Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

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Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to give his verdict on the week's movies

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04.01.2022

Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City. Plus Mark reviews Morbius, which features show favourite Jared Leto as Biochemist Michael Morbius; True Things, Harry Wootliff’s drama starring Ruth Wilson as a young woman living on the fringes ...

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review episodes:

04.01.2022 Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City. Plus reviews of The Bad Guys, Morbius, True Things & Sonic 2. Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City. Plus Mark reviews Morbius, which features show favourite Jared Leto as Biochemist Michael Morbius; True Things, Harry Wootliff’s drama starring Ruth Wilson as a young woman living on the fringes ...
03.25.2022 Jake Gyllenhaal & Yahya Abdul Matten II, Ambulance, The Worst Person in the World, Chopper, Master and Escape from Mogadishu Jake Gyllenhaal & Yahya Abdul Matten II talk about their roles in Michael Bay’s latest, Ambulance about two robbers who steal an ambulance after a heist. Plus Mark reviews Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, which chronicles four ...
03.18.2022 Simon Farnaby, The Phantom of the Open, Paris 13th District, Master, X, Deep Water and Three Floors Simon Farnaby talks about his new film The Phantom of the Open, about Maurice Flitcroft, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a ...
03.11.2022 Sean Baker, Red Rocket, Turning Red, Wolf, Feast, The Seed, Great Freedom and The Adam Project Director Sean Baker talks about his new film Red Rocket, about a washed-up adult film actor who returns to his small Texas hometown, Mark will also review Feast, about the infamous 2007 HIV incident in the Dutch city of Groningen, ...
03.04.2022 Clio Barnard talks about Ali and Ava. Plus reviews of The Batman, The Weekend Away, Against the Ice and The Sanctity Of Space Director Clio Barnard talks about her new film Ali and Ava, which stars Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook as the titular characters. Mark will also review The Batman, which stars Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz as Batman and Catwoman in ...
02.25.2022 Dave Grohl talks about Studio 666, plus Cyrano, The Duke, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Hellbender and The Godfather Dave Grohl talks about his role in Studio 666, about Foo Fighters moving into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Mark reviews Cyrano, Joe Wright’s adaptation of the play; ...
02.18.2022 Helen Mirren, Dog, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here Before, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1), Kimi and Old Henry Dame Helen Mirren talks about her role in The Duke. Mark reviews Dog, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here Before, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1), Kimi and Old Henry. Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current ...
02.11.2022 Andrea Riseborough, Death on the Nile, Marry Me, Flee, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Petrov’s Flu. Andrea Riseborough talks about her role in new drama Here Before. Mark reviews Chuckles Branagh’s Death on the Nile, about Hercule Poirot’s investigation of the murder of a young heiress in Egypt; Marry Me, in which musical superstars who are ...
02.04.2022 Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Souvenir Part II, Moonfall, Belle, Jackass Forever, the reissue of Jules et Jim Jessica Chastain talks about The Eyes of Tammy Faye, an intimate look at the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Mark reviews The Souvenir Part II, about which its writer director Joanna Hogg spoke to Simon last ...
01.28.2022 Joanna Hogg, Sing 2, A Journal for Jordan, The King’s Daughter, Amulet, Taming the Garden, Parallel Mothers and Flag Day. Joanna Hogg talks about her new film The Souvenir Part II. Mark reviews new animation Sing 2, about an anthropomorphic koala called Buster Moon and his friends who must persuade a reclusive rock star lion called Clay Calloway, played by ...
01.21.2022 Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley, Belfast, A Journal for Jordan, Memory Box, The King’s Daughter Guillermo del Toro talks about his new film Nightmare Alley, the second film adaptation of the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. It stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Toni Collette. Mark reviews that film along ...
01.14.2022 Sir Kenneth Branagh, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Cow, Scream, Ascension, Memoria and Save the Cinema Sir Kenneth Branagh talks about his new film Belfast. Mark reviews Scream, set twenty-five years after the original series of murders in Woodsboro; Joel Coen’s adaptation of Sir William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, about a Scottish lord who becomes ...
01.07.2022 Peter Dinklage, Munich: The Edge of War, Minyan, Ailey, A Hero and Boiling Point Ben Bailey Smith talks to Peter Dinklage about his role in Cyrano. Plus Anna Bogutskaya reviews the new 4k restoration of Truffaut's The 400 Blows; Boiling Point, which stars Stephen Graham as a head chef wrangling his team on the ...
12.31.2021 Best of 2021 Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo with their best reviews and interviews from 2021 including their chats with Sigourney Weaver, Emma Stone and Lakeith Stanfield and Mark's reviews of Wild Mountain Thyme, Greenland, Summer of Soul, Godzilla v Kong, Nomadland and ...
12.24.2021 Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss, The Matrix Resurrections, The King’s Man, Titane and Licorice Pizza. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss talk about their new film, The Matrix Resurrections, in which we return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. Mark reviews that film along with The Humans, ...
12.17.2021 Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Nine Days Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about her new film The Lost Daughter. Mark reviews that film plus the rest of the week’s new releases The Tender Bar, about a boy growing up on Long Island who seeks out father figures among the ...
12.10.2021 Steven Spielberg, Ariana DeBose, West Side Story, Don’t Look Up and Being the Ricardos Steven Spielberg and Ariana DeBose talk to Simon about West Side Story. Mark reviews that film, along with Don’t Look Up, which stars Leo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as two low-level astronomers who must go on a giant media tour ...
12.03.2021 Riz Ahmed, Encounter, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and C'mon C'mon Riz Ahmed talks to Simon about his role as Malik Khan in Michael Pearce’s Encounter. Mark reviews that film, along with Silent Night, the horror/comedy Keira Knightley came on the show to talk about last week; Mike Mills’s C’Mon C’Mon, ...
11.26.2021 Keira Knightley, Encanto, House of Gucci and Pirates Keira Knightley talks to Simon about her role as Nell in Silent Night. Plus reviews of new Disney animation Encanto, about a young Colombian girl who has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without ...
11.19.2021 Adam Driver talks about his role as Mauricio Gucci in House of Gucci, plus film reviews. Adam Driver talks about his role as Maurizio Gucci in House of Gucci. Plus reviews of Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, with Benedict Cumberbatch as charismatic rancher Phil Burbank; Ghostbusters Afterlife, about a single mother and her two ...
11.12.2021 Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!, Mothering Sunday and Cry Macho Andrew Garfield talks about his role in Tick, Tick… Boom!, about a promising young theatre composer who on the cusp of his 30th birthday navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City. Plus ...
11.05.2021 Kristen Stewart, Spencer, The Card Counter, Eternals and Finch Kristen Stewart talks to Simon about her role as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, which Mark also reviews. Plus we have reviews of Paul Schrader’s The Card COunter, which tells the story of Oscar Isaac’s ex-military interrogator turned gambler ...
10.29.2021 Chloe Zhao, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers Chloe Zhao talks about her new film Eternals, Thomasin McKenzie tells us about starring in Edgar Wright’s new film. Plus we have reviews of Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone on its 20th Anniversary re-release; Antlers, set in an isolated ...
10.22.2021 Denis Villeneuve, Dune, The French Dispatch, The Harder They Fall and The Boss Baby 2: Family Business Simon and Mark’s guest is Denis Villeneuve, who talks about his film Dune, based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel and starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya. Plus we have reviews of The Boss Baby 2: Family Business, ...
10.15.2021 Sir Michael Caine, Halloween Kills, Venom, Ron’s Gone Wrong, The Last Duel and The Velvet Underground Sir Michael Caine talks about his new movie Best Sellers, about a cranky, retired author who reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher. Plus we have reviews of Halloween Kills, starring Jamie Lee Curtis ...
10.08.2021 Jeymes Samuels & Regina King, No Sudden Move, The Addams Family 2 and Deadly Cuts. Jeymes Samuel and Regina King talk about their new Western, The Harder They Fall. Plus we have reviews of Claudia Llosa’s Fever Dream; animation The Addams Family 2, a sequel to the 2019 animated film, in which The Addams get ...
10.01.2021 Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer, Anne at 13000 ft, Next Door and No Time to Die Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer talk about their new film The Last Duel , about King Charles VI declaring that Knight Jean de Carrouges should settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel. Plus we have ...
09.24.2021 Michael Gandolfini, The Many Saints of Newark Mark and Simon’s guest is Michael Gandolfini, who’s talking about his film The Many Saints of Newark, the Sopranos prequel. Plus we have reviews of The Green Knight, David Lowery’s fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and ...
09.17.2021 Luke Wilson, 12 Mighty Orphans, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Starling and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Mark and Simon’s guest is Luke Wilson, who stars in depression-era sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans. Plus we have reviews of Mandibles, about simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu who find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, ...
09.10.2021 Jennifer Hudson, Respect, Herself, Copshop and The Voyeurs Mark and Simon’s guest is Jennifer Hudson, who talks to us about her role as Aretha Franklin in Respect, which tells the story of the icon’s career from a child singing in her father's church's choir, to her international superstardom. ...
09.03.2021 Phyllida Lloyd, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Here Today Mark and Simon’s guests are director Phyllida Lloyd and producer Sharon Horgan, who talk about their new film Herself, about a young mother who escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. Mark reviews Leos Carax’s ...
08.27.2021 Timothy Spall, The Last Bus, Candyman, The Toll and Our Ladies Actor Rufus Jones guest presents this week alongside regular supersub Anna Bogutskaya. Anna reviews Candyman, which is a direct sequel to the 1992 horror Candyman; Our Ladies, about a group of Catholic schoolgirls in 1990s Scotland; The Nest, starring Jude’Law, ...
08.20.2021 Kurupt FM, Niamh Algar and Prano Bailey-Bond Ali and Robbie interview the cast of Kurupt FM about the new documentary, following their ill-fated trip to Tokyo - People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan. Ali also talks to the star and director of new horror chiller, Censor ...
08.13.2021 Ryan Reynolds, Free Guy, The Courier, Wendy and I’m Your Man Ali and Robbie’s guest this week is Ryan Reynolds, who talks about his role as a bank cashier who discovers that he's actually inside a brutal, open world video game in Free Guy. Robbie and Ali also review Benedict Cumberbatch ...
08.06.2021 Felicity Jones, The Last Letter from Your Lover, Zola and Stillwater Edith Bowman and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Felicity Jones, who talks about her new film, romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, in which she stars alongside Shailene Woodley. Anna reviews drama Profile, in which an undercover journalist ...
07.30.2021 Jungle Cruise, Old, Vivo, Space Jam, The Sparks Brothers, The Suicide Squad Mark reviews musical animation Vivo, which features all-new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Sparks Brothers, Edgar Wright’s documentary about the seminal band, who were our guests last week; James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, the ‘spiritual sequel’ to the 2016 ...
07.23.2021 Edgar Wright & Sparks, The World to Come, Riders of Justice and Off the Rails Mark and Simon are joined by Edgar Wright & Sparks, who talk about The Sparks Brothers. Mark reviews Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston in period romance The World to Come, about two neighbouring couples along the mid-19th century American East ...
07.16.2021 Vanessa Kirby, The Croods 2: A New Age, The Forever Purge and Summer of Soul Mark and Simon are joined by Vanessa Kirby who talks about her film The World to Come. Mark reviews animated sequel The Croods 2: A New Age; The Forever Purge, the fifth film in the American anthology media franchise; Nowhere ...
07.09.2021 Eddie Izzard, Black Widow, Tove, Truffle Hunters Mark and Simon are joined by Eddie Izzard, who talks about her film Six Minutes to Midnight. Mark reviews The Truffle Hunters, about older Italian men who hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle; Jason Isaacs in action ...
07.02.2021 Vin Diesel, FF9, Freaky, Fear Street, Another Round & Cannes preview Ali and Robbie are joined by Vin Diesel who talks about his new film Fast and Furious 9. They will also review Nick Broomfield’s examination of the unsolved murders of hip-hop artists Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur; Another Round, Thomas ...
06.25.2021 David Oyelowo, Fast and Furious 9, Supernova and Sweat Mark and Simon are joined by David Oyelowo who talks about his forthcoming film The Water Man. Mark also reviews the latest in the automotive action series Fast and Furious 9, in which Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's ...
06.18.2021 Ben Wheatley, In the Earth, Luca, Monster Hunter and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Mark and Simon are joined by Ben Wheatley who talks about his new film In the Earth. Mark also reviews new Disney animation Luca, about an unlikely but strong friendship between a human being and a sea monster disguised as ...
06.11.2021 Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller, The Father and Ellie and Abby and Ellie's Dead Aunt. Mark and Simon are joined by Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller, star and director respectively of Oscar-winning drama The Father. Mark also reviews Bob Odenkirk’s new action thriller Nobody, about a mild-mannered bystander who intervenes in a crime; Ellie and ...
06.04.2021 John Krasinski, A Quiet Place Part II, Land, After Love and Gunda. Mark and Simon are joined by John Krasinski, who talks about his new film A Quiet Place Part II, about the Abbott family’s continued fight for survival. Other reviews include; Land, Robin Wright’s film about a bereaved woman seeks out ...
05.28.2021 Emma Stone, Cruella, First Cow, The Conjuring III and Demon Slayer Mark and Simon are joined by Emma Stone, who talks about her role in Disney’s Cruella, along with director Craig Gillespie. Plus your essential cinematic and streaming reviews including; frontier drama First Cow, which stars last week’s guest Toby Jones; ...
05.21.2021 Toby Jones, Peter Rabbit 2, Army of the Dead, My New York Year & Rare Beasts In the first show back after some UK cinemas reopened, Mark and Simon are joined by Toby Jones, who talks about his new film First Cow. Plus your essential cinematic and streaming reviews including Irritating Rabbit 2, Billie Piper’s ‘anti ...
05.14.2021 Sigourney Weaver, Tilda Swinton, Those Who Wish Me Dead and Oxygen In the last show back before cinemas reopen, Mark and Simon are joined by Sigourney Weaver, who talks about her new film My New York Year. Plus your essential streaming reviews including Taylor Sheridan’s action drama Those Who Wish Me ...
05.07.2021 Steve Zahn, Cowboys, End of Sentence, Mortal Kombat and Fried Barry Mark and Simon are joined by Steve Zahn, who talks about his new film Cowboys, about a father and son’s journey through the Montana wilderness. Plus your essential streaming reviews including martial arts actioner Mortal Kombat, Christos Nikou’s Apples, about ...
04.30.2021 John Hawkes, Nomadland, The Mitchells vs The Machines and Wild Mountain Thyme Mark and Simon are joined by John Hawkes, who talks about his new film End of Sentence. Plus your essential streaming reviews including big Oscar winner Nomadland, Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan as lovers in Ireland who get caught up ...
04.23.2021 Cate Blanchett, Sisters with Transistors, Stowaway and Black Bear Ben Bailey Smith and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Cate Blanchett and Christos Nikou, who talk about their new film Apples, about a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia. Plus your essential streaming reviews including Black Bear, which stars Aubrey ...

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Kermode and Mayo's Film Review episodes:

Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City. Plus reviews of The Bad Guys, Morbius, True Things & Sonic 2.

Jake Gyllenhaal & Yahya Abdul Matten II, Ambulance, The Worst Person in the World, Chopper, Master and Escape from Mogadishu

Simon Farnaby, The Phantom of the Open, Paris 13th District, Master, X, Deep Water and Three Floors

Sean Baker, Red Rocket, Turning Red, Wolf, Feast, The Seed, Great Freedom and The Adam Project

Clio Barnard talks about Ali and Ava. Plus reviews of The Batman, The Weekend Away, Against the Ice and The Sanctity Of Space

Dave Grohl talks about Studio 666, plus Cyrano, The Duke, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Hellbender and The Godfather

Helen Mirren, Dog, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here Before, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1), Kimi and Old Henry

Andrea Riseborough, Death on the Nile, Marry Me, Flee, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Petrov’s Flu.

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Souvenir Part II, Moonfall, Belle, Jackass Forever, the reissue of Jules et Jim

Joanna Hogg, Sing 2, A Journal for Jordan, The King’s Daughter, Amulet, Taming the Garden, Parallel Mothers and Flag Day.

Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley, Belfast, A Journal for Jordan, Memory Box, The King’s Daughter

Sir Kenneth Branagh, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Cow, Scream, Ascension, Memoria and Save the Cinema

Peter Dinklage, Munich: The Edge of War, Minyan, Ailey, A Hero and Boiling Point

Best of 2021

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss, The Matrix Resurrections, The King’s Man, Titane and Licorice Pizza.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Nine Days

Steven Spielberg, Ariana DeBose, West Side Story, Don’t Look Up and Being the Ricardos

Riz Ahmed, Encounter, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and C'mon C'mon

Keira Knightley, Encanto, House of Gucci and Pirates

Adam Driver talks about his role as Mauricio Gucci in House of Gucci, plus film reviews.

Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!, Mothering Sunday and Cry Macho

Kristen Stewart, Spencer, The Card Counter, Eternals and Finch

Chloe Zhao, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers

Denis Villeneuve, Dune, The French Dispatch, The Harder They Fall and The Boss Baby 2: Family Business

Sir Michael Caine, Halloween Kills, Venom, Ron’s Gone Wrong, The Last Duel and The Velvet Underground

Jeymes Samuels & Regina King, No Sudden Move, The Addams Family 2 and Deadly Cuts.

Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer, Anne at 13000 ft, Next Door and No Time to Die

Michael Gandolfini, The Many Saints of Newark

Luke Wilson, 12 Mighty Orphans, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Starling and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Jennifer Hudson, Respect, Herself, Copshop and The Voyeurs

Phyllida Lloyd, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Here Today

Timothy Spall, The Last Bus, Candyman, The Toll and Our Ladies

Kurupt FM, Niamh Algar and Prano Bailey-Bond

Ryan Reynolds, Free Guy, The Courier, Wendy and I’m Your Man

Felicity Jones, The Last Letter from Your Lover, Zola and Stillwater

Jungle Cruise, Old, Vivo, Space Jam, The Sparks Brothers, The Suicide Squad

Edgar Wright & Sparks, The World to Come, Riders of Justice and Off the Rails

Vanessa Kirby, The Croods 2: A New Age, The Forever Purge and Summer of Soul

Eddie Izzard, Black Widow, Tove, Truffle Hunters

Vin Diesel, FF9, Freaky, Fear Street, Another Round & Cannes preview

David Oyelowo, Fast and Furious 9, Supernova and Sweat

Ben Wheatley, In the Earth, Luca, Monster Hunter and The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Olivia Colman and Florian Zeller, The Father and Ellie and Abby and Ellie's Dead Aunt.

John Krasinski, A Quiet Place Part II, Land, After Love and Gunda.

Emma Stone, Cruella, First Cow, The Conjuring III and Demon Slayer

Toby Jones, Peter Rabbit 2, Army of the Dead, My New York Year & Rare Beasts

Sigourney Weaver, Tilda Swinton, Those Who Wish Me Dead and Oxygen

Steve Zahn, Cowboys, End of Sentence, Mortal Kombat and Fried Barry

John Hawkes, Nomadland, The Mitchells vs The Machines and Wild Mountain Thyme

Cate Blanchett, Sisters with Transistors, Stowaway and Black Bear

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