Mark Kermode

His favourite films for the years 2004 onwards are Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), A History of Violence (2005), Le Labyrinthe de Pan (2006), L'Assassinat de Jesse James par le lâche Robert Ford (2007), Of Time and the City (2008), Morse (2008), Inception (2010), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), jointly, Berberian Sound Studio (2012) & Royal Affair (2012), Good Vibrations (2012), Pride (2014), Vice-versa (2015), Under the Shadow (2016), Grave (2016), Leave No Trace (2018), Bait (2019), Saint Maud (2019), Petite maman (2021), Aftersun (2022), Past lives - Nos vies d'avant (2023) and The Substance (2024).

The problem with Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004) is it is absolutely, indescribably horrible, vulgar, stupid, tawdry, depressing, embarassing, filthy, vile, stinky, repugnant, slimy, unclean, nasty, degenerative, mind-numbing ...