S&S: May 2015

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2015

Vol. 25 No. 5

Amar Akbar & Tony

UK - 2013 - 96m - col

Sash Media (15)

D: Atul Malhotra
Audio: 5.1

Argerich

Swz/Fr/Estonia/Slovenia/Aus/Swd/Pol/Fin - 2012 - 100m - col

New Wave (PG)

D: Stéphanie Argerich
Audio: 5.1

Au revoir l'été

ほとりの朔子

Japan/USA - 2013 - 125m - col

Day for Night (12A)

D: Fukada Kōji
Audio: 5.1

Bypass

UK - 2014 - 105m - col

Third Films (15)

D: Duane Hopkins

Chappie

USA - 2015 - 120m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Neill Blomkamp
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 12-track

Cobain: Montage of Heck

USA - 2015 - 132m - col

Munro (15)

D: Brett Morgen
Audio: 5.1

Dark Horse

UK - 2014 - 86m - col / scope

Picturehouse (PG)

D: Louise Osmond
Audio: 5.1

Dark Summer

USA/UK - 2013 - 81m - col

Content (15)

D: Paul Solet
Audio: 5.1

The Decent One

Der Anständige

Germany/Austria/Israel/USA/France - 2015 - 96m - bw and col

Curzon (15)

D: Vanessa Lapa
Audio: 5.1

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

[see: Insurgent]

The DUFF

USA - 2015 - 101m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Ari Sandel
Audio: 5.1

Everly

USA - 2014 - 92m - col / scope

eOne (18)

D: Joe Lynch
Audio: 5.1

Exit

迴光奏鳴曲

Taiwan - 2014 - 94m - col

Facet (PG)

D: Chen Hsiang
Audio: 5.1

The Falling

UK - 2014 - 102m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Carol Morley
Audio: 5.1

Far From the Madding Crowd

UK/USA - 2015 - 119m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Thomas Vinterberg
Audio: 5.1

Focus

USA - 2014 - 104m - col

Warner (15)

D: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Audio: 5.1

Force Majeure

Turist

Sweden/France/Norway/Germany/Denmark/Italy/Finland - 2014 - 119m - col / scope

Curzon (15)

D: Ruben Östlund
Audio: 5.1

Gente de bien

France/Colombia/Switzerland - 2014 - 86m - col

Network (12A)

D: Franco Lolli
Audio: 5.1

Glassland

Ireland/UK - 2014 - 92m - col / scope

Element (15)

D: Gerard Barrett
Audio: 5.1

Good Kill

USA - 2014 - 102m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Andrew Niccol
Audio: 5.1

The Good Lie

USA/India - 2014 - 110m - col

eOne (12A)

D: Philippe Falardeau
Audio: 5.1

The Gunman

Spain/UK/France/USA/Luxembourg - 2015 - 115m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Pierre Morel
Dolby Atmos

Harlock: Space Pirate

宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック

(aka: Space Pirate Captain Harlock)

Japan - 2013 - 111m - col / scope / 3-D

Manga (12A)

D: Aramaki Shinji
Audio: 5.1

Hotori no Sakuko

[see: Au revoir l'été]

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

USA - 2015 - 93m - col

Paramount (15)

D: Steve Pink
Series: Hot Tub Time Machine (2010, Jun/2010).
Audio: 5.1

Hui guang zoumingqu

[see: Exit]

Insurgent

USA - 2015 - 119m - col / scope / 3-D

eOne (12A)

D: Robert Schwentke
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Series: Divergent (2014, May/2014).
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1 / IMAX 12-track

The Invisible Life

A Vida Invisível

Portugal/UK - 2013 - 103m - col

ICO (PG)

D: Vitor Gonçalves / 5.1

Jauja

Argentina/USA/Mexico/France/Denmark/Netherlands/Germany/Brazil - 2014 - 110m - col

Soda (15)

D: Lisandro Alonso
Audio: 5.1

John Wick

USA - 2014 - 101m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Chad Stahelski
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: John Wick Chapter 2 (2017, Apr/2017).
Auro 11.1 / IMAX 6-track

Kidnapping Freddy Heineken
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Belgium/USA/Netherlands/UK - 2014 - 95m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: Daniel Alfredson
Audio: 5.1

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

[see: Cobain: Montage of Heck]

The Last 5 Years

USA - 2013 - 94m - col / scope

Icon (12A)

D: Richard LaGravenese
Audio: 5.1

A Little Chaos

UK/USA - 2014 - 117m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Alan Rickman
Audio: 5.1

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron

Sweden/Germany/France/Norway - 2014 - 100m - col

Curzon (12A)

D: Roy Andersson
Series: Songs From the Second Floor (2000, Mar/2001).
Audio: 5.1

Run All Night

USA - 2015 - 114m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Jaume Collet-Serra
Audio: 5.1

The Salvation

Denmark/UK/S.Africa/Sweden/Belgium - 2014 - 92m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Kristian Levring
Audio: 5.1

Samba

France - 2014 - 113m - col

Koch (15)

D: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Audio: 5.1

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

USA/UK/United Arab Emirates - 2015 - 122m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: John Madden
Series: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011, Mar/2012).
Audio: 5.1

Stonehearst Asylum

USA - 2014 - 113m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Brad Anderson
Audio: 5.1

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

USA - 2014 - 86m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Audio: 5.1

Unfinished Business

USA/Luxembourg/Germany - 2015 - 91m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Ken Scott
Audio: 5.1

White Shadow

Tanzania/Italy/Germany/USA/Bosnia-Herzogovina - 2013 - 116m - col

V: Aya (15)

D: Noaz Deshe
Audio: 5.1

Wild Card

USA - 2014 - 92m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Simon West
Audio: 5.1