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This month, Mark once again was an integral part of the Provence Arts Festival du Film, an annual festival dedicated to documentary cinema and the arts held in the hilltop Luberon village of Ménerbes, founded by Lucy Darwin, which this year focuses on music documentaries. This is the first of a few episodes from the festival. Today Mark is joined by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth to talk about…
Recorded in the mosquito-infested fields of Latitude Festival, Mark and Jack dig into film music to mark the paperback release of Mark's book Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, co-written with Jenny Nelson. They talk composer-director shorthand including John Williams and the "shark" scene from Jaws , Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan's one-page brief for Interstellar; they discuss the…
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to Imran Perretta about his moving debut feature ISH and to Jason Isaacs about the eight projects he's filmed back to back recently If you missed the first half of this edition of Mark Kermode Live in 3D at the BFI Southbank, listen to episode 290, in which Mark talks to founder of the Straight 8 Film Competition Ed Sayers about his documentary…
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard discuss Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey at the Sun Pub on Drury Lane Other films mentioned in this episode: Silent Running (1972) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Dark Knight (2008) Dunkirk (2017) Society (1989) Oppenheimer (2023) Spirited Away (2001) Interstellar (2014) Inception (2010) The Ninth Configuration (1980) The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (2001-3) With thanks…
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to the founder of the Straight 8 Film Competition, Ed Sayers about his documentary feature SUPER NATURE, a stunning exploration of the natural world filmed on Super 8 Film by 40 filmmakers from all across the world. Next, he welcomes Sian Clifford to talk about her new feature LADY, a surreal mockumentary which follows a lonely aristocrat's attempt to…
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard discuss Matt Johnson's Canadian comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie at the Sun pub in London's West End. Other films mentioned in this episode: Back To The Future (1985) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) The Hangover (2009) Borat (2006) Backrooms (2026) Obsession (2025) Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) The Holdovers (2023) Blackberry (2023) With thanks to…
Mark Kermode and Jack Howard talking about Christopher Nolan's films at The Sun Pub on Drury Lane. Films mentioned in this episode: The Odyssey Oppenheimer The Dark Knight Inception Tenet Interstellar The Prestige Dunkirk Batman Begins Memento The Dark Knight Rises Insomnia Following Silent Running The Exorcist Knowing With thanks to Richard Gay and The Sun Pub on London's Drury Lane. Kermode on…
In this episode of Kermode On Film, Mark talks to Olivia Cooke about HOUSE OF THE DRAGON series 3, and about working with Steven Spielberg. Next, he welcomes Ronni Ancona to the stage to talk about comedy, impressions, EASTENDERS and her new feature THINK OF ENGLAND. Finally, in a special pre-record, Mark talks to Lucy Darwin, founder and curator of the Provence Arts Film Festival. The festival…
In this episode of Kermode On Film, Mark talks to journalist, broadcaster and film critic, Ellen E. Jones about celebrating 100 years of Marilyn Monroe in her radio 4 series BOMBSHELL: FIVE FACES OF MARILYN MONROE (available on BBC Sounds). The series coincides with a BFI Season celebrating Marilyn's centenary, titled MARILYN MONROE: SELF-MADE STAR. Next, Mark talks to filmmaker Jeanie Finlay…
Mark and Jack discuss Disclosure Day, the new Spielberg film that raises some big questions. Not least: who's right? Other films and people mentioned in this episode: Disclosure Day Jaws Jurassic Park Jurassic World Indiana Jones X-Files Star Wars Roswell Close Encounters of the Third Kind Josh O'Connor Arrival The Butterfly Effect Donnie Darko Kurt Vonnegut Mission Impossible Beggars of Life…
