Martin's Favourites
I have held some films very close to my heart. Here is a selection.
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Travis Knight
Starring: Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, (Voices of)
Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey), and sets o... Read more
High-Rise (2015)
5.6/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Elisabeth Moss, Tom Hiddleston, Luke Evans
The brutalism begins with the architecture and extends all the way down to the residents in Ben Wheatleys High-Rise, a flashy adaptation of J.G. Ba... Read more
Listen Up Philip (2014)
6.3/10
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter, Josephine de...
Anger rages in Philip (Jason Schwartzman, The Grand Budapest Hotel) as he awaits the publication of his sure-to-succeed second novel. He feels pushed... Read more
Over the Garden Wall (2014)
8.9/10
Director: Nate Cash, Patrick McHale
Starring: Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Lloyd, John Cleese, Shirl...
This brilliant and highly acclaimed animated television miniseries centers around two half-brothers who travel across a strange forest in order to fin... Read more
Two Days, One Night (2014)
7.4/10
Director: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Starring: Fabrizio Rongione, Marion Cotillard
Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one w... Read more
Moonrise Kingdom ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Jason...
Director/co-writer Wes Anderson's charming comedy/drama is set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965 and tells the story of... Read more
Faust (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Georg Friedrich, Johannes Zeiler, Isolda Dychauk, Anton Adasins...
Aleksandr Sokurov directs this German-language adaptation of the classic tale about a man who sells his soul to the Devil. The story, woven into the f... Read more
Faust (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Georg Friedrich, Johannes Zeiler, Isolda Dychauk, Anton Adasins...
Aleksandr Sokurov directs this German-language adaptation of the classic tale about a man who sells his soul to the Devil. The story, woven into the f... Read more
The Turin Horse (2011)
7.8/10
Director: Bela Tarr
Starring: Janos Derzsi, Erika Bok, Mihaly Kormos, Ricsi
A film of long takes and few words, "The Turin Horse" is a mesmerising distillation of Tarr's cinema. It takes its cue from Nietzsche's famous encount... Read more
Wuthering Heights (Blu-ray) (2011)
6/10
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Oliver Milburn, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets, Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solo...
An epic love story that spans childhood well into the young adult years, the film follows Heathcliff (Solomon Glave, then James Howson), a boy taken i... Read more