S&S: February 2016

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

February 2016

Vol. 26 No. 2

The 33

USA - 2014 - 127m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Patricia Riggen
Dolby Atmos

The Assassin

刺客聶隱娘

Taiwan/Hong Kong/China - 2015 - 105m - col and bw

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Audio: 5.1

Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime

UK - 2014 - 102m - col

Dartmouth (12A)

D: Jacqui Morris, David Morris
Audio: Stereo

Being AP

UK/Ireland - 2015 - 103m - col

Entertainment One (12A)

D: Anthony Wonke
Audio: 5.1

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

Belle et Sébastien: L'aventure continue

France - 2015 - 97m - col / scope

Studio Canal (PG)

D: Christian Duguay
Series: Belle and Sebastian (Belle et Sébastien, 2013).
Audio: 5.1

The Big Short

USA - 2015 - 130m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Adam McKay
Audio: 5.1

Bolshoi Babylon

UK/Germany/USA - 2015 - 87m - col / scope

Altitude (PG)

D: Nick Read
Audio: 5.1

Creed

USA - 2015 - 133m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Ryan Coogler
Series: Rocky (1976, Apr/1977).
Audio: 5.1

The Crow's Egg
Kaakkaa Muttai
காக்கா முட்டை
India - 2014 - 91m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (PG)
D: M. Manikandan
Audio: 5.1

Daddy's Home

USA - 2015 - 96m - col

Paramount (12A)

D: Sean Anders
Followed by: Daddy's Home 2 (2017).
Audio: 5.1

Essex Boys: The Truth

UK - 2015 - 118m - col

Metrodome (18)

D: Christopher Matthews
Audio: 5.1

Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD

UK - 2015 - 110m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Paul Goodwin
Audio: Stereo

The Good Dinosaur

USA - 2015 - 93m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Peter Sohn
Dolby Atmos

Goosebumps

USA/Australia - 2015 - 103m - col / scope / 3-D

Sony (PG) (cut)

D: Rob Letterman
Dolby Atmos

The Hateful Eight

USA - 2015 - 187m - col / Ultra Panavision 70

Entertainment (18)

D: Quentin Tarantino
Audio: 5.1

Innocence of Memories

UK/Ireland/Italy/France - 2015 - 97m - col / scope

Soda (12A)

D: Grant Gee
Audio: 5.1

In the Heart of the Sea

USA/Spain/Australia - 2015 - 121m - col / 3-D

Warner (12A)

D: Ron Howard
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / IMAX 12-track

Janis: Little Girl Blue

USA/UK - 2015 - 103m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Amy Berg
Audio: 5.1

Joy

USA - 2015 - 124m - col

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: David O. Russell
Audio: 5.1

Krampus

USA/New Zealand/Japan - 2015 - 98m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Michael Dougherty
Audio: 5.1

The Last Diamond

Le dernier diamant

France/Belgium/Luxembourg - 2014 - 108m - col / scope

Swipe (15)

D: Eric Barbier
Audio: 5.1

Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise

Germany/UK/Switzerland/Jamaica/Ethiopia - 2015 - 100m - col

MusicFilmNetwork

D: Volker Schaner
Audio: Stereo

Lost in Karastan

UK/Germany/Russia/Georgia - 2014 - 96m - bw and col / scope

Bulldog (15)

D: Ben Hopkins
Audio: 5.1

The Night Before

USA - 2015 - 101m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Jonathan Levine
Audio: 5.1

Rams

Hrútar

Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland - 2015 - 93m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Grímur Hákonarson
Audio: 5.1

The Revenant

USA/Hong Kong/Taiwan - 2015 - 156m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Alejandro González Iñárritu
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Rise of the Footsoldier II

UK - 2015 - 111m - col / scope

Signature (18)

D: Ricci Harnett
Series: Rise of the Footsoldier (2006, Sep/2007).
Audio: 5.1

Room

Ireland/Canada/UK/USA - 2015 - 118m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Lenny Abrahamson
Audio: 5.1

Sherpa

Australia/UK/USA - 2015 - 96m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Jennifer Peedom
Audio: 5.1

Sisters

USA/Japan - 2015 - 118m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Jason Moore
Audio: 5.1

Spotlight

USA - 2015 - 128m - col

Entertainment One (15)

D: Tom McCarthy
Audio: 5.1

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

USA - 2015 - 135m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (12A)

D: J.J. Abrams
D-Cinema, IMAX and IMAX-D/L release prints. One sequence in LF version framed at 1.44:1 aspect ratio.
Series: Star Wars (1977, Nov/1977 + Apr/1997).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Swung

UK - 2015 - 87m - col / scope

Metrodome (18)

D: Colin Kennedy
Audio: 5.1

Trumbo

USA - 2015 - 124m - col

Entertainment One (15)

D: Jay Roach
Audio: 5.1

Victor Frankenstein

USA - 2015 - 110m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Paul McGuigan
Audio: 7.1

A War

Krigen

Denmark/Norway/France/USA - 2015 - 115m - col

Studio Canal (15)

D: Tobias Lindholm
Audio: 5.1

Youth

Youth: La giovinezza

Italy/France/UK/Switzerland - 2015 - 124m - col and bw / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Paolo Sorrentino
Dolby Atmos