In this week’s episode of the MK3D show actress Naomi Ackie joins Mark to talk about starring in the incredible biopic, WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY. Naomi talks about singing live in front of Stanley Tucci and talks passionately about her love of acting.
Mark also welcomes Brett Morgen, director of the incredible MOONAGE DAYDREAM. Brett discusses his editing process for the film and bonds with Mark over a shared love of Bowie.
WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY is available to watch on Netflix and MOONAGE DAYDREAM is available to rent on Prime Video.
This episode of Kermode On Film is the first half of the MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank in February 2023.
Thank you for listening!
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The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:
- Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.
- Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.
- Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.
- The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.
We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.
They are masterpieces!
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.
Cover photo by Julie Edwards.
This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.
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Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
The End of the F…ing World
Master of None
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Lady Macbeth
Blue Jasmine
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Moonage Daydream
Breathless (1983)
David Holzman’s Diary
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
One from the Heart
Fantasia
Heaven’s Gate
Cast and Crew mentioned in this episode:
Kasi Lemmons
Johnny Flynn
Clarke Peters
Stanley Tucci
Clive Davis
Tom Cruise
Florence Pugh
Cosmo Jarvis
Robert de Niro
Cate Blanchett
Kenneth Anger
Jim McBride
L.M. Kit Carson
Jean-Luc Godard
Francis Ford Coppola
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