For this week’s Friday special, we’ve invited actor Sophie Lowe and director Petr Jákl to the show. Together, they made the historical epic feature film Medieval, also starring the great Michael Caine, Ben Foster, Til Schweiger, only to name a few.
You might know Sophie from the TV shows Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013), The Returned (2015) The Beautifu ... Show More
Yesterday
Neil Marshall & Liz Farahadi on short film-making, short film festival submissions, SohoLIFF and making their short film 'Keep Young and Beautiful'
Joining us today is the directing great Neil Marshall (Dog Soildiers, The Decent) and the inspiring actress and producer Liz Farahadi to talk about SHORT film making, the things that can go wrong, why they are important, why planning is vital and how you always need to be ready t ... Show More
1h 12m
Jul 2
Destry Allyn Spielberg on Making Your Debut indie film 'Please Don't Feed the Children' as a director
When your last name is Spielberg, there's naturally a certain legacy, but our guest today is Destry Allyn Spielberg, a talented director and actor who's confidently stepping into her own light, proving her unique voice and vision away from her famous father Steven Spielberg. You ... Show More
40m 56s
Jun 25
Jerry Bruckheimer & Joseph Kosinski join Stephen Followers to talk F1, Brad Pitt, AI, Action, Race Cars and making movies!!
The legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock, Top Gun) and ace director (and returning guest) Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun Maverick) join Stephen Follows to talk their latest movie F1. From launching careers and creating timeless hits like "Flashdance" and the original "Beverly ... Show More
32m 4s
Jan 2025
Cynthia Erivo on WICKED and Connor Swindells on WILLIAM TELL
Thank you for listening to Kermode on Film.
At the top of the show, Mark Kermode pays tribute to the late great David Lynch who passed away this week.He is joined by Cynthia Erivo to talk about her role as Elphaba in Wicked, and about one of the performances that inspired her, by ... Show More
47m 37s
Nov 2024
Is Wicked Pop-u-lar with Mark?
Thomasin McKenzie is this week’s guest—star of Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night in Soho’, Mark’s film of the year 2018 ‘Leave No Trace’—and now ‘Joy’, a new Netflix drama about the development of IVF treatment at Oldham hospital in the 1970s. Written by Jack Thorne, the film’s medical ... Show More
1h 11m
Nov 2018
The Romanoffs S:1 House of Special Purpose E:3
Hosts Yasmine Tanres, Amy Maestri, and Taylor Gates break down episode 3 of The Romanoffs: “The House of Special Purpose” whilst being haunted by their engineer Tony Becerra. This week in Austria, the Romanovs decide to haunt intense director Jacqueline while actress Olivia conte ... Show More
52m 15s
Mar 2024
Oscars 2024 Best Picture Special
With the 2024 Academy Awards taking place on Sunday, the most trusted voices in film Mark and Simon are here to guide you through the 10 films in the running for Best Picture. Featuring highlights from interviews with directors Greta Gerwig, Celine Song and Jonathan Glazer, and a ... Show More
1h 9m
Feb 2025
Warren Ellis on I'm Still Here and composing, and Fiona Shaw on Hot Milk
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 S ... Show More
51m 53s
Feb 2024
#605 — Jessica Chastain & Peter Sarsgaard, Wim Wenders, Fernando Meirelles
It's another jam-packed episode of the Empire Podcast this week, folks. Our guest cup certainly overfloweth, as Olly Richards sits down on Zoom with Memory stars Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard (21:17 - 37:40 approx.), Ian Freer talks Kurosawa, Columbo, German goalkeepers an ... Show More
1h 54m
Oct 2024
Emilia Pérez: Have We Found the Film of the Year?
This week, Simon and Mark interrupt Ben Wheatley’s breakfast (sadly not Wheaties) to about his new comedy horror miniseries ‘Generation Z’, which sees an army truck crash outside a care home, infecting the residents and leaving four teenage friends to deal with the deadly consequ ... Show More
1h 12m