S&S: January 2017

Introduction for newcomers

Censor certificates

Glossary

Sight & Sound

January 2017

Vol. 27 No. 1

Allied

USA/China - 2016 - 124m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Robert Zemeckis
Audio: 5.1

Almost Christmas

USA/China/Japan - 2016 - 111m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: David E. Talbert
Dolby Atmos

The Ardennes

D'Ardennen

Belgium/France - 2015 - 96m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Robin Pront
Audio: 5.1

Bad Santa 2

USA/UK - 2016 - 92m - col

Entertainment One (15)

D: Mark Waters
Series: Bad Santa (2003, Jan/2005).
Audio: 5.1

Ballerina

Canada/France - 2016 - 89m - col / scope

Entertainment One (U)

D: Eric Summer, Eric Warin
Audio: 5.1

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

USA/UK/China - 2016 - 113m - col / 3-D / 120fps
Sony (15)
D: Ang Lee
Dolby Atmos

The Birth of a Nation

USA/Canada - 2016 - 119m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Nate Parker
Audio: 5.1

The Black Hen

कालो पोथी

Nepal/Germany/France - 2015 - 90m - col

Matchbox (12A)

D: Min Bahadur Bham
Audio: 5.1

Bleed for This

USA - 2016 - 117m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Ben Younger
Audio: 5.1

Chocolat

France - 2016 - 119m - col

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Roschdy Zem
Audio: 5.1

The Coming War on China

UK - 2016 - 113m - col

Dartmouth (12A)

D: John Pilger
Audio: Stereo

The Eagle Huntress

USA - 2016 - 87m - col

Altitude (U)

D: Otto Bell
Audio: 5.1

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

France/Germany/USA/Sweden - 2016 - 93m - col

Sony (15)

D: Thorsten Schütte
Audio: 5.1

Endless Poetry

Poesía sin fin

Chile/Japan/France/UK - 2016 - 128m - col

Curzon Artificial Eye (15)

D: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Audio: 5.1

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

USA/UK - 2016 - 133m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (12A)

D: David Yates
D-Cinema, 70mm and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / 70mm: 5.1 / IMAX 12-track

Generation Revolution

UK - 2016 - 74m - col

black & brown

D: Cassie Quarless, Usayd Younis
Audio: Stereo

Geroy

[see: Heritage of Love, The]

Half Way

UK - 2016 - 93m - col

Beehive

D: Daisy-May Hudson
Audio: Stereo

Heritage of Love

Герой

(aka: The Hero)

Russia/UK - 2016 - 86m - col / scope

Cultural Solidarity Media / Miracle (12A)

D: Yuriy Vasilev
Dolby Atmos

I Am Bolt

UK - 2016 - 107m - col

Picturehouse (PG)

D: Benjamin Turner, Gabe Turner
Audio: 5.1

I Am Not a Serial Killer

Ireland/UK/USA - 2016 - 103m - col

Bulldog (15)

D: Billy O'Brien
Audio: 5.1

Incheon sangryuk jakjeon

[see: Operation Chromite]

The Incident

UK - 2015 - 94m - col / scope

Verve (15)

D: Jane Linfoot
Audio: 5.1

Jet Trash

UK - 2015 - 85m - col and bw / scope

SUMS (15)

D: Charles Henri Belleville
Audio: 5.1

Kalinka

Au nom de ma fille

France/Germany/Belgium - 2016 - 87m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Vincent Garenq
Audio: 5.1

Kalo pothi

[see: Black Hen, The]

Keeping Up With the Joneses

USA/United Arab Emirates - 2016 - 105m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Greg Mottola
Audio: 5.1

Krisha

USA - 2015 - 82m - col / 1.33:1 + 1.85:1 + scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Trey Edward Shults
Audio: 5.1

The Last Family

Ostatnia rodzina

Poland - 2016 - 122m - col / scope

New Europe (15)

D: Jan P. Matuszynski
Audio: 5.1

Let's Be Evil

UK - 2016 - 82m - col / scope

Vertigo (15)

D: Martin Owen
Audio: 5.1

Life, Animated

USA - 2016 - 92m - col

Dogwoof (PG)

D: Roger Ross Williams
Audio: 5.1

Mum's List

UK - 2016 - 101m - col / scope

Munro (12A)

D: Niall Johnson
Audio: 5.1

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

USA - 2015 - 96m - col

The Orchard (12A)

D: Morgan Neville
Audio: 5.1

Operation Chromite

인천상륙작전

(USA: Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite)
S.Korea - 2015 - 110m/140m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: Lee Jae-han [as: John H. Lee]
D-Cinema and ScreenX release prints. Some of the credits suggest this film was intended for 3-D exhibition, but I could find no evidence it was ever screened that way.
Audio: 5.1

Panic

UK - 2014 - 85m - col / scope

V: Trinity (15)

D: Sean Spencer
Audio: 5.1

The Pass

UK - 2015 - 86m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Ben A. Williams
Audio: 5.1

Reset

Relève: Histoire d'une création

France - 2015 - 110m - col / scope

Studio Canal (PG)

D: Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai
Audio: 5.1

Snowden

USA/Germany/France - 2016 - 134m - col / scope

Vertigo (15)

D: Oliver Stone
Audio: 5.1

The Son of Joseph

Le fils de Joseph

France/Belgium - 2016 - 113m - col

MUBI (12A)

D: Eugène Green
Audio: 5.1

Trolls

USA - 2016 - 92m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Mike Mitchell
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1

Uncle Howard

UK/USA/Mexico - 2016 - 97m - col

Contemporary (15)

D: Aaron Brookner
Audio: 5.1

The White Knights

Les chevaliers blancs

Belgium/France - 2015 - 112m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Joachim Lafosse
Audio: 5.1

You've Been Trumped Too

UK - 2016 - 79m - col

Montrose (PG)

D: Anthony Baxter
Series: You've Been Trumped (2011, Aug/ 2012).
Audio: 5.1