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.
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This episode sees Mark in conversation with jazz musician Darius Brubeck and documentary filmmaker Michiel ten Kleij to discuss their documentary Playing the Changes: Tracking Darius Brubeck, which traces how jazz became a quiet force for political change in apartheid-era South Africa.
Ten Kleij explains how a planned film about the 1958 Brubeck Quartet tour behind the Iron Curtain evolved, once a rival BBC documentary was announce...
Mark Kermode talks to director Kevin Macdonald and cinematographer David Katznelson after an outdoor screening of ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO, the intimate documentary portrait of the couple's 18 months in 1970s Greenwich Village.
They discuss rebuilding John and Yoko's Greenwich Village apartment for the film, the newly discovered phonecall archive, and Sean Ono Lennon's remix of the 1972 concert footage.
This episode was recorded a...
This month, Mark once again was an integral part of the Provence Arts Festival du Film, an annual festival dedicated to documentary cinema and the arts held in the hilltop Luberon village of Ménerbes, founded by Lucy Darwin, which this year focuses on music documentaries.
This is the first of a few episodes from the festival. Today Mark is joined by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth to talk about their film BROKEN ENGLISH about...
Recorded in the mosquito-infested fields of Latitude Festival, Mark and Jack dig into film music to mark the paperback release of Mark's book Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, co-written with Jenny Nelson.
They talk composer-director shorthand including John Williams and the "shark" scene from Jaws, Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan's one-page brief for Interstellar; they discuss the "great soundtrack, shame about the ...
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to Imran Perretta about his moving debut feature ISH and to Jason Isaacs about the eight projects he's filmed back to back recently
If you missed the first half of this edition of Mark Kermode Live in 3D at the BFI Southbank, listen to episode 290, in which Mark talks to founder of the Straight 8 Film Competition Ed Sayers about his documentary feature SUPER NATURE, a stunning explo...
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard discuss Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey at the Sun Pub on Drury Lane
Other films mentioned in this episode:
Silent Running (1972)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Dunkirk (2017)
Society (1989)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Spirited Away (2001)
Interstellar (2014)
Inception (2010)
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (2001-3)
With thanks to Richard Gay and The Sun Pub on London...
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to the founder of the Straight 8 Film Competition, Ed Sayers about his documentary feature SUPER NATURE, a stunning exploration of the natural world filmed on Super 8 Film by 40 filmmakers from all across the world.
Next, he welcomes Sian Clifford to talk about her new feature LADY, a surreal mockumentary which follows a lonely aristocrat's attempt to find the spotlight. Sian discus...
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard discuss Matt Johnson's Canadian comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie at the Sun pub in London's West End.
Other films mentioned in this episode:
Back To The Future (1985)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
The Hangover (2009)
Borat (2006)
Backrooms (2026)
Obsession (2025)
Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
The Holdovers (2023)
Blackberry (2023)
With thanks to Richard Gay and The Sun Pub on Lond...
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard talking about Christopher Nolan's films at The Sun Pub on Drury Lane.
Films mentioned in this episode:
The Odyssey
Oppenheimer
The Dark Knight
Inception
Tenet
Interstellar
The Prestige
Dunkirk
Batman Begins
Memento
The Dark Knight Rises
Insomnia
Following
Silent Running
The Exorcist
Knowing
With thanks to Richard Gay and The Sun Pub on London's Drury Lane.
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production
Produce...
In this episode of Kermode On Film, Mark talks to Olivia Cooke about HOUSE OF THE DRAGON series 3, and about working with Steven Spielberg.
Next, he welcomes Ronni Ancona to the stage to talk about comedy, impressions, EASTENDERS and her new feature THINK OF ENGLAND.
Finally, in a special pre-record, Mark talks to Lucy Darwin, founder and curator of the Provence Arts Film Festival.
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.
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