Stay ConnectedThis 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.
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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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Kermode on Film supports the British Film Designers Guild Awards – and shines a spotlight on the BFDG Planet Positive Award sponsored by Sky Studios Elstree. In this episode Mark Kermode talks to the winner of that award, Freya Bruce, co-founder of ReCollective, about their work on 'My Lady Jayne'.
ReCollective are a non-for-profit, setting new standards of re-use for the film industry to tackle the enormous amount of waste it produces.
ReCollective's work on 'My Lady Jane' involved repurposing building materials which were then used for community builds in the South West of England including making poly tunnels for a market garden and a field shelter for a community farm.
Find out more about ReCollective: https://www.recollective.uk/
Hosted by: Mark Kermode
With: Freya Bruce of ReCollective and Peter Okell, Operations Manager at Sky Studios Elstree
Executive Producer: Lornie Archbold at HLA Agency
Audio Producer: Alex Jones
Music: The Dodge Brothers
This audio programme is an HLA Agency production for the British Film Designers Guild
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WIP is a BFDG Podcast.
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Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild
Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild
Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com
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.
WIP is a BFDG Podcast.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild
X: @BFDG_Film_Guild
Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild
Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild
Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com
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.
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This episode of Kermode on Film is the third and last part of the 100th edition of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 10 March 2025.
In this episode, Mark talks to two great friends of the show, Sanjeev Baskhar and Meera Syal, and he says hello to Jason Isaacs.
People mentioned in this episode:
Sanjeev Baskhar
Meera Syal
Jason Isaacs
Ben Wheatley
Jeanie Finlay
Alan Parker
Elvis Presley
Toby Jones
Richard Burton
Samantha Morton
James Bond
Kiefer Sutherland
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Harold Pinter
Lee Evans
Maxine Peake
Mike White
Jimmy Fallon
Kelly Clarkson
Darius Rucker
Norman Wisdom
The Beatles
Films, plays and tv series mentioned in this episode:
A Tupperware of Ashes
Flaming Star
Unforgotten
Tinsel Town
Macbeth
White Lotus
Angels in America
The Bill
The Dumb Waiter
Capital City
Harry Potter
White Lotus
Honey Bunch
The Salt Path
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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 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.
© Copyright HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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.
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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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