Ayoade participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound directors' poll, where he listed his 10 favourite films: The Apartment, Badlands, Barry Lyndon, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Make Way for Tomorrow, Contempt, Ordet, Persona, Raging Bull, and Tokyo Story. [92] Personal life [ edit ] It’s like a dream from which you wake, only to realise you were dreaming that you were dreaming. Which is why the choice of ‘Time After Time’ is so perfect. It gently speaks, and often squawks, of the cyclical nature of all narrative. When you hear the song, you feel you’ve heard it before, and you have. Because the story’s an old one: a lover leaves, leaving nothing behind but generalities.”

In 2007, he directed the music videos for the songs " Fluorescent Adolescent" by Arctic Monkeys and Super Furry Animals's " Run-Away", which starred Matt Berry. The former received a UK Music Video Award nomination, attributed by Ayoade only to the song being "so good". [10] Ayoade has frequently appeared as a panellist on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, often with Noel Fielding, making his first appearance on The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz in 2007, which marked Channel 4's 25th anniversary. [34] Bafta Film Awards 2012: Nominations". BBC Online. British Broadcasting Service . Retrieved 16 June 2016. I've had the (dis)pleasure of watching View From the Top so, as soon as I discovered that it was going to be the topic for Richard Ayoade's third book, I knew I had to read this book. It was nearly 15 years ago now but I am still haunted by that film. The horrible orange outfit that Gwyneth and the cringe-inducing singalong during the credits. The film was badly made, badly written, and badly acted. We laughed our way through it. Definitely not something you can easily forget. And don't get me started on the feminist issues that the film raises or we'll be here all night. Whatever I think about the film, I was super excited to see Ayoade break it down into minute detail. His last two books have shown us how much of cinephile he is but this book looks set to take it even further. Adams, Erik (28 October 2013). "Garth Marenghi's brief, hilarious reign of terror". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 26 January 2018. Here was a protest against the narrative of victimhood that has come to pervade today’s Complaint Culture. If you want to succeed, the film bravely asserts, put on a short skirt and go into the service industry!”Welikala, Judith (21 August 2013). "Edinburgh Comedy Award winners: where are they now?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 19 January 2018.

When Ayoade promoted the book on The Graham Norton Show last year, fellow guest Olivia Colman was clearly intrigued by it. He's written a very tongue-in-cheek book about View from the Top, a flop 2003 movie in which Gwyneth Paltrow portrays an ambitious flight attendant. Frenette, Brad (27 July 2010). "Toronto International Film Fest announces 2010 lineup". National Post . Retrieved 19 October 2012.Richard Ayoade on film-making, supporting Richard Gere and living with Ipswich inside him". The Guardian. 29 August 2019 . Retrieved 8 October 2019. Duralde, Alonso (31 August 2014). " 'Boxtrolls' Venice Review: A Charmless Misfire from Laika Studios". The Wrap . Retrieved 6 March 2018. DeFore, John (10 June 2011). " Submarine is director Richard Ayoade's coming of age". The Washington Post . Retrieved 4 January 2015. Ayoade is a fan of French New Wave cinema and said in an interview with The Guardian that Louis Malle's Zazie dans le Métro was the film that sparked his interest in filmmaking. [89] His favourite filmmakers include Malle, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Paul Thomas Anderson. [90] [91]