Kermode on Film

Mark Kermode

A weekly movie podcast with film critic Mark Kermode

  • 46 minutes 33 seconds
    Gorgeous George Mackay on FEMME & RAGING BULL, Plus hello Jason Isaacs! on ARCHIE & THE BIG CHILL


    This episode features gorgeous George Mackay, who talks about his award-winning role in FEMME, and Jason Isaacs, who discusses playing Cary Grant in ARCHIE.


    This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast is Part 2 of the 86th edition of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 18 December 2023.

    Last week’s podcast features Part 1 of that show, in which Mark talks to Sir Ian McKellen about playing HAMLET, and to star Mia McKenna-Bruce and director Molly Manning Walker about their feature HOW TO HAVE SEX.



    Thanks for listening, and remember to keep watching the skies!



    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.



    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency



    ———————



    Films mentioned in this edition:

    For Those In Peril

    The Way We Live Now

    Sunshine on Leith

    Titanic

    The Beast

    The Act of Killing

    The End

    Raging Bull

    Peter Pan

    How To Have Sex

    Pretty Woman

    Mass

    The Salt Path

    The Godfather

    The Big Chill

    Dragonheart

    Friends with Money


    TV Series mentioned in this show:

    Thirty Something


    Plays mentioned in this show:

    Arturo Ui

    Hamlet

    Angels In America

    Uncle Vanya

    Three Sisters



    People mentioned:

    Bertrand Bonello

    Joshua Oppenheimer

    Gaspard Ulliel

    Lea Seydoux

    Tilda Swinton

    Michael Fassbender

    Robert DeNiro

    Joe Pesci

    Cary Grant

    Archibald Leach

    Colonel Kurtz

    PJ Hogan

    Dyan Cannon

    Mia McKenna-Bruce

    Molly Manning Walker

    Al Pacino

    Gillian Anderson

    Robert Duvall

    James Brando

    James Caan

    Jude Law

    Janet McTeer

    Patrick Malahide

    Ian McKellen

    Sean Mathias

    Kevin Kline

    Jeff Goldblum

    Kevin Costner

    Simon McBurney


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    3 March 2025, 3:30 am
  • 34 minutes 25 seconds
    HOW TO HAVE SEX with Mia McKenna-Bruce & Molly Manning Walker – plus Ian McKellen on HAMLET

    In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark is joined by the legendary Sir Ian McKellen to talk about the film version of HAMLET directed by Sean Mathias.


    Following that he talks with star Mia McKenna-Bruce and director Molly Manning Walker about their award-winning feature HOW TO HAVE SEX.

    This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast is Part 1 of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 18 December 2023.


    Next week’s podcast features Part 2 of that show, in which Mark talks to George MacKay about his role in British Thriller FEMME, written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, and to Jason Isaacs about starring in ARCHIE, the British drama television serial about the life of Cary Grant. 


    Thank you for listening!


    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.



    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency



    ———————



    Films Mentioned in this edition:

    Hamlet

    Throne of Blood

    Forbidden Planet

    Chimes at Midnight

    Titanic

    Spice Girls

    Lion King

    Prisoners

    Krakatoa, East of Java

    Scrapper


    Plays mentioned in this show:

    Hamlet

    Richard II

    Richard III

    Othello

    Macbeth

    Henry IV part 1 and 2

    King Lear

    Much Ado About Nothing


    People mentioned:

    Ian McKellen

    Sean Mathias

    Vanessa Redgrave

    Michael Redgrave

    Edwin Booth

    Francesca Annis

    Steven Berkoff

    Bill Kenwright

    Richard Loncraine

    Judi Dench

    Akira Kurosawa

    Orson Welles

    William Shakespeare

    Kenneth Branagh

    David Tennant

    Ralph Fiennes

    Peter Schaufuss

    Laurence Olivier

    Trevor Nunn

    Molly Manning Walker

    Mia McKenna-Bruce

    Kate Winslet

    James Cameron


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    25 February 2025, 2:30 am
  • 37 minutes
    Meet the Lifetime Achievement Award winners at the BFDG Production Design Awards 2025

    In today’s podcast, which is the second in a four-part miniseries of podcasts about Britain's talented Art Departments, Mark talks to this year’s winners of THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SUPPORTED BY WARNER BROS. STUDIOS LEAVESDEN.


    The award honours Art Department members who have made a significant creative mark in their work, benefitting the industry as a whole.  This year there are two recipients of the award.


    First up, Mark talks to Emily Stillman, Senior Vice President of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, who sponsor the award, about the pivotal role of the Art Department, before talking to this year's deserving award winners, Charmian Adams and Gavin Bocquet.


    Supervising Art Director Charmian Adams's notable work includes such diverse productions as SID & NANCY, DOWNTON ABBEY and SAS ROGUE HEROES Series 1


    Production Designer Gavin Bocquet's credits include the STAR WARS prequels, Steven Soderbergh's KAFKA, Matthew Vaughan's STARDUST and Duncan Jones' WARCRAFT.


    The 14th BFDG Production Design Awards took place at Royal Lancaster Hotel on Saturday 22nd February 2025.


    This episode of Kermode on Film is made in partnership with the BFDG.


    About the BFDG

    The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members. The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.


    Connect with the BFDG here:

    Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild

    Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild

    Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild

    Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild

    Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com


    This podcast was produced by HLA Agency and edited by Alex Jones


    © HLA Agency



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    23 February 2025, 12:48 pm
  • 31 minutes 13 seconds
    BFDG Production Design Awards 2025 – meet the upcoming production designers

    This episode of Kermode on Film is the first in a four-part miniseries about Britain's brilliant Art Departments in our screen industries.


    For the past few years Mark Kermode has hosted the annual British Film Designers Guild Awards. The awards celebrate the brilliant work of production designers and art departments across film and TV.


    One of the things the British Film Designers Guild does brilliantly is to support young people who are keen to get into the business. In today’s podcast Mark talks to this year’s nominees for The Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award, supported by CrewHQ. The award recognises those starting out in a career in film or TV Art Departments, and spotlights the future stars of the next generation of filmmakers.


    Mark talks to this year's three nominees for the Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award, about their experiences of training for, and finding that all important first job in the Art Department. They are Satdeep Grewal, Nivitha Muralikrishna, and Eunice Naddamba. But first, he talks with Rico Johnson-Sinclair - Director of CrewHQ Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, who sponsor the category


    This episode of Kermode on Film is made in partnership with the BFDG.


    About the BFDG:

    The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members. The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.


    Connect with the BFDG here:

    Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild

    Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild

    Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild

    Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild

    Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com


    This podcast was produced by HLA Agency and edited by Alex Jones



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    22 February 2025, 1:00 am
  • 51 minutes 53 seconds
    Warren Ellis on I'm Still Here and composing, and Fiona Shaw on Hot Milk

    In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark is joined by Fiona Shaw to talk about her new film Hot Milk, which premiers at the Berlin Film Festival this year, and to Warren Ellis, composer, musician and superstar, to talk about his score for Walter Salles autobiographical film I'm Still Here.


    Sit back and enjoy Part 2 of this MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 10 February 2025.


    In Part 1, Mark was joined by Mario Van Peebles and Mandela Van Peebles, to talk about their film Outlaw Posse, shown as part of the BFI season Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western. And he talked to Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty, the director and producer of the high grossing new documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin.


    Thanks for listening, and remember, keep watching the skies.



    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.


    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency


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    #MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #FionaShaw #HarryPotter #HotMilk #Ammonite #WarrenEllis #NickCave #I'mStillHere #WalterSalles # #CaliforniaSuite #Mustang #TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord #AndrewDominik



    Films mentioned in this podcast:

    Outlaw Posse

    Becoming Led Zeppelin

    Hot Milk

    Sex Education

    Ammonite

    Safety Last

    California Suite

    I'm Still Here

    Roma

    Mustang

    The Proposition

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    Zoolander

    Song for Bob


    People and bands mentioned in this episode:

    The Who

    Deborah Levy

    Rebecca Lenkiewicz

    Emma Mackie

    Kate Winslet

    Claire Rushbrook

    Charlie Chaplin

    Maggie Smith

    Simone Rocha

    Walter Salles

    Fernanda Torres

    Nick Cave

    John Hillcoat

    The Bad Seeds

    Jackson Ellis

    Deniz Gamze Ergüven

    Gaspar Noé

    Andrew Dominik

    Brad Pitt

    Casey Affleck

    Sam Shepard

    Gerard McCann

    Angelo Badalamenti

    Nina Simone




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    18 February 2025, 2:20 am
  • 46 minutes 39 seconds
    Mario & Mandela Van Peebles on Outlaw Posse, and documentary makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin

    In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark is joined by Mario Van Peebles and Mandela Van Peebles, to talk about their film Outlaw Posse, shown as part of the BFI season Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western. And he talks to Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty, the director and producer of the high grossing new documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin.


    Sit back and enjoy Part 1 of this MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 10 February 2025.


    In Part 2, Mark is joined by a star of stage and screen Fiona Shaw, and composer, musician and superstar Warren Ellis.


    Thanks for listening, and remember, keep watching the skies.



    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.


    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency


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    #MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #MarioVanPeebles #MandelaVanPeebles #OutlawPosse #GhandiFilm #AliFilm #MalcolmX #MohammedAli #LedZeppelin #BecomingLedZeppelin #AllisonMcGourty #BernardMacMahon #SafetyLast #HaroldLloyd

     

    Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:


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    Films mentioned in this podcast:

    Vertigo

    Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles

    Outlaw Posse

    Posse

    Baadasssss! (2003)

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

    Gandhi (1982)

    Ali (2001)

    Becoming Led Zeppelin

    American Epic

    Safety Last

    Napoleon (1927)

    Napoleon (2024)



    People and bands mentioned in this episode:

    Chantal Ackerman

    Mario Van Peebles

    Mandela Van Peebles

    Melvyn Van Peebles

    Johnny Cash

    Whoopi Goldberg

    Bernard MacMahon

    Allison McGourty

    Robert Redford

    Robert Plant

    Jimmy Page

    John Paul Jones

    John Bonham

    Carter Family

    Pink Floyd

    The Who

    Carl Davis

    Gaylord Carter

    Abel Gance






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    11 February 2025, 2:00 am
  • 44 minutes 31 seconds
    RYE LANE's Raine Allen-Miller & Vivian Oparah, and Taghi Amirani on COUP 53

    In this week’s episode of the MK3D show Mark Kermode talks to Taghi Amirani whose film COUP 53 – edited by Walter Murch and featuring Ralph Fiennes – explores the involvement of the CIA and MI6 in the coup in Iran in 1953. Mark and Taghi also connect About their shared love of LOCAL HERO.


    The Mark is joined by RYE LANE director Raine Allen-Miller and star Vivian Oparah to talk about their film, which follows two youngsters reeling from bad break-ups who connect over a particularly eventful day in South London. They also talk about their respective influences: Vivian discusses the fight scene in US, and Raine revealsher Guilty Pleasure BOWFINGER.


    This episode of Kermode On Film is the first half of the MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 13 March 2023.


    Thank you for listening!


    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.


    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Hedda Archbold.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency


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    #MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #TaghiAmirani #WalterMurch #Coup53 #RyeLane #VivianOparah #RaineAllenMiller #LocalHero #Us #Bowfinger 

    Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:


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    Films mentioned in this podcast:

    Coup 53

    Local Hero

    Rye Lane

    Oliver Twist

    Us

    Annihilation

    Bowfinger


    People mentioned in this episode:

    Taghi Amirani

    Walter Murch

    Ralph Fiennes

    David Puttnam

    Vivian Oparah

    Raine Allen-Miller

    Lupita Nyong’o

    Natalie Portman


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    4 February 2025, 3:30 am
  • 44 minutes
    Robert Eggers talks NOSFERATU & Nabhaan Rizwan challenges Mark – and talks KAOS, EE Rising Star Awards, and IN CAMERA

    This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast, is Part 2 of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 20 January 2025.


    In next week’s episode, Mark is joined by NOSFERATU director Robert Eggers, and actor Nabhaan Rizwan, nominated for this year's EE Rising Star Award for his roles in BFI release In Camera, and the TV series Informer


    Thank you for listening!


    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.



    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency



    ———————



    Films Mentioned in this edition:

    In Camera

    Dr Strangelove

    Nosferatu

    Dracula

    The Lighthouse

    The VVitch

    The Wizard of Oz


    Television Series:

    Kaos

    Informers


    People mentioned:

    Jharrell Jerome

    David Jonsson

    Marisa Abela

    Mikey Madison

    Nabhaan Rizwan

    Robert Eggers


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    28 January 2025, 3:30 am
  • 47 minutes 37 seconds
    Cynthia Erivo on WICKED and Connor Swindells on WILLIAM TELL

    Thank you for listening to Kermode on Film.


    At the top of the show, Mark Kermode pays tribute to the late great David Lynch who passed away this week.

    He is joined by Cynthia Erivo to talk about her role as Elphaba in Wicked, and about one of the performances that inspired her, by Zhang Ziyi in Memoirs of a Geisha.

    Next, Connor Swindells talks to Mark about playing the evil Albrecht Gessler in William Tell, and about his memories of watching Naked Gun with his dad.


    This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast is Part 1 of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 20 January 2025.


    In next week’s episode, Mark is joined by Nosferatu director Robert Eggers, and actor Nabhaan Rizwan, nominated for this year's EE Rising Star Award for his roles in BFI release In Camera, and the television series Informer


    Thank you for listening!


    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.


    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency



    ———————


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    #MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #CynthiaErivo #Wicked #MemoirsOfAGeisha #ConnorSwindells #WilliamTell #NakedGun #LeslieNielsen 


    Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:


    Inland Empire

    Emilia Pérez 

    Wicked 

    The Substance 

    Hard Truths 

    All We Imagine as Light

    Anora

    La Chimera 

    Blink Twice

    Bad Times at the El Royale

    Harriet

    Widows

    Blade Runner

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    William Tell

    Barbie

    Scoop

    Paris, Texas

    Airplane

    Naked Gun

    Forbidden Planet



    Television Series:

    Sex Education


    Events:

    Girls On Film Awards


    People mentioned:

    David Lynch

    Cynthia Erivo

    Ariana Grande

    Jon M. Chu

    Alice Brooks ASC

    Connor Swindells

    Rutger Hauer

    Zhang Ziyi

    Claes Bang

    Wim Wenders

    Leslie Nielsen

    Buster Keaton

    Charlie Chaplin


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    21 January 2025, 2:54 pm
  • 38 minutes 20 seconds
    DANCE CRAZE Special. Mark talks 2-Tone with Jerry Dammers of THE SPECIALS, Pauline Black of THE SELECTER & Joe Dunton cinematographer

    In this week’s episode of the MK3D show Mark Kermode talks about the Oscar wins of 2024, before welcoming his guests, in this Ska Special


    First on stage was cinematographer Joe Dunton, who talks about shooting the film DANCE CRAZE, which has recently been remastered in 4K by the BFI. DANCE CRAZE showcases the very best of the British Ska phenomenon, with exclusive live performances from THE SPECIALS, MADNESS, THE SELECTER, THE BEAT, BAD MANNERS and THE BODYSNATCHERS – brought to the screen particularly vividly through Dunton’s revolutionary camera work.


    Joining Mark and Joe on stage are musicians Jerry Dammers (The Specials) and Pauline Black (The Selecter), who talk about the ska movement of the 1980s, and how controversial it still was at that time for people of different colours to take to the stage together.


    This episode of Kermode On Film is the first half of the MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 13 March 2023.


    Thank you for listening!


    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.



    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency


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    #MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #PaulineBlack #TheSelecter #JerryDammers #Ska #JoeDunton #Cinematographer #Madness #TheSpecials 


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    15 January 2025, 8:30 am
  • 34 minutes 22 seconds
    Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Gustafson on GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO

    In this week’s episode of the MK3D show Mark Kermode talks to a director who is a legend in his own lifetime: Guillermo Del Toro, together with his co-director for the stop-motion animation musical about Pinocchio, Mark Gustafson.


    GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO released at the end of 2022 is based on Carlo Collodi's novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, about the wooden puppet who comes to life as the son of his carver, Geppetto. Set in Fascist Italy, the characters are voiced by Gregory Mann as Pinocchio and David Bradley as Geppetto, alongside Ewan McGregor, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Waltz and Tilda Swinton.  

    Pinocchio was the final film credited to Gustafson before he passed away in 2024.


    This episode of Kermode On Film is the second half of the MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 23 January 2023.


    Thank you for listening!



    ———————


    The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:


    - Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.


    - Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.


    - Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.


    - The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.



    We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.


    They are masterpieces!


    Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.


    Cover photo by Julie Edwards.


    This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.


    © HLA Agency


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    #MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #GuillermoDelToro #Mark Gustafson #AndreaRiseborough #ToLeslie #MaryNighy #AliceDarling #Lesley #Pinocchio 


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    7 January 2025, 3:30 am
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