S&S: October 2016

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

October 2016

Vol. 26 No. 10

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

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

Soda (15)

D: Alexandre Aja
Audio: 5.1

Aloys

Switzerland/France/Italy/Netherlands/Germany - 2016 - 91m - col / scope

Eureka (12A)

D: Tobias Nölle
Audio: 5.1

Ambulance

Ambulanse

Norway/Netherlands/Finland/Denmark - 2016 - 72m - col

DocHouse

D: Mohamed Jabaly
Audio: Stereo

Baden Baden

France/Belgium - 2015 - 95m - col

MUBI (15)

D: Rachel Lang
Audio: 5.1

Bad Moms

USA/China - 2016 - 100m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Followed by: A Bad Mom's Christmas (2017).
Audio: 5.1

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years

UK/USA - 2016 - 138m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Ron Howard
Audio: 5.1

Ben-Hur

USA/Italy - 2016 - 123m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (12A)

D: Timur Bekmambetov
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 12-track

Blair Witch

USA - 2016 - 89m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Adam Wingard
Series: The Blair Witch Project (1999, Nov/99).
Audio: 5.1

The Blue Room

La chambre bleue

France - 2014 - 75m - col

MUBI (15)

D: Mathieu Amalric
Audio: 5.1

The Brother

Canada - 2014 - 86m - col / scope

Miracle (15)

D: Ryan Bonder
Audio: 5.1

Captain Fantastic

USA - 2016 - 119m - col / scope

Entertainment One (15)

D: Matt Ross
Audio: 5.1

The Clan

El Clan

Argentina/Spain/USA - 2014 - 108m - col / scope

Curzon Artificial Eye (15)

D: Pablo Trapero
Audio: 5.1

Courted

L'hermine

France - 2015 - 98m - col / scope

Studio Canal (12A)

D: Christian Vincent
Audio: 5.1

Dare to Be Wild

Ireland - 2014 - 100m - col / scope

Miracle (PG)

D: Vivienne DeCourcy
Audio: 5.1

The Fencer

Miekkailija

Finland/Germany/Estonia - 2015 - 99m - col / scope

Studio Canal (PG)

D: Klaus Härö
Audio: 5.1

Fengshen bang

[see: League of Gods]

The First Monday in May

USA - 2016 - 90m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Andrew Rossi
Audio: 5.1

Free State of Jones

USA/China/S.Korea - 2016 - 139m - col

Studio Canal (15)

D: Gary Ross
Audio: 5.1

Gary Numan: Android in La La Land

UK - 2016 - 85m - col

perfectmotion (15)

D: Steve Read, Rob Alexander
Audio: 5.1

The Girl With All the Gifts

UK/USA - 2016 - 111m - col / scope (2.00:1)

Warner (15)

D: Colm McCarthy
Audio: 5.1

The Greasy Strangler

UK/USA/New Zealand/Australia - 2016 - 93m - col

Picturehouse (18)

D: Jim Hosking
Audio: 5.1

Hell or High Water

USA - 2016 - 102m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: David Mackenzie
Audio: 5.1

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

New Zealand/USA - 2016 - 101m - col / scope

Vertigo (12A)

D: Taika Waititi
Dolby Atmos

Imperium

USA - 2016 - 109m - col / scope

Signature (15)

D: Daniel Ragussis
Audio: 5.1

The Infiltrator

UK/USA - 2016 - 127m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Brad Furman
Audio: 5.1

Kubo and the Two Strings

USA - 2016 - 101m - col / scope / 3-D

Universal (PG)

D: Travis Knight
Dolby Atmos

League of Gods

封神傳奇

Hong Kong - 2016 - 109m - col / scope / 3-D

Sony (12A)

D: Koan Hui On, Vernie Yeung Lung-ching
D-Cinema, IMAX-D/L and China Film Giant Screen release prints.
Dolby Atmos / DTS:X / IMAX 12-track / CFGS: 11.1

Life on the Road

UK - 2016 - 96m - col

Entertainment One (15)

D: Ricky Gervais
Audio: 5.1

Little Men

USA/Brazil/Greece - 2016 - 81m - col

Altitude (PG)

D: Ira Sachs
Audio: 5.1

The Lovers & the Despot

UK/Netherlands/France/USA/S.Korea/Germany/Sweden - 2016 - 98m - col

Soda (PG)

D: Robert Cannan, Ross Adam
Audio: 5.1

Nine Lives

Ma vie de chat

France/China - 2016 - 87m - col

Lionsgate (PG)

D: Barry Sonnenfeld
Audio: 5.1

Sausage Party

USA - 2016 - 89m - col

Sony (15)

D: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan
Dolby Atmos / Auro 11.1

Sour Grapes

France/UK/Netherlands/USA/Denmark/Sweden/Israel/Finland - 2016 - 85m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Jerry Rothwell, Reuben Atlas
Audio: Stereo

Southside With You

USA/UK - 2016 - 84m - col / scope

Soda (12A)

D: Richard Tanne
Audio: 5.1

Suicide Squad

USA - 2016 - 123m/134m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (15)

D: David Ayer
D-Cinema and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

Supersonic

UK - 2016 - 122m - col

Entertainment One (15)

D: Mat Whitecross
Audio: 5.1

Swiss Army Man

USA - 2016 - 97m - col / scope

Picturehouse (15)

D: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
Dolby Atmos

Tharlo

塔洛

China - 2015 - 123m - bw

Day for Night (PG)

D: Pema Tseden
Audio: 5.1

Théo and Hugo

Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau

(USA: Paris 05:59: Theo & Hugo)

(aka: Théo et Hugo: While Paris Was Sleeping)

Fr - 2016 - 97m - col / scope

Peccadillo (18)

D: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Audio: 5.1

Two Women

Месяц в деревне

Russia/France/Latvia - 2014 - 104m - col

MGR (U)

D: Vera Glagoleva
Audio: 5.1

Under the Shadow

زیر سایه

Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK - 2016 - 84m - col / scope

Vertigo (15)

D: Babak Anvari
Audio: 5.1

War Dogs

USA - 2016 - 114m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Todd Phillips
Audio: 5.1

War on Everyone

UK - 2015 - 98m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: John Michael McDonagh
Audio: 5.1