Kermode on Film
This weekly podcast with film critic Mark Kermode is a podcast version of MK3D - the live show he does every month at BFI Southbank which includes movie guests and questions from the audience. Produced by HLA Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
In this episode of Kermode On Film, Mark talks to journalist, broadcaster and film critic, Ellen E. Jones about celebrating 100 years of Marilyn Monroe in her radio 4 series BOMBSHELL: FIVE FACES OF MARILYN MONROE (available on BBC Sounds). The series coincides with a BFI Season celebrating Marilyn's centenary, titled MARILYN MONROE: SELF-MADE STAR.
Next, Mark talks to filmmaker Jeanie Finlay about her documentary feature ALL R...
Mark and Jack discuss Disclosure Day, the new Spielberg film that raises some big questions. Not least: who's right?
Other films and people mentioned in this episode:
Disclosure Day
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Jurassic World
Indiana Jones
X-Files
Star Wars
Roswell
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Josh O'Connor
Arrival
The Butterfly Effect
Donnie Darko
Kurt Vonnegut
Mission Impossible
Beggars of Life
Wallace Beery
Jodie Foster
Matthew McConaughey
Silen...
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard talk about indie horror movies BACKROOMS and OBSESSION taking the box office by storm.
Other films mentioned in this episode:
Together
Keeper
Hellraiser
Nightbreed
Citizen Kane
Evil Dead
Booksmart
Superbad
The Drama
Videodrome
The Exorcist
Hereditary
Weapons
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
With thanks to Richard Gay and The Sun Pub on London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
Produ...
Part 2 of Mark Kermode and Jack Howard talking about Christopher Nolan's films at The Sun Pub on Drury Lane.
Films and books mentioned in this episode:
Tenet
The Prestige
Interstellar
The Odyssey
Inception
Oppenheimer
Insomnia
Batman Trilogy
Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad Movies
The Devils
Metropolis
Trainspotting
The Passion of Christ
The Death of Stalin
Troy
Minions
Books:
A Hard Day's Night by Samira Ahmed
Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stori...
Part one of who-knows-how-many on Christopher Nolan's films.
Mark and Jack chat at their regular pub.
Other films and people mentioned in this episode:
Avatar
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Pirates of the Caribbean
Batman Begins
Christopher Nolan
Jonathan Nolan
Following
Knowing
Nicolas Cage
Memento
Bait
Mark Jenkin
Insomnia
Erik Skjoldbjærg
The Prestige
Interstellar
Tenet
Back to the Future
Ludwig Göransson
Stanley Kubrick
200...
In this episode of Kermode On Film, Mark talks to journalist, writer and award-winning radio presenter, Samira Ahmed about her newly published BFI Classics book on The Beatles’ 1964 movie, A HARD DAY’S NIGHT.
Next, he talks to actress, Leisa Gwenllian and director, Marc Evans about their upcoming Welsh language feature, EFFI O BLAENAU. In cinemas from Friday 19th June 2026.
If you missed it, you can hear ...
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark Kermode talks to director Ben Wheatley and actor Bob Odenkirk about their feature NORMAL, which is released in UK cinemas on 15 May 2026.
This is the second half of the 113th edition of MK3D, recorded live at the BFI Southbank May 2026.
The MK3D shows happen every month. Head over to the BFI website if you’d like to join us in the audience at the BFI Southbank.
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In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark Kermode talks to director Mark Jenkin and actors Callum Turner and George Mackay about newly released feature ROSE OF NEVADA.
This is the second half of the 112th edition of MK3D, recorded live at the BFI Southbank.
The MK3D shows happen every month. Head over to the BFI website if you’d like to join us in the audience at the BFI Southbank.
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In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to actress Lindsay Duncan and writer director Charlotte Regan, to talk about their new BBC series MINT.
Next, he talks to writer-director Thea Gajić about her directorial debut feature SURVIVING EARTH.
Take a front row seat at the 112th edition of MK3D at the BFI IMAX.
The MK3D shows happens live every month. Head over to the BFI website if you’d like to join...
Mark Kermode & Jack Howard meet at their regular London pub to record a spoiler-laden episode on The Drama, starring Robert Pattinson & Zendaya: dark, funny, and deeply uncomfortable.
With thanks to Richard Gay and to The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
Produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold
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But WHY didn't they like it?
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard re-watched EYES WIDE SHUT and get together in their regular Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane to talk about Kubrick's 1999 film starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise.
With thanks to Richard Gay and to The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
Produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold
© HLA Agency
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard Re-watched EYES WIDE SHUT and get together in their regular Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane to talk about Kubrick's 1999 film starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise.
With thanks to Richard Gay.
And to The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
Produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold
© HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard get together in The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane to discuss PROJECT HAIL MARY and Ryan Gosling.
Also, Bruce Dern in SILENT RUNNING.
With thanks to Richard Gay.
And to The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
Produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold
© HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
The legendary icon herself, Dame Twiggy Lawson, joins Mark Kermode to talk about TWIGGY, Sadie Frost’s documentary about her life as a model, singer, actress and fashion icon. They also talk about working with Ken Russell on THE BOY FRIEND and THE DEVILS – and meeting her idol Fred Astaire.
Mark is also joined by film director and visual artist Andrew Kötting to talk about his exhibition EVERYWORLD, created together ...
It was the Oscars.
But Mark and Jack didn't want to talk about the Oscars.
Instead, Jack convinces Mark that The Pirates of the Caribbean is actually Good.
With thanks to Richard Gay, and to The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
© HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to Edgar Wright about The Running Man as it releases on DVD and Blu-Ray – and about the films that influenced him. Next, and he talk to Amma Asante about her recent series Smilla’s Sense of Show, and about the upcoming Billion Dollar Spy featuring Russell Crowe.
Take a front row seat at the 111th edition of MK3D at the BFI IMAX. Enjoy!
The MK3D shows ha...
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard get together in their regular to discuss whether Vince Gilligan's series PLURIBUS is the best series of the year, and also talk about his previous series, BREAKING BAD and BETTER CALL SAUL.
With thanks to Richard Gay. and to The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
© HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard get together in their regular pub and discuss last Monday's BAFTAs and the upcoming Oscars, and a whole lot more.
With thanks to Ciaran O'Brien and to The Sun Pub in London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
© HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome back to Kermode on Film. In this episode Mark talks to Jack O’Connell, who joined him on stage at the BFI Southbank to talk about his role in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, about Sinners, and about the film that inspired his performances.
And Mark talks to Ben Wheatley about his strange new film Bulk.
Take a front row seat at the 110th edition of MK3D at the BFI Southbank. Enjoy!
The MK3D sho...
This episode of Kermode on Film is the first half of the February 2026 MK3D how, recorded at the BFI Southbank.
Mark Kermode is joined by two of this year’s EE Rising Star Award nominees, Posy Sterling, who made an impact this year with LOLLIPOP, and Archie Madekwe, who impressed in LURKER and SALTBURN.
So sit back, relax, and take a front row seat at MK3D at the BFI Southbank.
Enjoy!
In next week's episod...
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