S&S: May 2016

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2016

Vol. 26 No. 5

10 Cloverfield Lane

USA - 2016 - 103m - col / scope

Paramount (12A)

D: Dan Trachtenberg
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Series: Cloverfield (2007, Apr/2008).
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

The Absent One

Fasandræberne

Denmark/Germany/Sweden/Norway - 2014 - 120m - col / scope

Picturehouse (18)

D: Mikkel Nørgaard
Series: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013, Sep/2014).
Audio: 5.1

Allegiant

USA - 2016 - 120m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

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

Among the Believers

USA/Pakistan - 2015 - 85m - col

DocHouse

D: Hemal Trivedi, Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Audio: 5.1

Anguish

USA - 2015 - 91m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Sonny Mallhi
Audio: 5.1

Arabian Nights Volume 1: The Restless One

As Mil e Uma Noites Volume 1: O Inquieto

Portugal/France/Germany/Switzerland - 2015 - 125m - col / scope

New Wave (15)

D: Miguel Gomes
Followed by: Arabian Nights Volume 2: The Desolate One (2015, below), Arabian Nights Volume 3: The Enchanted One (2015, Jun/2016).
Audio: 5.1

Arabian Nights Volume 2: The Desolate One

As Mil e Uma Noites Volume 2: O Desolado

Portugal/France/Germany/Switzerland - 2015 - 131m - col / scope

New Wave (15)

D: Miguel Gomes
Series: Arabian Nights Volume 1: The Restless One (2015, above).
Audio: 5.1

Bastille Day

(aka: The Take)

France/USA/Luxembourg - 2016 - 92m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: James Watkins
Dolby Atmos

Boulevard

USA - 2014 - 88m - col / scope

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Dito Montiel
Audio: 5.1

The Brand New Testament

Le tout nouveau testament

Belgium/France/Luxembourg - 2015 - 114m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Jaco Van Dormael
Audio: 5.1

Couple in a Hole

UK/Belgium/France - 2015 - 105m - col / scope

Verve (12A)

D: Tom Geens
Audio: 5.1

Demolition

USA - 2015 - 101m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Jean-Marc Vallée
Audio: 5.1

Desert Dancer

(aka: Until I Rise)

UK/USA/Russia/Spain - 2014 - 104m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Richard Raymond
Audio: 5.1

Despite the Falling Snow

UK/Canada - 2015 - 93m - col

Altitude (12A)

D: Shamim Sarif
Audio: 5.1

Dheepan

France - 2015 - 115m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Jacques Audiard
Audio: 5.1

The Divide

(aka: Security, Insecurity and the Future of the West)

UK/USA - 2015 - 77m - col

Dartmouth (12A)

D: Katharine Round
Audio: Stereo

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/Germany - 2015 - 105m - col and bw / scope

Axiom (18)

D: Peter Greenaway
Followed by: The Eisenstein Handshakes (2016).
Audio: 5.1

Eye in the Sky

UK - 2015 - 102m - col / scope

eOne (15)

D: Gavin Hood
Audio: 7.1

Feast of Varanasi

UK - 2016 - 94m - col

Independent (15)

D: Rajan Kumar Patel
Audio: 5.1

God's Not Dead 2

USA - 2015 - 120m - col / scope

Kaleidoscope (PG)

D: Harold Cronk
Series: God's Not Dead (2014).
Audio: 5.1

The Grump

Mielensåpahoittaja

Finland/Iceland/Germany/Norway - 2014 - 102m - col / scope

Cinefile (12A)

D: Dome Karukoski
Audio: 5.1

Heaven Knows What

USA - 2014 - 84m - col

Axiom (18)

D: Joshua Safdie, Ben Safdie
Audio: 5.1

I Am Belfast

UK - 2015 - 84m - col

BFI (15)

D: Mark Cousins
Audio: 5.1

The Last Man on the Moon

UK - 2015 - 96m - col

Mark Stewart (PG)

D: Mark Craig
Audio: 5.1

London Has Fallen

USA - 2015 - 99m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Babak Najafi
Series: Olympus Has Fallen (2013, Jun/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Louder Than Bombs

Norway/France/Denmark/USA/Sweden - 2015 - 109m - col and bw

Soda (15)

D: Joachim Trier
Audio: 5.1

The Man Who Knew Infinity

USA/Singapore/UK - 2015 - 108m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Matthew Brown
Audio: 5.1

Mapplethorpe: Look At the Pictures

USA - 2016 - 108m - col

Dogwoof (18)

D: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Audio: 5.1

Midnight Special

USA/Greece - 2015 - 112m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Jeff Nichols
Audio: 5.1

Miles Ahead

USA - 2015 - 100m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Don Cheadle
Audio: 5.1

Mojave

USA - 2014 - 93m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: William Monahan
Audio: 5.1

Motley's Law

Denmark/Afghanistan/USA - 2015 - 85m - col

DocHouse

D: Nicole Nielsen Horanyi
Audio: Stereo

Nasty Baby

USA/Chile/France - 2015 - 101m - col

Network (15)

D: Sebastián Silva
Audio: 5.1

Our Little Sister

海街diary

Japan - 2015 - 127m - col

Curzon Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Audio: 5.1

The Passing

Yr Ymadawiad

UK - 2015 - 89m - col / scope

Miracle (15)

D: Gareth Bryn
Audio: 5.1

Risen

USA/Spain - 2015 - 107m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Kevin Reynolds
Audio: 5.1

Secret in Their Eyes

USA - 2015 - 111m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Billy Ray
Audio: 5.1

Son of Saul

Saul fia

Hungary/France/Israel/Bosnia-Herzegovina/USA - 2015 - 107m - col

Curzon Artificial Eye (15)

D: László Nemes
Audio: 5.1

Umimachi Diary

[see: Our Little Sister]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

USA - 2016 - 112m - col

Paramount (15)

D: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Audio: 5.1

Zootopia

(UK: Zootropolis)

USA - 2016 - 108m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Byron Howard, Rich Moore
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track