S&S: May 2017

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

May 2017

Vol. 27 No. 5

Aftermath

USA/UK - 2016 - 94m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: Elliott Lester
Audio: 5.1

Agassi

[see: Handmaiden, The]

Beauty and the Beast

USA - 2017 - 129m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Bill Condon
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints. LF version reframed at 1.90:1 aspect ratio.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

The Belko Experiment

USA - 2017 - 89m - col / scope

Vertigo (18)

D: Greg McLean
Audio: 5.1

Bunch of Kunst

Germany - 2017 - 103m - col

Munro (18)

D: Christine Franz
Audio: Stereo

Chosen

UK - 2015 - 105m - col / scope

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Jasmin Dizdar
Audio: 5.1

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

USA - 2016 - 93m - col and bw

Dogwoof (PG)

D: Matt Tyrnauer
Audio: Stereo

City of Tiny Lights

UK - 2016 - 110m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Pete Travis
Audio: 5.1

Clash

اشتباك

Egypt/France/United Arab Emirates/Germany/USA - 2016 - 98m - col

Arrow (15)

D: Mohamed Diab
Audio: 5.1

A Dark Song

Ireland/UK - 2016 - 100m - col / scope

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Liam Gavin
Audio: 5.1

Eshtebak

[see: Clash]

Gleason

USA - 2016 - 111m - col

Arrow (15)

D: Clay Tweel
Audio: Stereo

The Handmaiden

아가씨

S.Korea - 2016 - 145m - col / scope

Curzon Artificial Eye (18)

D: Park Chan-wook
Audio: 5.1

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

Hymyilevä mies

Finland/Germany/Sweden/Norway - 2016 - 93m - bw

MUBI (12A)

D: Juho Kuosmanen
Audio: 5.1

The Hatton Garden Job

UK/USA - 2016 - 92m - col

Signature (15)

D: Ronnie Thompson
Audio: 5.1

Heal the Living

Réparer les vivants

France/USA/Belgium - 2016 - 104m - col / scope

Curzon Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Katell Quillévéré
Audio: 5.1

I Am Not Your Negro

USA/France/Belgium/Switzerland - 2016 - 94m - col

Altitude (12A)

D: Raoul Peck
Audio: 5.1

Kong: Skull Island

USA/China - 2017 - 118m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (12A)

D: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
D-Cinema, 70mm and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Lady Macbeth

UK - 2016 - 89m - col / scope

Altitude (15)

D: William Oldroyd
Audio: 5.1

Letters From Baghdad

UK/USA/France - 2016 - 95m - col and bw

Verve (PG)

D: Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl
Audio: 5.1

Mad to Be Normal

UK - 2016 - 105m - col / scope

GSP (15)

D: Robert Mullan
Audio: 5.1

A Moving Image

UK - 2016 - 74m - col

Verve (15)

D: Shola Arnoo
Audio: 5.1

Neruda

Chile/France/Argentina/Spain/USA - 2016 - 108m - col / scope

Network (15)

D: Pablo Larraín
Audio: 5.1

The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

شبهای زاینده رود

Iran - 1990/2016 - 65m - col

Swipe

D: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Produced in 1990 but suppressed by Iranian authorities, a re-edited version of the film (cut down from 100 mins) was finally released in 2016.

The Promise

USA/Spain - 2016 - 132m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Terry George
Audio: 5.1

A Quiet Passion

UK/Belgium/USA - 2016 - 125m - col / scope

Soda (12A)

D: Terence Davies
Audio: 5.1

Rangoon

रंगून

India - 2017 - 150m - col / scope

Grand Showbiz (12A) (cut)

D: Vishal Bhardwaj
Audio: 5.1

Raw

Grave

France/Belgium - 2016 - 99m - col / scope
Universal (18)
D: Julia Ducournau
Audio: 5.1

The Sense of an Ending

USA/UK - 2016 - 108m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Ritesh Batra
Audio: 5.1

Shabhaye Zayandeh-Rood

[see: Nights of Zayandaeh-Rood, The]

Smurfs: The Lost Village

USA/Hong Kong - 2017 - 90m - col / 3-D

Sony (U)

D: Kelly Asbury
Audio: 5.1

Suntan

Greece/Germany - 2016 - 104m - col / scope

Eureka (18)

D: Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Audio: 5.1

Table 19

USA - 2016 - 87m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Jeffrey Blitz
Audio: 5.1

Tanna

Australia - 2015 - 104m - col

Yume (12A)

D: Bentley Dean, Martin Butler
Audio: 5.1

Their Finest

UK/Sweden - 2016 - 117m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Lone Scherfig
Audio: 5.1

The Time of Their Lives

UK/France - 2017 - 104m - col

Vertigo (12A)

D: Roger Goldby
Audio: 5.1

The Transfiguration

USA - 2016 - 97m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Michael O'Shea
Audio: 5.1

The Void

Canada/USA - 2016 - 90m - col / scope

Signature (18)

D: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski
Audio: 5.1

Who's Gonna Love Me Now?

UK/Israel/Germany/Sweden/Finland - 2016 - 90m - col

Peccadillo (15)

D: Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann
Audio: 5.1

Wolves at the Door

USA - 2015 - 72m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: John R. Leonetti
Audio: 5.1

Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang

Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica

Spain/France/Russia - 2013 - 92m - col / scope

Soda (PG)

D: Oskar Santos
Audio: 5.1