S&S: December 2015

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 2015

Vol. 25 No. 12

Beasts of No Nation

USA/UK - 2015 - 136m - col / scope

Curzon (15)

D: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Audio: 5.1

Between Two Worlds

UK - 2015 - 99m - col / scope

Formidable (15)

D: James Marquand
Audio: 5.1

Black Mass

USA/UK - 2015 - 123m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Scott Cooper
Audio: 5.1

Brand: A Second Coming

UK/USA - 2015 - 104m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Ondi Timoner
Audio: 5.1

Bridge of Spies

USA/UK/Germany/India - 2015 - 141m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Steven Spielberg
Audio: 5.1

Brooklyn

UK/Canada/Ireland - 2015 - 112m - col

Lionsgate (12A)

D: John Crowley
Audio: 5.1

Carol

USA/UK - 2014 - 118m - col

Studio Canal (15)

D: Todd Haynes
Audio: 5.1

Closer to the Moon

Romania/USA/Italy/Poland/France - 2013 - 112m - col / scope

New Entertainment (12A)

D: Nae Caranfil
Audio: 5.1

Crimson Peak

USA - 2015 - 119m - col

Universal (15)

D: Guillermo del Toro
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 12-track

Dan y Wenallt

[see: Under Milk Wood]

Do I Sound Gay?

USA - 2014 - 77m - col

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: David Thorpe
Audio: 5.1

Dressed as a Girl

UK - 2015 - 100m - col

Peccadillo (18)

D: Colin Rothbart
Audio: Stereo

The Dressmaker

Australia - 2015 - 118m - col / scope

Entertainment (12A)

D: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Audio: 5.1

The Fear of 13

USA/UK - 2015 - 95m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: David Sington
Audio: 5.1

Güeros

Mexico - 2014 - 106m - bw

New Wave (15)

D: Alonso Ruizpalacios
Audio: 5.1

The Hallow

UK/USA/Ireland - 2015 - 97m - col / scope

eOne (15)

D: Corin Hardy
Audio: 5.1

Hand Gestures

Il gesto delle mani

Italy - 2015 - 77m - col

Hand Gestures

D: Francesco Clerici
Audio: 5.1

He Named Me Malala

USA/United Arab Emirates - 2015 - 87m - col

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Davis Guggenheim
Audio: 5.1

Hotel Transylvania 2

USA - 2015 - 89m - col / 3-D

Sony (U)

D: Genndy Tartakovsky
Series: Hotel Transylvania (2012, Nov/2012).
Audio: 5.1

Kill Your Friends

UK - 2015 - 103m - col

Studio Canal (18)

D: Owen Harris
Audio: 5.1

The Lady in the Van

UK/USA - 2015 - 104m - col

Sony (12A)

D: Nicholas Hytner
Audio: 5.1

Love

France/Brazil/Belgium - 2015 - 135m - col / scope / 3-D

Curzon Artificial Eye (18)

D: Gaspar Noé
Audio: 5.1

Mai aproape de luna

[see: Closer to the Moon]

Momentum

USA/S.Africa/Spain - 2015 - 96m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: Stephen Campanelli
Audio: 5.1

My Nazi Legacy

(USA: What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy)

UK - 2015 - 95m - col

Altitude (PG)

D: David Evans
Audio: 5.1

My Skinny Sister

Min lilla syster

Sweden/Germany/Norway - 2015 - 95m - col / scope

Matchbox (15)

D: Sanna Lenken
Audio: 5.1

Palio

UK/Italy - 2014 - 91m - col / scope

Altitude / Picturehouse (12A)

D: Cosima Spender
Audio: 5.1

Pan

USA - 2015 - 111m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (PG)

D: Joe Wright
D-Cinema and IMAX-D release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 6-track

Paper Planes

Australia/S.Korea - 2014 - 97m - col

Lionsgate (U)

D: Robert Connolly
Audio: 5.1

The Perfect Guy

USA - 2015 - 100m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: David M. Rosenthal
Dolby Atmos

Premature

USA/UK - 2013 - 94m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Dan Beers
Audio: 5.1

Radiator

UK - 2014 - 93m - col

Picturehouse (15)

D: Tom Browne
Audio: 5.1

Regression

Regresión

Spain/Canada - 2015 - 106m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Alejandro Amenábar
Dolby Atmos

Revenge of the Mekons

USA - 2013 - 95m - col

MusicFilmNetwork

D: Joe Angio
Audio: 5.1

Solace

USA/Australia/Switzerland - 2014 - 101m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Afonso Poyart
Audio: 5.1

Spectre

UK/USA - 2015 - 148m - col / scope

Sony (12A) (cut)

D: Sam Mendes
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Series: Dr. No (1962, Oct/962).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 12-track

Star Men

Canada/UK - 2015 - 88m - col

Verve (PG)

D: Alison Rose
Audio: Stereo

Steve Jobs

USA/UK/Japan - 2015 - 122m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Danny Boyle
Audio: 5.1

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

UK - 2015 - 102m - col / scope

The Works (15)

D: Gabriel Clarke, John McKenna
Audio: 5.1

Tangerine

USA - 2015 - 88m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Sean Baker
Audio: 5.1

Tell Spring Not to Come This Year

UK/USA - 2015 - 84m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy
Audio: 5.1

Unbranded

USA - 2015 - 106m - col / scope

Dogwoof (15)

D: Phillip Baribeau
Audio: 5.1

Under Milk Wood

UK - 2015 - 87m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Kevin Allen
A separate Welsh-language version of the film, Dan y Wenallt, was shot at the same time.
Audio: 5.1

The Walk

USA - 2015 - 123m - col / scope / 3-D

Sony (PG)

D: Robert Zemeckis
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 12-track

Warriors

UK - 2015 - 87m - col

Verve (12A)

D: Barney Douglas
Audio: Stereo