For example I can point the url \'^/accounts/password/reset/$\' to django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset with my template filename in the contex
The documentation says that there only one context variable, form.
If you're having trouble with login (which is common), the documentation says there are three context variables:
form: A Form object representing the login form. See the forms documentation for more on Form objects.next: The URL to redirect to after successful login. This may contain a query string, too.site_name: The name of the current Site, according to the SITE_ID setting.