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!
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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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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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