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. 2017-08-22T12:03:16+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode

2017-08-22T12:03:16+00:00 2017-08-22T12:03:16+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/8f9adb8e-a364-4543-b2d9-dafe7d7d9e7f Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>Your Name is about to be re-released in IMAX theatres. I loved it the first time around - will it be improved by the new format?</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></div>

2017-06-30T13:09:15+00:00 2017-06-30T13:09:15+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/ec0ac5c7-def8-4e63-b6df-1554fe677502 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I love Heal The Living - the new film by Katell Quillévéré. Not enough people saw it in the cinema - here is why you should find it on DVD...</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>

2017-06-08T11:54:06+00:00 2017-06-08T11:54:06+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/74e4e618-2ef6-4190-9e66-b533825397a6 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>There’s brilliant new animation out now called My Life As A Courgette - it turns out to be a remake. Or does it?</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>

2017-02-14T11:22:07+00:00 2017-02-14T11:22:07+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/56fef391-c985-474a-aa8f-095f8730e53b Mark Kermode <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><div class="component prose"> <p>The brilliant German comedy drama Toni Erdmann is apparently going to be remade with Jack Nicholson and Kristin Wiig - I really don’t understand why…</p> </div>

2016-11-29T12:11:18+00:00 2016-11-29T12:11:18+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/f25ccc8b-1bc5-4947-a4e9-d91d818cb566 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I love Your Name - the new animation by Makoto Shinkai. Like Girls Lost, a Swedish film that came out recently it’s a body swap movie - together they make a great double bill.</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>

2016-10-04T13:57:32+00:00 2016-10-04T13:57:32+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/f0e2bbab-e993-4255-b8f7-ab8847a3cfa0 Mark Kermode <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>Under The Shadow is a terrific new movie that is being put forward by the UK in the Foreign Language Oscar category. Here’s what that means...</p> </div>

2016-04-29T12:37:43+00:00 2016-04-29T12:37:43+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/e96d8f4a-0f17-4757-90c2-fb16ed5ad170 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>A new film about the singer Florence Foster Jenkins is out next week - only a few weeks ago there was a French movie called Marguerite telling the same story. Why does this happen so often?</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>

2015-03-24T14:38:43+00:00 2015-03-24T14:38:43+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/e55483ca-d382-4bfa-9ac6-6dd0a6ac421c Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I’m a big fan of subtitles for foreign language films but should animation always be dubbed?</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>