en Kermode Uncut Feed 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. Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:35:14 +0000 Zend_Feed_Writer 2 (http://framework.zend.com) https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode The Greengrass effect Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:35:14 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/8ee7de0f-5f3d-4009-bdd6-25f2fbfe9163 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/8ee7de0f-5f3d-4009-bdd6-25f2fbfe9163 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

I met Bourne director Paul Greengrass at the Latitude Festival recently to talk about filmmaking and his favourite movie of the year so far.

]]> 0 Richard Curtis Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:12:45 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/bc1d560a-59aa-45cc-b00b-d7aceb553c7b https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/bc1d560a-59aa-45cc-b00b-d7aceb553c7b Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

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….

]]> 0 Cox and Cousins Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:06:51 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/67987219-7151-44f8-a372-e4c077bbdae6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/67987219-7151-44f8-a372-e4c077bbdae6 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

My recent interviews with Alex Cox and Mark Cousins raised some interesting points from you...

]]> 0 Flying High? Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:50:26 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/6c0cd077-8773-3311-8173-226ff0063d7c https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/6c0cd077-8773-3311-8173-226ff0063d7c Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

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?

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]]> 0 Triers Of A Clown Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:06:05 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/32de3677-5183-3f56-8ec7-d113c29f5195 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/32de3677-5183-3f56-8ec7-d113c29f5195 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

Lars von Trier has issued a statement saying that he will never speak in public again after it was revealed that he may face prosecution for the comments he made at a press conference in Cannes this year. Is his threat real and should he really be prosecuted for what he said?

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]]> 0 The Devil Is In The Detail Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:37:22 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/4ee74d24-74ce-3f78-b887-504c2bb031b9 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/4ee74d24-74ce-3f78-b887-504c2bb031b9 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

The director's cut of Ken Russell's controversial 1971 masterpiece The Devils 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 Steve Woolley.

Hear Mark Kermode review the week's new films every Friday from 2pm on BBC Radio 5 live. Kermode & Mayo's Film Review is also available as a free podcast to download and keep.

]]> 0 Cannes 2010 - My Day 6, Stephen Woolley's Year 29 Wed, 19 May 2010 10:21:37 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/a408e385-dbb0-3c2b-9807-509e062db596 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/a408e385-dbb0-3c2b-9807-509e062db596 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

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.

]]> 0 One from the Heartless Tue, 04 May 2010 15:23:21 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/3548e5bd-f56b-3dd5-8257-8bd6011fa17e https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/3548e5bd-f56b-3dd5-8257-8bd6011fa17e Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

About a year ago when X Men Origins: Wolverine was released I argued that the way to stop movie piracy was to release them on all formats simultaneously. But when a film comes out that I really, really, really like, I'm not so sure anymore.

]]> 0 The Culture Show: Screening Room Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/16da98e2-73b3-356b-8942-3617e290b690 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/16da98e2-73b3-356b-8942-3617e290b690 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode Film Club with Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. With school term finishing for summer, Kermode and Mayo discuss school movies.

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]]> 0 The Culture Show: Guillermo del Toro Interview Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/e0fbfeea-39b1-35c0-b4b3-f5f1d2ba5b6f https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/e0fbfeea-39b1-35c0-b4b3-f5f1d2ba5b6f Mark Kermode Mark Kermode 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.

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]]> 0 Five Live in Edinburgh: the Best Bits Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:18:29 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/b0129894-b953-3942-960f-f762334ed7b5 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/b0129894-b953-3942-960f-f762334ed7b5 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode 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.

Go to Mark on Five Live for more reviews and film debate.

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]]> 0 The Culture Show: Danny Boyle Interview Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/eb4ccefd-0dff-33df-9f9e-f415f94ad26a https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/eb4ccefd-0dff-33df-9f9e-f415f94ad26a Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

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.

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]]> 0 The Culture Show: Kermodean Highlights from 2008 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:06 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/691a392b-c262-3de0-9da2-00f91faf5509 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/691a392b-c262-3de0-9da2-00f91faf5509 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode 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'.
For the full version of each clip, please go to The Culture Show: Film

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]]> 0 Behind the Scenes with Angelina Jolie Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:33:56 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/749c61fb-f779-3e6e-811b-187b6cb02155 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/749c61fb-f779-3e6e-811b-187b6cb02155 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode How to cope with an icon (she does quite well).

]]> 0 A Brush with Broomfield Fri, 09 May 2008 15:01:47 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/c70bf3c3-b351-3182-ab70-12dc79adaa3d https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/c70bf3c3-b351-3182-ab70-12dc79adaa3d Mark Kermode Mark Kermode Burying the hatchet with the boom-wielding provocateur.

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