My 2005 Film-watching Journal

 

All titles are theatrical viewings unless shown in italics:

* - First-time Viewing

 

December

12/2 - * True Grit

12/3 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

12/3 - * Just Friends

12/4 - * The Passenger

12/5 - * Rize

12/6 - MST3K - Cave Dwellers

12/10 - * Diary of a Mad Black Woman

12/10 - * Protocols of Zion

12/11 - * Rent

12/14 - * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

12/17 - Raid on Entebbe

12/17 - * King Kong

12/18 - * Syriana

12/20 - * Sahara

12/24 - * Dear Frankie

12/25 - A Christmas Story

12/25 - * To Kill a Mockingbird

12/26 - * Zathura

12/29 - * The Jacket

12/30 - * Memoirs of a Geisha

12/31 - * Rumor Has It

 

November

11/4 - * The Squid and the Whale

11/5 - * The Weather Man

11/6 - * Jarhead

11/12 - The Big Lebowski

11/12 - * Nothing Lasts Forever

11/12 - * The Fearless Freaks

11/14 - * Wedding Crashers

11/18 - * Tony Takitani

11/19 - * Cape of Good Hope

11/20 - * Walk the Line

11/22 - U2: Rattle and Hum

11/23 - * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

11/25 - * Bee Season

11/27 - * The Ice Harvest

11/28 - The Nightmare Before Christmas

11/29 - Ocean's Eleven

 

October

10/2 - * Flightplan

10/2 - * Mirrormask

10/6 - * A History of Violence

10/7 - * Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

10/10 - * Fantastic Four

10/15 - Serenity

10/18 - * War of the Worlds (2005)

10/20 - * Elizabethtown

10/21 - * Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

10/21 - * Everything is Illuminated

10/21 - The Tao of Steve

10/22 - Grosse Pointe Blank

10/22 - * Islands in the Sky

10/22 - * Kingdom of Heaven

10/23 - * Good Night and Good Luck

10/30 - * Capote

10/31 - * La Strada

 

September

9/2 - Almost Famous

9/5 - * March of the Penguins

9/6 - * The Constant Gardener

9/7 - * The Brothers Grimm

9/8 - * Il Bidone

9/8 - * Nights of Cabria

9/9 - Kill Bill, Vol. 2

9/13 - * The Exorcism of Emily Rose

9/15 - * An Unfinished Life

9/15 - * Junebug

9/18 - * Kontroll

9/21 - * The Transporter

9/24 - * The Twilight Samurai 

9/24 - Primer

9/25 - * Just Like Heaven

9/25 - * The Memory of a Killer

9/26 - * The Corpse Bride

9/29 - * Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior

9/30 - * Serenity

 

August

8/1 - * Swimming With Sharks

8/4 - * The Tunnel

8/6 - * To Catch a Thief

8/7 - * Broken Flowers

8/7 - * Happy Endings

8/13 - Hero

8/13 - Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music (w/director commentary)

8/14 - Napolean Dynamite

8/15 - Remember the Titans

8/17 - * The Edukators

8/17 - * Murderball

8/20 - * Red Eye

8/20 - * Four Brothers

8/21 - * The 40-Year-Old Virgin

8/24 - * Grizzly Man

8/25 - * Word Wars

8/27 - Kill Bill Vol. 1

8/31 - * 2046

 

July

7/6 - * Viva Kneivel

7/9 - * A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

7/9 - * Howl's Moving Castle

7/10 - * Dark Water

7/23 - * The High and the Mighty

7/24 - * Me and You and Everyone We Know

7/24 - * The Beat That My Heart Skipped

7/25 - * Au Hazard Balthazar

7/26 - * In the Heat of the Night

7/28 - Au Hazard Balthazar  (continues to grow on me)

7/29 - * Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

7/30 - * Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

7/31 - * Stealth

7/31 - * Kicking and Screaming

 

Flickerings/Imaginarium 2005

6/30 - * Henri Langlois - The Passion of the Cinemateque

6/30 - * Breathless

6/30 - * Detour

7/1 - * Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?

7/1 - * Open City

7/2 - * The Battle of Algiers

7/2 - * Bonhoeffer

7/2 - * The Cow

7/3 - * A Man Escaped

7/3 - * Time of the Wolf

7/3 - * Casablanca

 

June

6/2 - * Layer Cake

6/4 - The Incredibles

6/5 - The Bourne Supremacy

6/11 - * Cinderella Man

6/12 - Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

6/12 - * Fever Pitch (2005)

6/13 - * Holy Man

6/15 - * Batman Begins

6/22 - * Mr. and Mrs. Smith

6/24 - Batman Begins

 

May

5/1 - * Kung Fu Hustle

5/6 - * Crash (2005)

5/7 - * Matchstick Men

5/8 - * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

5/9 - * Brian's Song (1971)

5/13 - * Noi

5/14 - * Unleashed

5/15 - * Three Colors: Blue

5/17 - * The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

5/20 - * The Magnificent Seven

5/21 - * Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

5/22 - * The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

5/26 - * Three Colors: White

5/27 - * Three Colors: Red

5/29 - * The Work of Director Michel Gondry

5/30 - Silver Streak

 

April

4/6 - * Sin City

4/8 - * Millions

4/9 - * On the Waterfront

4/13 - * Off the Map

4/15 - * Mr. 3000

4/16 - Windtalkers

4/17 - * Citizen Kane

4/21 - * Academy Award Nominated Shorts 2005

4/22 - Ocean's Twelve

4/23 - * The Interpreter

4/24 - * The Robe

4/25 - * The Game of Their Lives

4/26 - * Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

4/28 - * Dust to Glory

4/30 - * Blade

 

March

3/2 - * Metropolitan

3/5 - * Constantine

3/8 - * Born into Brothels

3/9 - * Downfall

3/11 - * National Treasure

3/13 - * Spanglish

3/15 - * The Animation Show

3/18 - * Shaun of the Dead

3/20 - * The Ring 2

3/20 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

3/22 - The Passion of the Christ

3/25 - * Gunner Palace

3/27 - Slacker

3/31 - * Star Wars - The Empire of Dreams (documentary)

 

February

2/3 - * Brazil

2/5 - * The Beach

2/10 - * The Third Man

2/12 - * The Big Country

2/13 - * Hitch

2/15 - * Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

2/16 - * Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

2/21 - * Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2/22 - * Touch of Evil

2/23 - * Vera Drake

2/24 - * The Merchant of Venice

2/27 - * Alien

 

January

1/2 - * The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

1/2 - * Beyond the Sea

1/3 - * The Phantom of the Opera

1/4 - * MST3K - The Atomic Brain

1/6 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

1/7 - * Wicker Park

1/8 - * The Iron Giant

1/8 - * The Aviator

1/9 - * White Noise

1/11 - * Maria Full of Grace

1/13 - * The Return

1/16 - * In Good Company

1/16 - Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

1/17 - Meet the Parents

1/18 - * Hotel Rwanda

1/22 - * House of Flying Daggers

1/22 - MST3K - Manos: the Hands of Fate

1/24 - * The Grudge

1/25 - * The Woodsman

1/30 - * Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

1/30 - * Million-Dollar Baby