Kermode on Film

This episode of Kermode on Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 15 May 2023, marking the 80th edition of MK3D.

In Part 1 of the show, Mark is joined by acclaimed filmmaker Nina Menkes, who discusses her provocative documentary BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER exploring the male gaze in cinema and its real-world impact. Nina also shares her unexpected guilty pleasure – THE EXORCIST– and explains why she sees it as a femini...

This episode of Kermode on Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 7 April 2025.

In Part 2 of this MK3D show, Mark is joined by Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini, who talks about her performance in THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS FLOWER, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Emilíana is accompanied on stage by her collaborator Simon Byrt for a special live performance from the film.

Then, Charlie Brooker takes t...

This episode of Kermode on Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 7 April 2025.

Mark talks to Margy Kinmonth about WAR PAINT - WOMEN AT WAR, her documentary about women war artists.

And he speaks with Sasha Nathwani, about his directorial feature debut LAST SWIM, a beautiful British coming-of-age film starring Deba Hekmat.

Sit back and enjoy Part 1 of this MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Sout...

Kermode on Film supports the British Film Designers Guild Awards – and shines a spotlight on the BFDG Planet Positive Award sponsored by Sky Studios Elstree. In this episode Mark Kermode talks to the winner of that award, Freya Bruce, co-founder of ReCollective, about their work on 'My Lady Jayne'. 

ReCollective are a non-for-profit, setting new standards of re-use for the film industry to tackle the enormous amount of wast...

This episode of Kermode on Film is the third and last part of the 100th edition of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 10 March 2025.

In this episode, Mark talks to two great friends of the show, Sanjeev Baskhar and Meera Syal, and he says hello to Jason Isaacs.

People mentioned in this episode:

Sanjeev Baskhar

Meera Syal

Jason Isaacs

Ben Wheatley

Jeanie Finlay

Alan Parker

Elvis Presley

Toby Jones

Richard Burton

S...

This episode of Kermode on Film is Part 2 of the 100th edition of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 10 March 2025.

In this episode, Mark talks to Karan Kandhari, whose feature debut Sister Midnight released on 14 March, and to Toby Jones, who shares his thoughts on playing Mr Burton in the film of the same name. Plus we are joined by the world’s best silent movie accompanist, Neil Brand

Thank you fo...

This week's MK3D was the 100th edition and this special milestone show featured a fabulous and diverse array of conversations about film culture: some great friends of the show who have graced the stage before, and some new filmmaking talent.

At the top of the show the CEO of the BFI Ben Roberts leaped onto the stage to congratulate everyone involved on being the longest running and most successful strand at the BFI, ever.

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 playin...

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.

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.

F...

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 pe...

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 ...

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 sho...

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 ...

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!

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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 abou...

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...

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...

In this week’s episode of the MK3D show, actress Andrea Riseborough joins Mark to talk about her starring role in TO LESLIE, for which she won an Oscar. She plays a West Texas single mother who wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak.

Mark also welcomes Mark Nighy, to talk about her directorial debut ALICE, DARLING, the tense psychological thriller from a screenplay by Alanna Francis....