Movie of the Week

Mark Kermode picks his favourite film of those released that week. A running gag during 2006-7 was that Mark would leave this until the last minute of the programme and pick something he hadn't yet mentioned - indeed, it it was a listener's frustration with this that partially led to the name "Wittertainment" being coined; said listener, Tony, writing in to say "you'll get through all the reviews if you don't witter".

Occasionally the Movie of the Week is a film that Mark has not had time to actually review within the broadcast show (and is only included in the Podcast extra), as the film is a of an indie bent and / or is on a very limited release. It has often been the case that Simon Mayo has pleaded with Mark to make Movie of the Week something mainstream and that listeners have a realistic possibility of seeing, though Mark always refuses. Examples have included him picking Bug over Lions For Lambs, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days over Charlie Wilson's War, and Hard Candy over Thank You For Smoking.

Only two films have had the distinction of being named Movie of the Week twice - Pan's Labyrinth and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. And the Charlie And The Chocolate Factory endorsement came from James King, so doesn't really count.

07/07/17: It Comes at Night
30/06/17: Baby Driver
23/06/17: Edith Walks
16/06/17:
08/06/17: My Cousin Rachel
02/06/17: After the Storm (chosen by Robbie Collin)
26/05/17: The Red Turtle
19/05/17: Colossal
12/05/17: The Levelling
05/05/17: Mindhorn
28/04/17: Lady Macbeth
21/04/17: Rules Don't Apply (chosen by Robbie Collin)
14/04/17: The Handmaiden (chosen by Robbie Collin)
07/04/17: Raw
31/03/17: Free Fire
24/03/17: Aquarius
17/03/17: Get Out
10/03/17: The Love Witch
03/03/17: Logan
24/02/17: The Fits (chosen by Robbie Collin)
17/02/17: Moonlight
10/02/17: 20th Century Women, Prevenge
03/02/17: Toni Erdmann
27/01/17: Trainspotting T2
20/01/17: Lion
13/01/17: La La Land
06/01/17: Zero Days (chosen by Robbie Collin)

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25/11/16: A United Kingdom
18/11/16: Your Name
11/11/16: Arrival
04/11/16: Nocturnal Animals
28/10/16: Ethel and Earnest (chosen by James King)
21/10/16: I, Daniel Blake
14/10/16: American Honey
07/10/16: The Girl On The Train
30/09/16: Under the Shadow
23/09/16: The Girl with All the Gifts
16/09/16: Hunt for the Wilderpeople and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
09/09/16: Captain Fantastic
02/09/16: Things to Come
26/08/16: Julieta

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28/02/14: For Your Consideration
14/02/14: Lego: The Movie
07/02/14: Dallas Buyers Club
31/01/14: Out of the Furnace
10/01/14: 12 years a slave
20/12/13: American Hustle
13/12/13: Fill the void (and the Hobbit 2 for the rest of us)
06/12/13: Nebraska
29/11/13: Saving Mr Banks
22/11/13: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
15/11/13: The Butler
25/10/13: The selfish giant
18/10/13: Captain Philips
11/10/13: Le weekend
27/09/13: Blue Jasmine
07/06/13: Behind the Candelabra
24/05/13: My Neighbour Totoro
24/05/13: Grave of the Fireflies
17/05/13: The Great Gatsby
14/05/13: Much Ado About Nothing
19/04/13: Love is all you need
12/04/13: The place beyond the pines
05/04/13: Spring Breakers
22/03/13: Reality
15/03/13: Beyond the hills
08/03/13: Side Effects
01/03/13: Stoker
22/02/13: Mama (James King)
15/02/13: Mea Maxima Culpa
15/02/13: For Ellen
08/02/13: I Wish
01/02/13: Flight
25/01/13: Zero dark thirty
18/01/13: Django Unchained
11/01/13: Les Miserables
04/01/13: McCullin
21/12/12: Life of Pi
14/12/12: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
07/12/12: Seven Psychopaths
30/11/12: Sightseers
23/11/12: End of watch
16/11/12: Breaking Dawn Part 2/Amour/The Master
09/11/12: Argo
02/11/12: De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone) (Floyd & Boyd)
26/10/12: Skyfall
19/10/12: Beasts of the Southern Wild
12/10/12: Ruby Sparks
05/10/12: Liberal Arts
28/09/12: Holy Motors
14/09/12: Darbareye Elly (About Elly)
14/09/12: ParaNorman
07/09/12: Anna Karenina
31/08/12: Berberian Sound Studio
24/08/12: The Imposter (James King)
17/08/12: Take this Waltz (Floyd & Boyd)
03/08/12: Ted (Al Murray)
26/07/12: Searching for Sugar Man
20/07/12: The Dark Knight Rises
13/07/12: Magic Mike/Nostalgia for the Light
13/07/12: Nostalgia for the Light
06/07/12: The Hunter
29/06/12: Killer Joe
22/06/12: The Last Projectionist
15/06/12: A Royal Affair
09/06/12: Marley
09/06/12: Moonrise Kingdom
08/06/12: Woody Allen: a Documentary
01/06/12: The Angels’ Share
25/05/12: Moonrise Kingdom
18/05/12: The Raid
11/05/12: Cafe de Flore
04/05/12: Juan of the dead
27/04/12: Marvel Avengers Assemble
20/04/12: Marley
13/04/12: The Cabin in the Woods (Floyd & Boyd)
30/03/12: Into the abyss
23/03/12: The Hunger Games/The Kid With a Bike (aka Le gamin au vélo)
16/03/12: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (aka Bir zamanlar Anadolu’da)
09/03/12: The Raven
02/03/12: Carancho
24/02/12: Rampart
17/02/12: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (Floyd and Boyd)
10/02/12: The Muppets
03/02/12: Martha Marcy May Marlene
27/01/12: Like Crazy
20/01/12: Haywire
13/01/12: War Horse
06/01/12: Mother and Child
30/12/11: Top 11 of 2011
30/12/11: Mother and Child
23/12/11: The Artist
16/12/11: Dreams of a Life
09/12/11: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
02/12/11: Hugo in 3D!
25/11/11: The Deep Blue Sea
18/11/11: Snowtown and Twilight Breaking Dawn for the rest of us
11/11/11: Wuthering Heights
04/11/11: Weekend Movie
28/10/11: Anonymous / Ides of March – Floyd and Boyd
21/10/11: We need to talk about Kevin
14/10/11: Real Steel
07/10/11: Tyrannosaur (Perfect Sense)
30/09/11: Melancholia
23/09/11: Drive
16/09/11: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
09/09/11: Troll Hunter
02/09/11: Kill List
26/08/11: The skin I live in (Boyd and Floyd)
19/08/11: The Inbetweeners (Boyd and Floyd)
12/08/11: Rise of the Planet Of the Apes (Boyd and Floyd)
05/08/11: Super 8 (Boyd and Floyd)
29/07/11: A Better Life
22/07/11: The Big Picture / Harry Potter 7B
08/07/11: Tree of Life / The Princess Of Montpensier
01/07/11: A Separation
24/06/11: Bridesmaids
17/06/11: Stake Land
03/06/11: Senna
27/05/11: Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times)
20/05/11: Los ojos de Julia (Julia’s Eyes)
13/05/11: Attack the Block
05/05/11: 13 Assassins
29/04/11: Thor
22/04/11: TT3D Closer to the Edge (Mark)/Pina (Floyd & Boyd)
15/04/11: Meek’s Cutoff/Little White Lies (Floyd & Boyd)
08/04/11: Armadillo
01/04/11: Source Code
25/03/11: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
18/03/11: Benda Bilili!/Submarine
11/03/11: Fair Game
04/03/11: The Adjustment Bureau/Patagonia
25/02/11: Animal Kingdom/Howl (Boyd Hilton)
18/02/11: Inside Job
11/02/11: True Grit
04/02/11: The Fighter
28/01/11: Hereafter
20/01/11: Black Swan
14/01/11: Blue Valentine
07/01/11: The King’s Speech
03/12/10: Of Gods and Men/Monsters
26/11/10: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
19/11/10: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1/Chico & Rita
12/11/10: We Are What We Are
29/10/10: The Kids Are All Right (Floyd & Boyd)
22/10/10: Easy A
15/10/10: The Social Network
08/10/10: Restrepo
01/10/10: Made in Dagenham
24/09/10: Enter the Void
17/09/10: Winter’s Bone
10/09/10: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done/The Runaways
03/09/10: Copie Conforme (Certified Copy)
27/08/10: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Floyd & Boyd)
20/08/10: Madeo (Mother)/Piranha 3D (Floyd & Boyd)
13/08/10: El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) (Floyd & Boyd)
06/08/10: Step Up 3D/Undertow (Floyd & Boyd)
30/07/10: Karate Kid (Floyd & Boyd)
23/07/10: Splice
16/07/10: Inception/Toy Story 3
09/07/10: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
03/07/10: Skeletons
26/06/10: Good Hair
19/06/10: Please Give
11/06/10: Black Death
04/06/10: She’s Out of My League (Boyd Hilton)
28/05/10: The Time That Remains
21/05/10: Heartless
14/05/10: American: The Bill Hicks Story
07/05/10: Four Lions
30/04/10: The Disappearance of Alice Creed
23/04/10: Centurion
16/04/10: The Ghost Writer/Cemetery Junction (Floyd and Boyd)
02/04/10: Kick-Ass
26/03/10: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
19/03/10: The Scouting Book for Boys
12/03/10: Green Zone
05/03/10: Legion
26/02/10: Capitalism: A Love Story
19/02/10: Crazy Heart/Solomon Kane (Floyd and Boyd)
12/02/10: Ponyo
05/02/10: Oil City Confidential
29/01/10: The Princess and the Frog
22/01/10: Un Prophète (A Prophet)
15/01/10: The Book of Eli
08/01/10: The Road
18/12/09: Avatar
11/12/09: Where the Wild Things Are
04/12/09: Me and Orson Welles
27/11/09: Paranormal Activity
20/11/09: A Serious Man
13/11/09: Das Weiße Band (The White Ribbon)
06/11/09: Henri-George Clouzot’s Inferno
30/10/09: An Education (Floyd and Boyd)
23/10/09: The Cove
16/10/09: Triangle
09/10/09: Up (Floyd and Boyd)
02/10/09: L’Armée du Crime (Army of Crime)
25/09/09: Creation
18/09/09: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
11/09/09: Fish Tank
04/09/09: District 9
28/08/09: The Hurt Locker (Andrew Collins)
21/08/09: Afterschool
14/08/09: A Perfect Getaway/Time Traveler’s Wife
07/08/09: Mesrine: Killer Instinct (Andrew Collins)
31/07/09: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
24/07/09: Antichrist (but one shouldn’t really see it)
17/07/09: Harry Potter 6(/Moon)
10/07/09: Brüno
03/07/09: Public Enemies
26/06/09: Sunshine Cleaning
19/06/09: Telstar
12/06/09: Looking For Eric
05/06/09: Pour Elle (Anything for Her)
29/05/09: Drag Me To Hell
22/05/09: Awaydays
08/05/09: Star Trek
01/05/09: Is Anybody There?
24/04/09: State of Play
17/04/09: In The Loop
10/04/09: Let the Right One In
03/04/09: The Boat That Rocked
27/03/09: The Damned United
20/03/09: Il Divo
13/03/09: Bronson (but actually everything that isn’t Marley and Me)
06/03/09: Young Victoria
27/02/09: Entre les murs (The Class)
20/02/09: Anvil! The Story of Anvil/Gran Torino (Andrew Collins)
13/02/09: Üç Maymun (Three Monkeys)
06/02/09: Doubt
30/01/09: JCVD
23/01/09: Frost/Nixon
16/01/09: The Wrestler
09/01/09: Slumdog Millionaire
02/01/09: Che: Part One (Andrew Collins)
12/12/08: Inkheart
05/12/08: Summer/Lakeview Terrace
28/11/08: Changeling/Lorna’s Silence
21/11/08: Waltz With Bashir
14/11/08: The Baader Meinhof Complex
07/11/08: W. (Andrew Collins)
31/10/08: Of Time and the City
24/10/08: Ghost Town/High School Musical 3: Senior Year
17/10/08: Young @ Heart
10/10/08: Gomorrah
03/10/08: Heavy Load
26/09/08: I’ve Loved You So Long
19/09/08: Die Welle (The Wave)
12/09/08: Eden Lake
05/09/08: The Duchess
29/08/08: Bes Vakit (Times and Winds) (Andrew Collins)
15/08/08: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
08/08/08: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Andrew Collins)
01/08/08: Man of Wire (Andrew Collins)
25/07/08: No “film of the week” this week (But it should be The Dark Knight)
11/07/08: Mamma Mia
04/07/08: The Mist
27/06/08: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
20/06/08: The Ruins
13/06/08: Taxi to the Dark Side/In Search of a Midnight Kiss
06/06/08: Gone Baby Gone
30/05/08: California Dreamin’ (Andrew Collins)
23/05/08: Shotgun Stories
16/05/08: Caramel
09/05/08: No “film of the week” this week
02/05/08: Joy Division
25/04/08: Persepolis
18/04/08: In Bruge (Andrew Collins)
11/04/08: Lonesome Jim
04/04/08: Son of Rambow
28/03/08: 27 Dresses
21/03/08: El Orfanato (The Orphanage)
14/03/08: redacted
07/03/08: Diary of the Dead
29/02/08: The Bank Job
22/02/08: Be Kind Rewind
15/02/08: River Queen
08/02/08: There Will Be Blood/Juno/The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
01/02/08: Cloverfield
25/01/08: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
18/01/08: No Country for Old Men
11/01/08: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
14/12/07: Enchanted
07/12/07: Stellet Licht (Silent Light)
30/11/07: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
23/11/07: Rescue Dawn
16/11/07: American Gangster
09/11/07: Bug
26/10/07: Eastern Promises (James King)
19/10/07: Once
12/10/07: Black Sheep
05/10/07: Control
28/09/07: Kenny (James King)
21/09/07: A Mighty Heart
14/09/07: 3:10 to Yuma
07/09/07: Atonement
31/08/07: Hallam Foe (James King)
24/08/07: Knocked Up (Andrew Collins)
17/08/07: The Bourne Ultimatum
03/08/07: No “film of the week” this week (but I for India is probably the best)
20/07/07: Hairspray
13/07/07: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
06/07/07: Flanders (Flandres)
29/06/07: Golden Door
22/06/07: PTU/Fong juk (Exiled)
15/06/07: The Wild Blue Yonder
08/06/07: Taking Liberties
25/05/07: Jindabyne
18/05/07: Zodiac
11/05/07: 28 Weeks Later
04/05/07: Goya’s Ghost
27/04/07: This is England/Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
20/04/07: Half Nelson
13/04/07: The Lives of Others (Andrew Collins)
30/03/07: The Namesake
23/03/07: 300
09/03/07: Inland Empire
02/03/07: Ghost Rider (James King)
23/02/07: Letters from Iwo Jima
16/02/07: Hot Fuzz
09/02/07: For Your Consideration
02/02/07: Dreamgirls
26/01/07: The Fountain/Blood Diamond
19/01/07: Black Book
13/01/07: The Last King of Scotland/Ghosts
05/01/07: Apocalypto/Dark Horse (Andrew Collins)
22/12/06: No ‘film of the week’ this week
15/12/06: It’s Winter / Wizard of Oz (re-release)
08/12/06: Pan’s Labyrinth (again) / Happy Feet / The Nativity Story
01/12/06: Shortbus
24/11/06: El laberinto del fauno (aka Pan’s Labyrinth)
17/11/06: Requiem
10/11/06: The Prestige (James King)
03/11/06: Scenes of a Sexual Nature
27/10/06: Red Road
20/10/06: Marie Antoinette
13/10/06: The Guardian
06/10/06: The Departed
29/09/06: World Trade Center
22/09/06: Children of Men
15/09/06: The Black Dahlia
08/09/06: Snow Cake
01/09/06: The Film Is Not Yet Rated
18/08/06: The Notorious Bettie Page
28/07/06: Tom yum goong (aka Warrior King)
14/07/06: Superman Returns
07/07/06: Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That!
23/06/06: The Wind That Shakes The Barley
16/06/06: Hard Candy
09/06/06: I’m the Angel of Death: Pusher III
02/06/06: United 93 (James King)
26/05/06: Bug
19/05/06: Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
12/05/06: Time To Leave
05/05/06: The Devil and Daniel Johnston
28/04/06: Slither
21/04/06: C.R.A.Z.Y.
14/04/06: Seducing Doctor Lewis (James King)
07/04/06: The Squid and the Whale (James King)
31/03/06: Basic Instinct 2 / Shooting Dogs / The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
24/03/06: Romance & Cigarettes
17/03/06: V For Vendetta / Ushpizin
10/03/06: The Proposition
03/03/06: Kidulthood / Manderlay
24/02/06: Capote
17/02/06: Good Night, and Good Luck
10/02/06: Chinjeolhan geumjassi (aka Lady Vengeance)
03/02/06: Walk The Line
27/01/06: Caché (aka Hidden)
20/01/06: A Cock and Bull Story
13/01/06: Breakfast On Pluto
06/01/06: Brokeback Mountain (James King)
16/12/05: King Kong
09/12/05: Calvaire (aka The Ordeal)
02/12/05: Where the Truth Lies
25/11/05: The Exorcism of Emily Rose
18/11/05: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire / Stoned
04/11/05: De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté (aka The Beat That My Heart Skipped) / Murderball
28/10/05: Thumbsucker (James King)
21/10/05: The Corpse Bride
14/10/05: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
07/10/05: Serenity
30/09/05: A History of Violence
23/09/05: Howl’s Moving Castle / Land of the Dead
16/09/05: Wolf Creek
09/09/05: Cinderella Man
02/09/05: The 40 Year Old Virgin (James King)
26/08/05: The Mighty Celt
12/08/05: Crash
05/08/05: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (again) (James King)
29/07/05: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (James King)
22/07/05: The Skeleton Key (one week early)
13/07/05: Festival
08/07/05: The Descent
01/07/05: War of the Worlds
24/06/05: Paheli
17/06/05: Batman Begins
10/06/05: Baadasssss!/Inside Deep Throat
03/06/05: Moolaadé (Jason Solomons)
27/05/05: Millions
20/05/05: Dr. K recommends “staying at home and don’t go to the cinema”
13/05/05: The Jacket
06/05/05: Brothers / Kingdom of Heaven
29/04/05: Mean Creek
22/04/05: Tarnation / Waqt: The Race Against Time
15/04/05: The original ‘The Amityville Horror’
08/04/05: Sahara / Bullet Boy / The Assassination of Richard Nixon (James King)
01/04/05: Der Untergang (aka Downfall) (James King)
25/03/05: Robots
11/03/05: The Chorus