2015 Films, Alphabetically (With Grades)
Monday, February 16, 2015 at 3:16PM 136 Films Screened | 123 Released
Title (Director) Grade Review*
(or view by Grades)
Last Update: 2/28/16
* grades are Nathaniel's. reviews sometimes read otherwise if written by another staff member
Creed proves to be a muscular and enjoyable crowd-pleaser
Theatrically Released
1001 Grams (Bent Hamer) C+ Review
45 Years (Andrew Haigh) B+ Capsule
'71 (Yann Demange) B+ Review
Animals (Collin Schiffli) B+ Making of
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman) B First Thoughts
Ant-Man (Peyton Reed) C+ Review, Podcast
Appropriate Behavior (Desiree Akhavan) B+ Review
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (Miguel Gomes) B- Review (Kino Lorber)
Assassin, The (Hou Hsaio-Hsien) B- Review
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Joss Whedon) B-³ Review and Podcast
The Big Short (Adam McKay) C Review
Blackhat (Michael Mann) C+ Review
Black Mass (Scott Cooper) C Reviewish
Boulevard (Dito Montiel) C Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) B Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) B+² Review, 15 Best of 15
By the Sea (Angelina Jolie) C+ Reviewish
Carol (Todd Haynes) A⁴ Reviewish, 15 Best of 15
Charlie's Country (Rolf de Beer) C+ Review (festivals in 2014)
Chi-Raq (Spike Lee) B+ Podcast
Chocolate City (Jean-Claude La Marre) D Review
Cinderella (Kenneth Branagh) B+ Review
Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas) B+² Jason's Review, Margaret's Take, Binoche's performance
Cooties (Jonathan Milott) C+ Glenn's Review (festivals in 2014)
Concussion (Peter Landesman) C+ Review
Creed (Ryan Coogler) B+² Review , 15 Best of 15
Crimson Peak (Guillermo Del Toro) C+
D Train, The (Jarrad Paul & Andrew Mogel) B- Review
Danish Girl, The (Tom Hooper) B-² Interview Eddie
Diary of a Teenage Girl, The (Marielle Heller) B Michael's Review, Nathaniel's Take
Do I Sound Gay? (David Thorpe) C- Interview
Dope (Rick Famuyiwa) B Capsule
Electric Slide (Tristan Patterson) C+ Review
Every Secret Thing (Amy Berg) C+ Review
Ex Machina (Alex Garland) A² Review , 15 Best of 15
Fantastic Four (Josh Trank) F Review
Far From The Madding Crowd (Thomas Vinterberg) B Review
Farewell Party, The (Tali Granit & Sharon Maymon) B+ Review
Fifty Shades of Grey (Sam Taylor-Johnson) C- Review
Flowers (Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenaga) C+ Interview
Freeheld (Peter Sollett) C
Futuro Beach (Karim Äinouz) B Review
Gerontophilia (Bruce LaBruce) B Review
Girlhood (Celine Sciamma) B+
Going Clear (Alex Gibney) B
Good Dinosaur, The (Peter Sohn) C+ Review
Grandma (Paul Weitz) B+² Nathaniel's Review, Joe's Review, Poster Blurb
Hateful Eight, The (Quentin Tarantino) D+
Hot Pursuit (Anne Fletcher) C- Review
I'll See You In My Dreams (Brett Haley) B+² Blythe's Performance
In the Heart of the Sea (Ron Howard) D
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes) C- Review
Inside Out (Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen) A-² Podcast , 15 Best of 15
It Follows (David Robert Mitchell) B+ Review
James White (Josh Mond) B Review, 1st Impression
Joy (David O. Russell) C+
Jupiter Ascending (Andy & Lana Wachowski) C+ Podcast
Jurassic World (Colin Trevorrow) C-
Labyrinth of Lies (Giulio Ricciarelli) B+ Review (festivals in 2014)
Lady in the Van, The (Nicholas Hytner) B- Review
Last Five Years, The (Richard LaGravenese) B Review
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) B-
Love (Gaspar Noe) C- Review
Love & Mercy (Bill Pohlad) B Podcast
Little Chaos, A (Alan Rickman) C+ Review
Macbeth (Justin Kurzel) C-
Mad Max Fury Road (George Miller) A³ Review, Best Shot, 15 Best of 15
Magic Mike XXL (Gregory Jacobs) B Review, Podcast
Man From U.N.C.L.E., The (Guy Ritchie) B Review
Martian, The (Ridley Scott) B² Podcast
Match (Stephen Belber) D Review
Max (Boaz Yakin) C-
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) C- Michael's Review, Podcast
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Christopher McQuarrie) B Review
Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) C
Mr Holmes (Bill Condon) C+
Mustang (Denis Gamze Erguven) B+ Interview, Review, 1st Impression
Nasty Baby (Sebastian Silva) B Capsule
New Girlfriend, The (François Ozon) B- Review
Of Horses & Men (Benedikt Erlingsson) B+ Capsule
Paddington (Paul King) B- Brief Comment & Jose's Take
Peanuts Movie, The (Steve Martino) B-
Phoenix (Christian Petzold) B+ 15 Best of 15
Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, A (Roy Andersson) B+ Review , 15 Best of 15
Pitch Perfect 2 (Elizabeth Banks) B- Review
Princess of France (Matías Piñeiro) B Capsule, Podcast
Red Army (Gabel Polsky) B
Revenant, The (Inaritu) B-
Ricki and the Flash (Jonathan Demme) B Review
Room (Lenny Abrahamson) A² Premiere Notes , 15 Best of 15
Saint Laurent (Bertrand Bonello) B- Review
Sand Dollars (Israel Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán) B- Review
Second Mother, The (Anna Muylaert) B+
Seventh Son, The (Sergey Bodrov) C- Podcast
Sicario (Denis Villeneuve) B+ Podcast , 15 Best of 15
Sisters (Jason Moore) C+ Review
Sleeping With Other People (Leslye Headland) B Review
Son of Saul (Laszlo Nemes) B+ Review & Interview
Song One (Kate Barker-Froyland) B- Capsule
Southpaw (Antoine Fuqua) B- Podcast
Spotlight (Thomas McCarthy) B+² versus Truth
Spy (Paul Feig) B+ Podcast
Stanford Prison Experiment, The (Kyle Patrick Alvarez) B Review
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) B+ Review
Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle) B+² Review
Stonewall (Roland Emmerich) D Review, Podcast, Interview
Straight Outta Compton (F Gary Gray) B-
Strangerland (Kim Farrant) C+ Nathaniel's Review & Glenn's Take
Suffragette (Sarah Gavron) B-² Review, on Carey Mulligan
Tab Hunter: Confidential (Jeffrey Schwarz) B
Tangerine (Sean Baker) A-² Review, Podcast , 15 Best of 15
Terminator Genisys (Alan Taylor) D+ Review
Tomorrowland (Brad Bird) B- Review
Tom at the Farm (Xavier Dolan) B+ Review (festivals in 2013)
Trainwreck (Judd Apatow) B Podcast
Trumbo (Jay Roach) C+
Truth (James Vanderbilt) B² versus Spotlight
Victoria (Sebastian Schipper) B+ First Thoughts
Voices, The (Marjane Satrapi) D capsule
Walk, The (Robert Zemeckis) C+ Review
What We Do In The Shadows (Taiki Waititi & Jemaine Clement) B+
Woman in Gold (Simon Curtis) C- Thoughts I Had
Youth (Paolo Sorrentino) B² First Thoughts
Anomalisa
Distributors But No Release Dates
As I Open My Eyes (Leyla Bouzid) B Capsule
Ixcanul (Jayro Bustamante) B Capsule
No Distributor
Bright Night (Florian Gottschick) C+
Eva Doesn't Sleep (Pablo Agüero) WTF Capsule
Girls Lost (Alexandra-Therese Keining) C+ Review
Granny's Dancing on the Table (Hanna Sköld) B- Review
Here After, The (Magnus Von Horn) B Review
Homesick (Anne Sewitsky) B Review
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (Josh Kim) B
I Am Michael (Justin Kelly) C+ Review
In the Grayscale (Claudio Marcone) B-
Invisible (Lawrence Fajardo) B Capsule
Strobe Edge (Ryuichi Hiroki) C-
Women He's Undressed (Gillian Armstrong) C+ Interview
Movies That Couldn't Pick an Official Year - Giving Me Grief!
Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg) C+ Nathaniel's Review, Glenn's Take
Kumiko the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner) B+ Review
By most accounts these last two received their theatrical releases in 2015 but the latter two were both nominated for major awards in 2014 (Globe & Indie Spirit respectively) so did they have "qualifying releases"? "Maps" at least kept changing its mind about whether it would receive an awards qualifying run, making tracking, categorization and awardage impossible for TFE. We like clear lines of demarcation between calendar years.
Reader Comments (1)
Just seen that little kiwi film... "What we do in the Shadows". Everything Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" should have been. Hilarious, amazing. In a fair world and a normal year, a surefire contender for Original Screenplay. Extremely recommended.
My advice: see NOTHING in advance. Not even the trailer.