2017: December 15 - 24

Introduction for newcomers
Glossary

Cinema

15 - 21 Dec 2017

Feature films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:

Bingo: The King of the Mornings
Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs
Brazil - 2017 - 114m - col / scope
D: Daniel Rezende
Audio: 5.1

Hard Kaur
ਹਾਰਡ ਕੌਰ
India/Can - 2017 - 129m - col / scope
D: Ajit Rajpal
Audio: 5.1

Mountain
Aus - 2017 - 74m - col / scope
D: Jennifer Peedom
D-Cinema and IMAX-D release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Mountains May Depart
山河故人
China/Fr/Jpn - 2015 - 123m - col / 1.37:1 + 1.85:1 + scope
D: Jia Zhangke
Audio: 5.1

Öteki Taraf
Turk - 2017 - 103m - col / scope
D: Özcan Deniz
Audio: 5.1

The Prince of Nothingwood
Nothingwood
Fr/Ger - 2017 - 86m - col
D: Sonia Kronlund
Audio: 5.1

Shot Caller
USA - 2017 - 121m - col / scope
D: Ric Roman Waugh
Audio: 5.1

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
USA/UK - 2017 - 152m - col / scope / 3-D
D: Rian Johnson
D-Cinema, IMAX and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track

The Unseen
UK - 2017 - 106m - col
D: Gary Sinyor
Audio: 5.1

Youth
芳華
China - 2017 - 135m - col / scope
D: Feng Xiaogang
D-Cinema, IMAX-D/L and China Film Giant Screen release prints.
Dolby Atmos / IMAX 12-track / CFGS: 11.1

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Home Video (premiere)

18 - 24 Dec 2017

Feature films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time, with no prior UK cinema release (excluding festival screenings):

Digimon Adventure tri 3: Confession
デジモンアドベンチャー tri. 第3章「告白」
Jpn - 2016 - 98m - col
D: Keitaro Motonaga
Audio: 5.1

Jimi Plays Monterey
USA - 1986 - 50m - col
D: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Box-set premiere: The Complete Monterey Pop Festival.
Audio: Mono

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Home Video (ex-cinema)

18 - 24 Dec 2017

Feature films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time, having previously been screened in UK cinemas:

The Case for Christ
USA - 2017 - 112m - col / scope
D: Jon Gunn
Audio: 5.1

Dunkirk
USA/UK - 2017 - 107m - col / IMAX + Panavision Super 70
D: Christopher Nolan
IMAX 6-track

Gauguin
Gauguin: Voyage de Tahiti
Fr - 2017 - 102m - col / scope
D: Edouard Deluc
Audio: 5.1

Les hommes du feu
Fr - 2017 - 93m - col / scope
D: Pierre Jolivet
Audio: 5.1

Monterey Pop
USA - 1968 - 79m - col
D: D.A. Pennebaker
Audio: Mono

The School of Life
L'école buissonnière
Fr - 2017 - 116m - col / scope
D: Nicolas Vanier
Audio: 5.1

The Spider’s Web
UK - 1960 - 89m - col
D: Godfrey Grayson
Audio: Mono

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Home Video (reissues)
18 - 24 Dec 2017

Feature films and TV movies:

The Apartment
USA - 1960 - 125m - bw / scope
D: Billy Wilder
Audio: Mono

Batman Begins

USA/UK - 2005 - 140m - col / scope
D: Christopher Nolan
IMAX 6-track

Black Sabbath
I tre volti della paura
It/Fr/USA - 1963 - 92m - col
D: Mario Bava
Audio: Mono

The Dark Knight
USA - 2008 - 152m - col / scope + IMAX
D: Christopher Nolan
IMAX 6-track

The Dark Knight Rises
USA - 2012 - 164m - col / scope + IMAX
D: Christopher Nolan
IMAX 6-track

Inception
USA/UK - 2010 - 148m - col / scope
D: Christopher Nolan
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Interstellar
USA/UK - 2014 - 169m - col / scope + IMAX
D: Christopher Nolan
IMAX 6-track

The Prestige
USA/UK - 2006 - 130m - col / scope
D: Christopher Nolan
Audio: 5.1

Pulp
UK - 1972 - 95m - col
D: Mike Hodges
Audio: Mono

Sword of the Stranger
ストレンヂア －無皇刃譚－
Jpn - 2007 - 103m - col
D: Masahiro Ando
Audio: 5.1

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Note:

Be aware that scope or 3-D movies may not always be replicated that way on home video. Similarly, some video releases may offer a different audio configuration to the one originally intended (5.1, Dolby Atmos, etc.). In each case, the Index provides details of the primary audio-visual specifications, and any video version which deviates from these specs constitutes a revision of the original intentions, potentially compromising the effectiveness of the presentation.

Also, the given running time assumes a projected frame-rate of 24 frames per second (except for TV material in countries where the broadcast frame-rate is 25fps). Most VHS and DVD releases in the UK are replicated at 25fps, causing a subliminal speed-up that 'reduces' the running time by around 4 per cent. Most Blu-ray releases (including 4K) are replicated at the original 24fps.