Outspoken, opinionated and never lost for words, Mark is the UK's leading film critic. This twice-weekly video blog is the place where he airs his personal views on the things that most fire him up about cinema - and invites you to give your own opinions. 2014-12-05T14:58:44+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode

2014-12-05T14:58:44+00:00 2014-12-05T14:58:44+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/b8772363-5f1f-36ff-984e-8364cf5c656b Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>It’s now 10 years since Ken Russell’s controversial 1971 masterpiece The Devils was reconstructed in a director’s cut but the studio still refuses to release it. Why?</p><p></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-0" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div><p> <em>Why the director's cut of Ken Russell’s The Devils still hasn't been released.</em> </p></div><div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Related Content</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/markkermode/2011/11/our_ken.html">Our Ken</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/posts/the_devil_is_in_the_detail">The Devil Is In The Detail</a></p> </div>

2014-07-22T11:47:20+00:00 2014-07-22T11:47:20+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/305e7356-d681-37d0-a820-9800b202e100 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>Here’s my personal perspective on the latest Brad Pitt outing...</p><p></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-1" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Related Content</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01brfy5">World War Z</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/posts/The-Flop-Formula">The Flop Formula</a></p> </div>

2014-05-13T13:38:04+00:00 2014-05-13T13:38:04+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/3f9b1e57-58f9-3fe2-85f2-97b275c50f1f Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>Are writers still seriously undervalued in the film business? Here I talk to James Moran, screenwriter of Severance and Cockneys vs Zombies, to find out what he thinks.</p><p></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-2" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2014-05-02T12:48:31+00:00 2014-05-02T12:48:31+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/35d3298c-a50d-3e8a-b537-86f32812d3ad Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The new comedy Bad Neighbours can be seen in cinemas from tomorrow onwards. But why is this when the official opening date is not until next Friday?</p><p></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-3" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2014-03-21T17:51:16+00:00 2014-03-21T17:51:16+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/bda40f71-5801-3dd1-ab65-3622dafe59c2 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The makers of the biblical epic Noah have been trying to get an audience with the Pope. So why is the Vatican’s approval so important?</p><p></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-4" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Related Content</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/posts/Noah-Show">Noah Show</a></p> </div>

2014-03-18T11:10:42+00:00 2014-03-18T11:10:42+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/a14aac5f-d581-3d13-9340-53112d0f5136 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>There was a letter sent out recently about how to correctly show Wes Anderson’s new movie The Grand Budapest Hotel. This is not the first time a director has recognised the importance of the projectionist...</p><p></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-5" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Related Content</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/posts/your_kermode_award_nominations">Your Kermode Award Nominations</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01th5lh">Grand Budapest Hotel review</a></p> </div>

2012-09-14T14:12:21+00:00 2012-09-14T14:12:21+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/c58c76dd-edb7-3a45-a0c6-0d557b244a6e Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I met up with director Bill Forsyth at the recent Shetland Film Festival where he showed me some extraordinary never-before-seen documents showing how he financed his first film That Sinking Feeling.</p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-6" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p><em>Hear Mark Kermode review the week's new films <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj">every Friday from 2pm on BBC Radio 5 live</a>. Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is also available as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode">a free podcast to download</a> and keep.</em></p> </div>

2011-08-23T13:37:22+00:00 2011-08-23T13:37:22+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/4ee74d24-74ce-3f78-b887-504c2bb031b9 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The director's cut of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001692/">Ken Russell's</a> controversial 1971 masterpiece <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/">The Devils</a> was recently given a rare screening at the BFI Southbank. Here I ask why it has still not been released on DVD and discuss the film and it's scandalous history with producer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941262/">Steve Woolley</a>.<br></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-7" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p><em>Hear Mark Kermode review the week's new films <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj">every Friday from 2pm on BBC Radio 5 live</a>. Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is also available as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode">a free podcast to download</a> and keep.</em></p> </div>

2011-07-27T09:00:00+00:00 2011-07-27T09:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/62162b7e-a232-3c77-8eb3-1ce9e0db1bff Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I'm about to go and interview the controversial and mischevious Danish director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001885/">Lars Von Trier</a>.<br>He most recently caused outrage with the tasteless <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13454999">remarks he made at the Cannes Film Festival</a> - but is anything that Von Trier says ever genuine or meant to be taken seriously?</p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-8" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Related Posts on Kermode Uncut</strong><br><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2010/01/antichrist.html">The Possession of the Antichrist</a> - did an 80s euro-horror film influence Antichrist?</p> <p><strong>Mark's reviews on 5 live</strong><br><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00c7lkm">Antichrist</a></p> <p><em>Hear Mark Kermode review the week's new films <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj">every Friday from 2pm on BBC Radio 5 live</a>. Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is also available as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode">a free podcast to download</a> and keep.</em></p> </div>

2011-07-20T14:00:00+00:00 2011-07-20T14:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/b601f610-c601-338b-ac4d-46a8a9ba2c4f Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>There's been <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010714/Transformers-3-Did-Michael-Bay-recycle-footage-The-Island.html">a lot of kerfuffle recently about the fact that Michael Bay has reused shots</a> from his film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/">The Island</a> in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00hzjhn">Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon</a>. There's nothing new about this, filmmakers have been recycling footage and sound effects for decades - but is that a good thing?</p> <p></p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-9" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Related Posts on Kermode Uncut</strong><br><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2011/06/transformers_3_dark_of_the_moo.html">Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon</a> - watch Mark's incredible, wordless review<br><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2011/07/transformers_3_and_the_truth_a.html">Transformers 3 and the Truth About Blockbusters</a> - can you handle the truth?</p> <p><strong>Mark's reviews on 5 live</strong> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00hzjhn"><br>Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon</a></p> <p><em>Hear Mark Kermode review the week's new films <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj">every Friday from 2pm on BBC Radio 5 live</a>. Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is also available as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode">a free podcast to download</a> and keep.</em></p> </div>

2009-08-21T11:00:00+00:00 2009-08-21T11:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/040879fa-569c-3895-b780-b41f23ca101b Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> An Oshima retrospective at the BFI recalls a revealing story about the true nature of film censorship in the UK, in this instance concerning the Japanese master's most famous and notorious masterpiece, Ai No Corrida AKA In the Realm of the Senses.<br><br> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-10" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2009-07-21T13:00:00+00:00 2009-07-21T13:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/54023e0e-98db-3f74-8f2b-80da22c856be Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> After last year's homage de skiffle to George Lucas's animated Star Wars outing, The Clone Wars, my fellow Dodge Brothers and I have found the courage to try another summer spectacular: the Alexander Courage, in fact.<br><br> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-11" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2009-07-07T10:00:00+00:00 2009-07-07T10:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/fbf54eba-8366-3c45-8e01-80686f968843 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> Never let it be said that there is no freedom of speech on Kermode Uncut: you can be as totally wrong as you like. And in other news, how does a person pronounce the surname "Bowie." Is it possible to be apsolutist about it?<br><br> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-12" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2009-06-29T16:00:00+00:00 2009-06-29T16:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/462c2ae1-1118-3414-bcda-c35010e72be7 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> After years of bickering about movies on the radio, Doctor Simon Mayo has agreed to join me for a televisual feast of Wittertainment in the shape of 'The Screening Room'. Recorded for the Culture Show, this mini series will be appearing on your televisions and iPlayers next month. Here's a little behind the scenes preview.<br><br> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-13" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2009-06-24T16:18:29+00:00 2009-06-24T16:18:29+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/b0129894-b953-3942-960f-f762334ed7b5 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> Over the weekend, Mark joined Simon Mayo and a live audience at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, with guests including Jimi Mistry, Alan Cumming, Ian Hart, Andrew McDonald, Duncan Jones and Bill Forsyth.<br><p>Go to Mark on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/kermode.shtml">Five Live</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/kermode.shtml"></a> for more reviews and film debate.</p> <p>(Please note this content is only available to UK viewers). <br></p><br> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-14" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>