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 Southbank.
In Part 2, Mark is joined by Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini, who talks to about her performance in THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS FLOWER, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. And he talks with Charlie Brooker about Season 7 of BLACK MIRROR.
Thanks for listening!
People mentioned in this episode:
Val Kilmer
Tom Cruise
Richard Loncraine
Tom Conti
Noddy Holder
Margy Kinmonth
Kate Winslet
Dziga Vertov
Sasha Nathwani
Deba Hekmat
Shakyra Dowling
Peter Bradshaw
Bill Forsyth
Matt Damon
Ben Affleck
Robin Williams
Jack Nicholson
Chloe Zhao
Emiliana Torrini
Iain Forsyth
Jane Pollard
Charlie Brooker
Films, plays and tv series mentioned in this episode:
Heat
Tombstone
Top Gun Maverick
Final Reckoning
Slade in Flame
Lee
Man With a Movie Camera
Last Swim
Sound of Metal
The Rider
Star Wars
Good Will Hunting
The Extraordinary Miss Flower
Black Mirror
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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.
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