, The]

The Beguiled

USA - 2017 - 94m - col

Universal (15)

D: Sofia Coppola
Audio: 5.1

The Big Sick

USA - 2017 - 120m - col

Studio Canal (15)

D: Michael Showalter
Audio: 5.1

The Boy and the Beast

バケモノの子

Japan - 2015 - 120m - col

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Mamoru Hosoda
Audio: 5.1

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

USA - 2017 - 88m - col / 3-D

20th Century Fox (U)

D: David Soren
Dolby Atmos / DTS:X / Auro 11.1

Cars 3

USA - 2017 - 102m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (U)

D: Brian Fee
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Series: Cars (2006, Aug/2006).
Dolby Atmos / DTS:X / IMAX 6-track

A Change in the Weather

UK - 2016 - 98m - col / scope

Verve (PG)

D: Jon Sanders
Audio: 5.1

City of Ghosts

USA - 2017 - 92m - col / scope

Dogwoof (18)

D: Matthew Heineman
Audio: Stereo

David Lynch: The Art Life

USA/Denmark - 2016 - 88m - col

Soda (15)

D: Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Audio: 5.1

The Death of Louis XIV

La mort de Louis XIV

France/Portugal/Spain - 2016 - 115m - col / scope

New Wave (12A)

D: Albert Serra
Audio: 5.1

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

USA - 2017 - 91m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (U) (cut)

D: David Bowers
Series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010, Sep/2010).
Audio: 5.1

Dying Laughing

UK - 2016 - 88m - bw and col

Miracle (15)

D: Paul Toogood, Lloyd Stanton
Audio: Stereo

England is Mine

UK/USA - 2017 - 94m - col / scope

eOne (15)

D: Mark Gill
Audio: 5.1

Genocidal Organ

虐殺器官

Japan - 2017 - 114m - col

National Amusements (15)

D: Shūkō Murase
Audio: 5.1

The Ghoul

UK - 2017 - 85m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Gareth Tunley
Audio: 5.1

Gyakusatsu Kikan

[see: Genocidal Organ]

Hounds of Love

Australia - 2016 - 108m - col / scope

Arrow (18)

D: Ben Young
Audio: 5.1

I Called Him Morgan

Sweden/Norway/UK/Canada/USA - 2016 - 92m - col and bw

Picturehouse

D: Kasper Collin
Audio: 5.1

It Comes at Night

USA - 2017 - 90m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Trey Edward Shults
Audio: 5.1

Land of Mine

Under sandet

Denmark/Germany - 2015 - 101m - col / scope

Thunderbird (15)

D: Martin Zandvliet
Audio: 5.1

The Last Word

USA - 2016 - 107m - col / scope

Vertigo (15)

D: Mark Pellington
Audio: 5.1

Maudie

Canada/Ireland/USA - 2016 - 115m - col

Sony (12A)

D: Aisling Walsh
Audio: 5.1

The Midwife

Sage-femme

France/Belgium - 2017 - 117m - col

Curzon Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Martin Provost
Audio: 5.1

The Mummy

USA/China/Japan - 2017 - 110m - col / scope / 3-D

Universal (12A)

D: Alex Kurtzman
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / DTS:X / IMAX 12-track

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

USA/Israel - 2016 - 118m - col

Sony (15)

D: Joseph Cedar
Audio: 5.1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

USA - 2017 - 129m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
D-Cinema, IMAX-D/L and ScreenX release prints. LF version reframed at 1.90:1 aspect ratio.
Series: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, Sep/2003).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Public House

UK - 2016 - 120m - col

LUX

D: Sarah Turner
Audio: Stereo

Risk

USA/UK - 2016 - 91m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Laura Poitras
Audio: 5.1

Rock Dog

USA/China/Hong Kong - 2016 - 89m - col / 3-D

Altitude (PG)

D: Ash Brannon
D-Cinema and China Film Giant Screen release prints.
Dolby Atmos / CFGS: 11.1

Scribe

La mécanique de l'ombre

(aka: The Eavesdropper)

France/Belgium - 2016 - 91m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Thomas Kruithof
Audio: 5.1

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

USA - 2016 - 98m - col and bw

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Barnaby Clay
Audio: 5.1

Song to Song

USA - 2015 - 129m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Terrence Malick
Audio: 5.1

Souvenir

Belgium/Luxembourg/France - 2016 - 91m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Bavo Defurne
Audio: 5.1

Transformers: The Last Knight

USA/China/Hong Kong - 2017 - 149m - col / IMAX 6K HD + scope / 3-D

Paramount (12A)

D: Michael Bay
IMAX-D/L and D-Cinema release prints.
Series: Transformers (2007, Sep/2007).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Wonder Woman

USA/China/Hong Kong - 2017 - 140m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (12A)

D: Patty Jenkins
D-Cinema, 70mm and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track