2005 (2nd quarter)

[arsaib4]

Please use this thread to tell us about the 2005 releases that you were able to see during the previous 3 months or so. Feel free to make up your own rules and regulations.

*I'm only including official theatrical films (released between April 1st and June 30th).

*Undistributed/classic films seen theatrically and/or on video are omitted. Eligible 2005 direct-to-DVD releases are also not included.

*I consider 29 out of 39 films listed below to be average or above (films with the grade of C+ or better qualify).


In alphabetical order:

[8 NEW ADDITIONS after 3rd Quarter]

3rd Q list
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A Lot Like Love - Nigel Cole / U.S.

Grade: B-

À Tout de Suite - Benoît Jacquot / France

Grade: B+

Batman Begins - Christopher Nolan / U.S.

Grade: C

Bewitched - Nora Ephron / U.S.

Grade: D

Brothers (Brødre) - Susanne Bier / Denmark

Grade: B

Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in Città) - Paolo Virzì / Italy

Grade: B+

Crash - Paul Haggis / U.S.

Grade: A-

Eros - Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh & Wong Kar Wai / Italy-U.S.-Hong Kong

Grade: B

Funny Ha Ha - Andrew Bujalski / U.S.

Grade: C

High Tension (Haute Tension) - Alexandre Aja / France

Grade: C-

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Garth Jennings / U.S.

Grade: C+

A Hole in My Heart (Ett Hål i mitt hjärta) - Lukas Moodysson / Sweden

Grade: B-

The Holy Girl (La Niña Santa) - Lucrecia Martel / Argentina

Grade: A+

Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) - Hayao Miyazaki / Japan

Grade: B+

The Interpreter - Sydney Pollack / U.S.

Grade: B-

Kicking & Screaming - Jesse Dylan / U.S.

Grade: C+

Kingdom of Heaven - Ridley Scott / U.S.

Grade: C-

Kontroll - Nimród Antal / Hungary

Grade: B

Kung Fu Hustle (Gong Fu) - Stephen Chow / Hong Kong-China

Grade: C-

Land of the Dead - George A. Romero / U.S.

Grade: B-

Layer Cake - Matthew Vaughn / U.K.

Grade: C+

Look at Me (Comme une Image) - Agnès Jaoui / France

Grade: C

Lords of Dogtown - Catherine Hardwicke / U.S.

Grade: B+

Ma Mère - Christophe Honoré / France

Grade: D+

Mad Hot Ballroom - Marilyn Agrelo / U.S.

Grade: A-

The Man Who Copied (O Homem Que Copiava) - Jorge Furtado / Brazil

Grade: C

Me and You and Everyone We Know - Miranda July / U.S.

Grade: B-

Memories of Murder (Salinui Chueok) - Bong Joon-ho / S. Korea

Grade: B-

My Summer of Love - Paul Pavlikovsky / U.K.

Grade: B+

Primo Amore - Matteo Garrone / Italy

Grade: C+

Pure - Gillies MacKinnon / U.K.

Grade: B

Sahara - Breck Eisner / U.S.

Grade: C+

Save the Green Planet! (Jigureul Jikyeora!) - Jeong Jun-hwan / S. Korea

Grade: B

Sin City - Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller / U.S.

Grade: C+

6ixtynin9 (Ruang Talok 69) - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang / Thailand

Grade: B

3-Iron (Bin-Jip) - Kim Ki-duk / S. Korea

Grade: A-

Torremolinos 73 - Pablo Berger / Spain

Grade: C+

Tropical Malady (Sud Pralad) - Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Thailand

Grade: B+

War of the Worlds - Steven Spielberg / U.S.

Grade: C

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7 New Additions to the Ist Quarter list after 2nd Q]
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