{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8a257350-1687-4883-9a3f-04a262d6cded/68348c1757d2ddc0dbd9dd68?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nail-biting thriller HALLOW ROAD by director Babak Anvari, and stunningly strange and beautiful CIELO by writer-director Alberto Sciamma","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9b44742e856226c985775/1748284599121-c58b3b4e-0bf0-40e6-b7ef-0d7a69afbf28.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p>In this episode of&nbsp;&nbsp;Kermode On Film Mark talks to director Babak Anvari, whose nail-biting thriller&nbsp;<strong>Hallow Road</strong>&nbsp;was released in UK cinemas on 16 May 2025, and he talks to writer-director Alberto Sciamma, whose stunningly beautiful film&nbsp;<strong>Cielo</strong>&nbsp;premieres at SXSW on 6 June 2025.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This episode of Kermode On Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank&nbsp;on 19 May 2025, and was the first half of that date's Mark Kermode Live in 3D show.</p><h3><br></h3><p>In Part 2, Mark is joined by director Shannon Murphy, who talks about the television series&nbsp;<strong>Dying For Sex,</strong>&nbsp;based on a true story starring Michelle Williams. </p><p>Mark also talks with John Maclean about&nbsp;<strong>Tornado</strong>, the Samurai western set in 18th Century Scotland, and with Eddie Hamilton, editor of the&nbsp;<strong>Mission: Impossible</strong>&nbsp;films, among many others.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for listening!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Film mentioned in this episode:</p><p>Hallow Road</p><p>Under the Shadows</p><p>Us</p><p>I Came By</p><p>The Exorcist</p><p>Star Wars</p><p>Cielo</p><p>Tales of Ordinary Madness</p><p>La Grande Bouffe</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>People mentioned in this episode:</strong></p><p>Babak Anvari</p><p>Alberto Sciamma</p><p>William Gillies</p><p>Rosamund Pike</p><p>Matthew Rhys</p><p>John Cassavetes</p><p>Lorne Balfe</p><p>Depeche Mode</p><p>Peter Adams</p><p>George Mackay</p><p>Bettina Kadoori</p><p>John Dunton-Downer</p><p>Ana-Maria Vera</p><p>Marco Ferreri</p><p>Ben Gazzara</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>———————</p><p><br></p><p>The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:</p><p><br></p><p>- Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.</p><p><br></p><p>- Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.</p><p><br></p><p>- Withnail &amp; I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.</p><p><br></p><p>- The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.</p><p><br></p><p>They are masterpieces!</p><p><br></p><p>Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.</p><p><br></p><p>© Copyright HLA Agency</p>","author_name":"Mark Kermode"}