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Match PointMatch Point (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Scarlett Johansson
Widely touted as Woody Allen's finest film since the mid–80's, this is also his least characteristic – set in London and entirely…
MunichMunich (2005) Recommended
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Mathieu Kassovitz
Compelling, if occasionally muddily–overearnest thriller based around the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich…
Proposition, TheProposition, The (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
Grimly intense and atmospheric 'Australian Western' – scripted by singer Nick Cave – is set the outback of the 1880s, where lawman Ray…
Quiet, TheQuiet, The (2005)
Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Martin Donovan
A creepy teenage melodrama about an orphaned deaf–mute girl (Belle) who goes to live in suburbia with her godparents (Falco, Donovan) and…
Separate LiesSeparate Lies (2005) Recommended
Dir. Julian Fellowes
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
Tense tragedy of manners stars Tom Wilkinson as a complacent lawyer whose young wife (Watson) confesses to being tangled–up in a fatal…
Sorry, HatersSorry, Haters (2005)
Dir. Jeff Stanzler
Feat. Robin Wright, Abdellatif Kechiche, Elodie Bouchez
The after–effects of September 11 act as a racially–charged backdrop to this low–budget thriller set on the mean streets of New…
SyrianaSyriana (2005) Recommended
Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright
Fierce and dense exploration of the machinations and consequences of the global oil industry in the form of a multiple–storyline drama (from…
TsotsiTsotsi (2005) Recommended
Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Presley Chweneyagae
Deserved winner of the 2006 Foreign Language Oscar, this gripping tale of a young homicidal street–thug ('tsotsi') in post–apartheid…
Two for the MoneyTwo for the Money (2005)
Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo
Set in the world of gridiron betting, this steamy male melodrama has an injured quarterback (McConaughey) tempted into the field of 'sports…
Where the Truth LiesWhere the Truth Lies (2005) Recommended
Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman
Challenging and kinky mystery drama from dir. Atom Egoyan (EXOTICA), in which a reporter in the 1970s (Lohman) investigates the death by overdose of…

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