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A History of ViolenceA History of Violence (2005) Recommended
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris
An incisive take on the noir thriller from celebrated horror auteur David Cronenberg (EXISTENZ et al), in which a smalltown family man (Mortensen) is…
Archangel (TV Mini-Series) Archangel (TV Mini-Series) (2005)
Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova
Biting thriller based on the Robert Harris novel, with Daniel Craig taking on the role of an academic thrust into darkest post–war Russia to…
AsylumAsylum (2005)
Dir. David Mackenzie
Feat. Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland
Tense psychological thriller from the dir. of YOUNG ADAM that owes plenty to the master Hitch, with Natasha Richardson in fine form as a bored…
Aura, TheAura, The (2005) Recommended
Dir. Fabian Bielinsky
Feat. Ricardo DarĂ­n
A taxidermist indulges his criminal fantasies in this brooding, atmospheric wilderness thriller from the late dir. of NINE QUEENS. Unfolding as a…
Ax, TheAx, The (Le Couperet) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Jose Garcia, Karin Viard, Olivier Gourmet
Dastardly satire from the always–edgy Costa Gavras plumbs the depths of a corporate downsizing victim (Garcia) who resorts to murderous ways in…
Beat My Heart Skipped, TheBeat My Heart Skipped, The (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete) (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccai
A star–turn by Romain Duris invigorates this deft remake of James Toback's 1978 thriller FINGERS, playing a reluctant young thug with a…
Big White, TheBig White, The (2005)
Dir. Mark Mylod
Feat. Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi
Black farce set in snowy Alaska around travel–agent Robin Williams who is struggling to help his ailing wife and seizes a dubious opportunity…
Bleak House (Mini-series)Bleak House (Mini-series) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Justin Chadwick
Feat. Gillian Anderson, Alun Armstrong, Warren Clarke
From the pen of Charles Dickens comes this pacy, razor sharp BBC adaptation dabbling in murder, lineage, and the 19th century legal…
Bones (TV Series)Bones (TV Series) (2005-2014)
Feat. David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel
A curious forensic policier positing a new angle on the genre, this partners a brilliant anthropologist (Deschanel) and a cocky FBI agent (Boreanaz)…
BrickBrick (2005) Recommended
Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin
Precocious neo–noir set amid the student body of a Californian high school with a bespectacled lad (Gordon–Levitt) taking a 'Sam Spade'…

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