This episode of Kermode on Film is Part 2 of the 100th edition of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 10 March 2025.

In this episode, Mark talks to Karan Kandhari, whose feature debut Sister Midnight released on 14 March, and to Toby Jones, who shares his thoughts on playing Mr Burton in the film of the same name. Plus we are joined by the world’s best silent movie accompanist, Neil Brand

Thank you for listening?

People mentioned in this episode:

Karan Kandhari

Toby Jones

Neil Brand

Francois Ozon

Julia Ducournau

Martin Scorsese

Wes Anderson

Buster Keaton

Charlie Chaplin

Richard Burton

Monica Dolan

Samantha Morton

Sean Penn

Jack Nicholson

Joseph Losey

Dirk Bogarde

Sarah Miles

Harold Pinter

Indiana Jones

Robert De Niro

Daniel Day Lewis

Gina Rowlands

Gene Hackman

Ken Dodd

Eric Morcambe

The Crankies

Frank Bruno

Harry Lawtey

Films mentioned in this episode:

Raw

Good Morning

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

The General

Kaleidoscope

Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Berberian Sound Studio

The Servant

The Go-Between

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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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This week's MK3D was the 100th edition and this special milestone show featured a fabulous and diverse array of conversations about film culture: some great friends of the show who have graced the stage before, and some new filmmaking talent.

At the top of the show the CEO of the BFI Ben Roberts leaped onto the stage to congratulate everyone involved on being the longest running and most successful strand at the BFI, ever.

First up Mark welcomes Samantha Morton on stage to talk about her work as an actress, director, writer and musician. Sam talks about her directorial feature The Unloved, as well as her role in She Said, and the changes needed in the film industry.

Next, Alan Jones joins Mark to talk about his new book Discomania, a glorious celebration of Disco, Punk, and Alan’s unique, trail-blazing career in the Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy film arenas. Alan talks about his connections with Chrissie Hynde and David Bowie, the Sex Pistols and Vivienne Westwood, and some of the disco movies in the book including Music Machine, starring Patty Boulaye.

The next two episodes will feature Karan Kandhari, Toby Jones, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Baskhar and Jason Isaacs. Keep watching the skies!

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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.

© Copyright HLA Agency

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This episode features gorgeous George Mackay, who talks about his award-winning role in FEMME, and Jason Isaacs, who discusses playing Cary Grant in ARCHIE.

This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast is Part 2 of the 86th edition of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 18 December 2023.

Last week’s podcast features Part 1 of that show, in which Mark talks to Sir Ian McKellen about playing HAMLET, and to star Mia McKenna-Bruce and director Molly Manning Walker about their feature HOW TO HAVE SEX.

Thanks for listening, and remember to keep watching the skies!

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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.

© Copyright HLA Agency

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Films mentioned in this edition:

For Those In Peril

The Way We Live Now

Sunshine on Leith

Titanic

The Beast

The Act of Killing

The End

Raging Bull

Peter Pan

How To Have Sex

Pretty Woman

Mass

The Salt Path

The Godfather

The Big Chill

Dragonheart

Friends with Money

TV Series mentioned in this show:

Thirty Something

Plays mentioned in this show:

Arturo Ui

Hamlet

Angels In America

Uncle Vanya

Three Sisters

People mentioned:

Bertrand Bonello

Joshua Oppenheimer

Gaspard Ulliel

Lea Seydoux

Tilda Swinton

Michael Fassbender

Robert DeNiro

Joe Pesci

Cary Grant

Archibald Leach

Colonel Kurtz

PJ Hogan

Dyan Cannon

Mia McKenna-Bruce

Molly Manning Walker

Al Pacino

Gillian Anderson

Robert Duvall

James Brando

James Caan

Jude Law

Janet McTeer

Patrick Malahide

Ian McKellen

Sean Mathias

Kevin Kline

Jeff Goldblum

Kevin Costner

Simon McBurney

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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.

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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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In today’s podcast, which is the second in a four-part miniseries of podcasts about Britain's talented Art Departments, Mark talks to this year’s winners of THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SUPPORTED BY WARNER BROS. STUDIOS LEAVESDEN.

The award honours Art Department members who have made a significant creative mark in their work, benefitting the industry as a whole.  This year there are two recipients of the award.

First up, Mark talks to Emily Stillman, Senior Vice President of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, who sponsor the award, about the pivotal role of the Art Department, before talking to this year's deserving award winners, Charmian Adams and Gavin Bocquet.

Supervising Art Director Charmian Adams's notable work includes such diverse productions as SID & NANCY, DOWNTON ABBEY and SAS ROGUE HEROES Series 1

Production Designer Gavin Bocquet's credits include the STAR WARS prequels, Steven Soderbergh's KAFKA, Matthew Vaughan's STARDUST and Duncan Jones' WARCRAFT.

The 14th BFDG Production Design Awards took place at Royal Lancaster Hotel on Saturday 22nd February 2025.

This episode of Kermode on Film is made in partnership with the BFDG.

About the BFDG

The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members. The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.

Connect with the BFDG here:

Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild

Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild

Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild

Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild

Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com

This podcast was produced by HLA Agency and edited by Alex Jones

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This episode of Kermode on Film is the first in a four-part miniseries about Britain's brilliant Art Departments in our screen industries.

For the past few years Mark Kermode has hosted the annual British Film Designers Guild Awards. The awards celebrate the brilliant work of production designers and art departments across film and TV.

One of the things the British Film Designers Guild does brilliantly is to support young people who are keen to get into the business. In today’s podcast Mark talks to this year’s nominees for The Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award, supported by CrewHQ. The award recognises those starting out in a career in film or TV Art Departments, and spotlights the future stars of the next generation of filmmakers.

Mark talks to this year's three nominees for the Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award, about their experiences of training for, and finding that all important first job in the Art Department. They are Satdeep Grewal, Nivitha Muralikrishna, and Eunice Naddamba. But first, he talks with Rico Johnson-Sinclair - Director of CrewHQ Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, who sponsor the category

This episode of Kermode on Film is made in partnership with the BFDG.

About the BFDG:

The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members. The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.

Connect with the BFDG here:

Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild

Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild

Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild

Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild

Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com

This podcast was produced by HLA Agency and edited by Alex Jones

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In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark is joined by Fiona Shaw to talk about her new film Hot Milk, which premiers at the Berlin Film Festival this year, and to Warren Ellis, composer, musician and superstar, to talk about his score for Walter Salles autobiographical film I'm Still Here.

Sit back and enjoy Part 2 of this MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 10 February 2025.

In Part 1, Mark was joined by Mario Van Peebles and Mandela Van Peebles, to talk about their film Outlaw Posse, shown as part of the BFI season Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western. And he talked to Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty, the director and producer of the high grossing new documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin.

Thanks for listening, and remember, keep watching the skies.

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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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #FionaShaw #HarryPotter #HotMilk #Ammonite #WarrenEllis #NickCave #I'mStillHere #WalterSalles # #CaliforniaSuite #Mustang #TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord #AndrewDominik

Films mentioned in this podcast:

Outlaw Posse

Becoming Led Zeppelin

Hot Milk

Sex Education

Ammonite

Safety Last

California Suite

I'm Still Here

Roma

Mustang

The Proposition

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Zoolander

Song for Bob

People and bands mentioned in this episode:

The Who

Deborah Levy

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Emma Mackie

Kate Winslet

Claire Rushbrook

Charlie Chaplin

Maggie Smith

Simone Rocha

Walter Salles

Fernanda Torres

Nick Cave

John Hillcoat

The Bad Seeds

Jackson Ellis

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Gaspar Noé

Andrew Dominik

Brad Pitt

Casey Affleck

Sam Shepard

Gerard McCann

Angelo Badalamenti

Nina Simone

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In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark is joined by Mario Van Peebles and Mandela Van Peebles, to talk about their film Outlaw Posse, shown as part of the BFI season Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western. And he talks to Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty, the director and producer of the high grossing new documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin.

Sit back and enjoy Part 1 of this MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 10 February 2025.

In Part 2, Mark is joined by a star of stage and screen Fiona Shaw, and composer, musician and superstar Warren Ellis.

Thanks for listening, and remember, keep watching the skies.

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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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #MarioVanPeebles #MandelaVanPeebles #OutlawPosse #GhandiFilm #AliFilm #MalcolmX #MohammedAli #LedZeppelin #BecomingLedZeppelin #AllisonMcGourty #BernardMacMahon #SafetyLast #HaroldLloyd

Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:

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Films mentioned in this podcast:

Vertigo

Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles

Outlaw Posse

Posse

Baadasssss! (2003)

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

Gandhi (1982)

Ali (2001)

Becoming Led Zeppelin

American Epic

Safety Last

Napoleon (1927)

Napoleon (2024)

People and bands mentioned in this episode:

Chantal Ackerman

Mario Van Peebles

Mandela Van Peebles

Melvyn Van Peebles

Johnny Cash

Whoopi Goldberg

Bernard MacMahon

Allison McGourty

Robert Redford

Robert Plant

Jimmy Page

John Paul Jones

John Bonham

Carter Family

Pink Floyd

The Who

Carl Davis

Gaylord Carter

Abel Gance

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In this week’s episode of the MK3D show Mark Kermode talks to Taghi Amirani whose film COUP 53 – edited by Walter Murch and featuring Ralph Fiennes – explores the involvement of the CIA and MI6 in the coup in Iran in 1953. Mark and Taghi also connect About their shared love of LOCAL HERO.

The Mark is joined by RYE LANE director Raine Allen-Miller and star Vivian Oparah to talk about their film, which follows two youngsters reeling from bad break-ups who connect over a particularly eventful day in South London. They also talk about their respective influences: Vivian discusses the fight scene in US, and Raine revealsher Guilty Pleasure BOWFINGER.

This episode of Kermode On Film is the first half of the MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 13 March 2023.

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 Hedda Archbold.

This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#MarkKermode #MK3D #KermodeOnFilm #BFI #BFISouthbank #TaghiAmirani #WalterMurch #Coup53 #RyeLane #VivianOparah #RaineAllenMiller #LocalHero #Us #Bowfinger 

Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:

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Films mentioned in this podcast:

Coup 53

Local Hero

Rye Lane

Oliver Twist

Us

Annihilation

Bowfinger

People mentioned in this episode:

Taghi Amirani

Walter Murch

Ralph Fiennes

David Puttnam

Vivian Oparah

Raine Allen-Miller

Lupita Nyong’o

Natalie Portman

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This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast, is Part 2 of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 20 January 2025.

In next week’s episode, Mark is joined by NOSFERATU director Robert Eggers, and actor Nabhaan Rizwan, nominated for this year's EE Rising Star Award for his roles in BFI release In Camera, and the TV series Informer. 

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.

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Films Mentioned in this edition:

In Camera

Dr Strangelove

Nosferatu

Dracula

The Lighthouse

The VVitch

The Wizard of Oz

Television Series:

Kaos

Informers

People mentioned:

Jharrell Jerome

David Jonsson

Marisa Abela

Mikey Madison

Nabhaan Rizwan

Robert Eggers

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