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. 2017-08-25T12:35:14+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode

2017-08-25T12:35:14+00:00 2017-08-25T12:35:14+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/8ee7de0f-5f3d-4009-bdd6-25f2fbfe9163 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I met Bourne director Paul Greengrass at the Latitude Festival recently to talk about filmmaking and his favourite movie of the year so far.</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>

2017-07-18T13:12:45+00:00 2017-07-18T13:12:45+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/bc1d560a-59aa-45cc-b00b-d7aceb553c7b Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I sat down recently with Richard Curtis, creator of Four Weddings, Notting Hill and Love Actually to talk comedy, inspiration and what has influenced his writing….</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>

2016-07-12T14:06:51+00:00 2016-07-12T14:06:51+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/67987219-7151-44f8-a372-e4c077bbdae6 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>My recent interviews with Alex Cox and Mark Cousins raised some interesting points from you...</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>

2013-02-01T16:50:26+00:00 2013-02-01T16:50:26+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/6c0cd077-8773-3311-8173-226ff0063d7c Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The big movie released this week is Flight with Denzel Washington as a pilot with an alcohol problem. This seems like the perfect time to list my five most memorable screen drunks - but what are yours?</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><div class="component prose"> <p><strong>Related content</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014kc64">Mark reviews Flight</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014k6g8">Denzel Washington interviewed by Simon Mayo</a></p><p><a title="Denzel's Top Five" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2012/02/denzels_top_five.html" target="_self">Denzel's Top Five</a></p><p> </p> </div>

2011-10-07T13:06:05+00:00 2011-10-07T13:06:05+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/32de3677-5183-3f56-8ec7-d113c29f5195 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001885/">Lars von Trier</a> has issued a statement saying that he will never speak in public again after it was revealed that he may face prosecution for the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13455855">comments he made at a press conference in Cannes</a> this year. Is his threat real and should he really be prosecuted for what he said?</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 Posts on Kermode Uncut</strong><br><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2011/07/little_white_lars.html">Little White Lars</a> - Mark prepares to interview Lars von Trier<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>

2011-08-23T13:37:22+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-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><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>

2010-05-19T10:21:37+00:00 2010-05-19T10:21:37+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/a408e385-dbb0-3c2b-9807-509e062db596 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>Stephen Woolley, legendary British producer whose epic back catalogue of cinematic brilliance includes Mona Lisa, Angel, Scandal, The Big Man, Little Voice, and The Crying Game - not to mention his own directorial debut Stoned (that Rolling Stones movie you didn't see), lends us an insider's perspective on the festival after more than a quarter century of Croisettes.<br></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>

2010-05-04T15:23:21+00:00 2010-05-04T15:23:21+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/3548e5bd-f56b-3dd5-8257-8bd6011fa17e Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p> About a year ago when X Men Origins: Wolverine was released <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2009/04/piracy_240409.html">I argued that the way to stop movie piracy was to release them on all formats simultaneously.</a> But when a film comes out that I really, really, really like, I'm not so sure anymore. <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>

2009-07-15T17:00:00+00:00 2009-07-15T17:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/16da98e2-73b3-356b-8942-3617e290b690 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> Film Club with Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. With school term finishing for summer, Kermode and Mayo discuss school movies.<br><br>Unfortunately it is not possible to view this video outside of the UK due to available rights.<br><br> </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>

2009-07-15T13:00:00+00:00 2009-07-15T13:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/e0fbfeea-39b1-35c0-b4b3-f5f1d2ba5b6f Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> In this exclusive web-only interview, the visionary director behind Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro, talks to Mark Kermode about the first of his trilogy of vampire novels, The Strain.<br><br>Unfortunately it is not possible to view this video outside of the UK due to available rights.<br><br> </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>

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-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>

2009-01-08T14:00:00+00:00 2009-01-08T14:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/eb4ccefd-0dff-33df-9f9e-f415f94ad26a Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The Culture Show stages a screening for a specially invited audience. Here, the director chats about the hard-hitting side of this 'feel-good' film and his hopes for how it will be received.</p> <p>Unfortunately it is not possible to view this video outside of the UK due to available rights. </p> </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>

2008-12-17T13:11:06+00:00 2008-12-17T13:11:06+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/691a392b-c262-3de0-9da2-00f91faf5509 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> Watch some of the TV show highlights from 2008, including a return to the location of 'Local Hero', a glitzy premiere at the closing night of the smallest cinema in the UK and revisiting the streets of Liverpool with Terence Davies, director of 'Of Time and the City'.<br>For the full version of each clip, please go to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow/videos/genre/film/">The Culture Show: Film </a><br><br>Unfortunately it is not possible to view this video outside of the UK due to available rights. <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>

2008-11-19T12:33:56+00:00 2008-11-19T12:33:56+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/749c61fb-f779-3e6e-811b-187b6cb02155 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> How to cope with an icon (she does quite well).<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>

2008-05-09T15:01:47+00:00 2008-05-09T15:01:47+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/c70bf3c3-b351-3182-ab70-12dc79adaa3d Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> Burying the hatchet with the boom-wielding provocateur.<br><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>