Kermode on Film

• Why are Film Festivals and Awards important? Are they?

  Mark Kermode and Jack Howard share the stories, and unpack the mysteries and the madness of Awards and Festivals in this edition of Kermode On Film.MK3D and Kermode On Film are HLA Agency productionsThis episode was edited by Jack Howard© HLA Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Harris Dickinson on URCHIN and Nadia Latif on THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT

  In this second half of the MK3D show recorded at the BFI Southbank on Monday 15 September 2025, Mark is joined by two exciting talents discussing their recent work.Following acclaimed performances in Beach Rats, Triangle of Sadness, County Lines, and Baby Girl, Harris Dickinson discusses URCHIN, reflecting on his experience stepping behind the camera for this role. Nadia Latif shares insights into her feature debut as a director with The Man in My Basement, revealing her creative process. Together, they offer a fascinating look at emerging voices in cinema and the films that have inspired them.If you haven’t heard the first half of this show, here it is: https://embed.acast.com/$/8a257350-1687-4883-9a3f-04a262d6cded/cillian-murphy-on-steve-and-bfi-lff-highlights-with-kristy-m? 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)These films are essential viewing.Watch them. Love them. Share them.They are masterpieces.Mark Kermode Live in 3D and Kermode on Film are HLA Agency productions.This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.© HLA Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Cillian Murphy on STEVE and BFI LFF highlights with Kristy Matheson

  In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark welcomes two brilliant guests for a lively film conversation, recorded at the BFI Southbank on Monday 15 September 2025.This is Part 1 of that show, in which Mark is joined by Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy to talk about his role in the new feature STEVE, directed by Tim Mielants. He also talks about the film that influenced his work as an actor, John Cassavetes' A Woman Under The Influence.Mark is also joined by Kristy Matheson, the director of the BFI London Film Festival, who talks us through some of her highlights, including the opening film WAKE UP DEAD MAN, and the closing film 100 NIGHTS OF HERO, and many more.In the second half of the 15 September MK3D show, Mark is joined by Nadia Latif and Harris Dickinson to talk about their respective directorial debuts, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT and URCHIN.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)These films are essential viewing.Watch them. Love them. Share them.They are masterpieces.Mark Kermode Live in 3D and Kermode on Film are HLA Agency productionsThis episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones© HLA Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• TWO Oscar-winning guests join the SURROUND SOUND special

  Not one but TWO Oscar-winning composers join Mark Kermode on stage at the BFI Southbank to talk all things movie music, for the launch of the new book, Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, co-written by Mark with Jenny Nelson.First up, Rachel Portman, the first woman composer to win an Oscar and the only woman to be nominated more than once, talks about her award-winning score for Emma (1996), illustrating how she developed the themes on the piano. She also touches on her scores for We Were The Lucky Ones, Never Let Me Go, and her commercial work.Next to join the conversation is Anne Dudley, who won an Oscar for The Full Monty (1997). She too illustrates some of her work on the piano, for Elle for instance, and she discusses new release Signs Of Life, which she scored and which is also her debut as producer.Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, co-written by Mark with Jenny Nelson, is released by Picador and is available wherever you get your books, now.---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)These films are essential viewing.Watch them. Love them. Share them.They are masterpieces.MK3D and Kermode on Film are produced by HLA AgencyThis episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones © HLA Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Is physical media dead? Scores & needle drops with Jack Howard & Mark Kermode

  Ten years after it was commissioned, Mark's new book is published this Thursday 11th September. Mark Kermode's Surround Sound, The Stories of Movie Music, co-written by Mark with Jenny Nelson, is a thrilling take on how great scores are brought to life on the silver screen.Jack Howard joins Mark to talk about their shared love of soundtracks, and whether physical media is dead. VHS, anyone?-MK3D and Kermode On Film are HLA Agency productionsThis episode was edited by Jack Howard© HLA Agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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