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301. Johnny Flynn on THE IDIOT(S), and LFF top picks with Kristy Matheson
32:54||Season 2, Ep. 301Mark talks to actor and musician Johnny Flynn about his new film THE IDIOT(S). They discuss his collaboration with directing duo Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert, working with co-star Aimee Lou Wood, and an inspirational scene from a film featuring his late father.Next, Mark is joined by the BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson to talk about some of her top picks from this year’s festival, including BEHEMOTH! directed by Tony Gilroy starring Pedro Pascal, MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE by Eleanor Coppola, and independent Brazilian film ISABEL directed by Gabe Klinger.Tune in to next week's Kermode on Film to hear Carol Morley to talk about her new film, 7 MILES OUT, which also premieres at the LFF.The final episode will be released on the 20th October, when Mark will be joined by Nigel Smith to talk about his upcoming book AN OPINIONATED GUIDE TO FILM LONDON, and director James Watkins about his upcoming film CLAYFACE.Take a front row seat for the 117th edition of MK3D at the BFI Southbank. Enjoy!MK3D shows happen live every month. Head over to the BFI website if you’d like to join us in the audience at the BFI Southbank.Opening title quotes from:· Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney Productions – featuring Julie Andrews)· Nope (Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures – featuring Keke Palmer)· Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, HandMade Films – featuring Richard E. Grant)· The Exorcist (William Friedkin, Warner Bros. – featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair)This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and Anaïs Ferrato. It was edited by Alex Jones.Image by Julie Edwards.Kermode on Film and MK3D are HLA Agency productions.© HLA Agency
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300. Simon Callow on THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and Molly Manners, Marni Duggan & Galaxie Clear on EXTRA GEOGRAPHY
40:55||Season 2, Ep. 300In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to director Molly Manners and actors Marni Duggan and Galaxie Clear about their debut feature, the coming-of-age comedy EXTRA GEOGRAPHY.Next, Mark talks to acclaimed actor, director and writer Simon Callow about his BFI Film Classics book, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, and about the film's director and legendary actor, Charles Laughton.If you missed the first half of this edition of Mark Kermode Live in 3D at the BFI Southbank, listen to episode 299, in which Mark talks to Nick Mohammed about his upcoming TV series WAR and to David Kittredge about his documentary BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL.MK3D shows happen live every month. Head over to the BFI website if you’d like to join us in the audience at the BFI Southbank.Opening title quotes from:· Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney Productions – featuring Julie Andrews)· Nope (Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures – featuring Keke Palmer)· Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, HandMade Films – featuring Richard E. Grant)· The Exorcist (William Friedkin, Warner Bros. – featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair)This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and Nicki Glossop, with Anaïs Ferrato as Assistant Producer.It was edited by Alex Jones.Image by Julie Edwards.Kermode on Film and MK3D are HLA Agency productions.© HLA Agency
299. Nick Mohammed on WAR, and David Kittredge on BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL
44:47||Season 2, Ep. 299In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to comedian and actor Nick Mohammed about his career from Ted Lasso to Mr Swallow, his role in the West End play THE TRAITORSand his upcoming TV series WAR. Next, he welcomes David Kittredge to talk about his documentary BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, about the making and fallout of John Boorman’s EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC. David discusses his passion for the film, the ambition behind it and the chance Boorman took.Tune in to next week's Kermode on Film to hear the other half of September's MK3D when Mark talks to Molly Manners, Marni Duggan and Galaxie Clear about their debut feature EXTRA GEOGRAPHY and to actor, director and writer Simon Callow about his book on THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (BFI Film Classics). Take a front row seat for the 116th edition of MK3D at the BFI Southbank. Enjoy!MK3D shows happen live every month. Head over to the BFI website if you’d like to join us in the audience at the BFI Southbank.Opening title quotes from:· Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney Productions – featuring Julie Andrews)· Nope (Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures – featuring Keke Palmer)· Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, HandMade Films – featuring Richard E. Grant)· The Exorcist (William Friedkin, Warner Bros. – featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair)This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and Nicki Glossop, with Anaïs Ferrato as Assistant Producer.It was edited by Alex Jones. Image by Julie Edwards.Kermode on Film and MK3D are HLA Agency productions.© HLA Agency
298. Mark on GIMME SHELTER and THE ODYSSEY with Susan Steinberg, Samantha Morton and Lucy Darwin
28:51||Season 2, Ep. 298In the last of four episodes from the Provence Arts Festival du Film, Mark sits down with editor Susan Steinberg to talk about Rolling Stones documentary Gimme Shelter. Next, he talks to Samantha Morton about her festival highlights, her role as Circe in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, and Heath Ledger. And finally, festival director Lucy Darwin looks back on the festival, and the Elvis screening that blew her mind.Films mentioned in this episodeGimme Shelter (1970, dir. Albert and David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin)Cocksucker Blues (dir. Robert Frank, unreleased)Broken English (2025, dir. Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth)Summer of Soul (2021, dir. Questlove)EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025, dir. Baz Luhrmann)One to One: John & Yoko (2024, dir. Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards)The Odyssey (2026, dir. Christopher Nolan)Rosemary's Baby (1968, dir. Roman Polanski)The Brothers Grimm (2005, dir. Terry Gilliam)This episode was recorded at the Provence Arts Festival du Film, an annual festival founded by Lucy Darwin, dedicated to documentary cinema and the arts held in the hilltop village of Ménerbes, which this year focused on music documentaries.This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and recorded and edited by Richard Gay.With thanks to Lucy Darwin and the Provence Arts Festival du Film, and to Susan Steinberg and Samantha Morton.Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production© HLA Agency
297. Kermode & Howard Swing Through Spider-Man
41:42||Season 2, Ep. 297Mark Kermode and Jack Howard discuss Spider-Man: Brand New Day at the Sun Pub on Drury LaneOther films and TV mentioned in this episode:Gone with the Wind (1939)Citizen Kane (1941)Planet of the Apes film series (1968 - 2024)Star Trek film series (1979 - 2016)Back to the Future (1985)Spider-Man: The Animated Series (TV Series 1994–1998)Regarding Henry (1991)The Usual Suspects (1995)Titanic (1997)Spider-Man (2002)Spider-Man 2 (2004)Spider-Man 3 (2007)Avatar (2009)The Social Network (2010)The Dark Knight Rises (2012)The Avengers (2012)The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)Captain America: Civil War (2016)Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)Avengers: End Game (2019)Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)Oppenheimer (2023)Snow White (2025)Avengers: Doomsday (2026)Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027)Marvel's X-Men (2028)With thanks to Richard Gay and The Sun Pub on London's Drury Lane.Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency productionProduced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and Nicki Glossop© HLA Agency
296. Jazz, Apartheid and the Brubeck Legacy in PLAYING THE CHANGES: TRACKING DARIUS BRUBECK
20:16||Season 2, Ep. 296This 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 announced, into a broader, independently-financed story spanning Poland and Durban. Darius Brubeck reflects candidly on growing up in his father's shadow, the 'dynastic' continuity jazz offered black South African audiences under apartheid, and the guidance of his wife Catherine in shaping how he used his own talents for purpose rather than pure virtuosity.This episode was recorded at the Provence Arts Festival du Film, an annual festival founded by Lucy Darwin, dedicated to documentary cinema and the arts held in the hilltop village of Ménerbes, which this year focused on music documentaries.This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and recorded and edited by Richard Gay.With thanks to Lucy Darwin and the Provence Arts Festival du Film, and to Darius Brubeck and Michiel ten Kleij.Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production© HLA AgencyKermode on Film is an HLA Agency production© HLA Agency
295. Mark on ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO with Kevin Macdonald & David Katznelson
24:52||Season 2, Ep. 295Mark 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 at the Provence Arts Festival du Film, an annual festival founded by Lucy Darwin, dedicated to documentary cinema and the arts held in the hilltop village of Ménerbes, which this year focused on music documentaries.This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and recorded and edited by Richard Gay.With thanks to Lucy Darwin and the Provence Arts Festival du Film, and to Kevin Macdonald and David Katznelson.Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production© HLA Agency