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. 2017-10-06T08:09:03+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode

2017-10-06T08:09:03+00:00 2017-10-06T08:09:03+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/bcfac705-ee9a-4fd9-807a-82b7c83e746e Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I talk to director Alex Barrett about his film London Symphony - a brilliant black and white portrait of the city with a specially composed musical score.</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>

2017-06-13T09:34:36+00:00 2017-06-13T09:34:36+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/2d20500a-a611-4710-9a42-0fe5906aa12a Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The Graduate is about to be re-released to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This got me thinking about the soundtrack to this brilliant film and how it came about...</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>

2017-05-02T15:50:12+00:00 2017-05-02T15:50:12+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/416c0f58-8ade-4625-9011-a21f13e33a44 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I meet Nicholas Dodd, conductor for the Bond films and talk soundtracks and the audience appeal of film music played live.</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>

2017-03-07T12:46:46+00:00 2017-03-07T12:46:46+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/47830d59-20e6-46ce-9459-358a79a7750f Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>Nocturnal Animals was largely ignored in the recent Academy Awards - I’m particularly amazed that the wonderful music in the film was overlooked.</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>

2017-02-10T15:00:02+00:00 2017-02-10T15:00:02+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/098bcee5-0f16-433e-b521-715eef40d5d2 Mark Kermode <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>Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver is back in cinemas. It’s extraordinary score is the last piece to be composed by the great Bernard Herrmann.</p> </div>

2016-12-09T12:52:48+00:00 2016-12-09T12:52:48+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/b60f5888-e54e-4eb8-9c8b-bb506c6c4d37 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The soundtrack of one of my all time favourite films is finally released on CD. What are your most treasured scores that remain unavailable?</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>

2016-09-20T09:48:43+00:00 2016-09-20T09:48:43+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/8c9fb8f5-1cca-4948-8a4b-db33869e4ee8 Mark Kermode <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>I talk to Jason Singh, the extraordinary vocal artist, about his live beatbox accompaniment of John Grierson's iconic 1929 documentary 'Drifters'.</p> </div>

2016-09-13T10:59:02+00:00 2016-09-13T10:59:02+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/433e8ba9-04f2-403f-9f6a-e7257cff82b6 Mark Kermode <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>I talk to filmmaker Kim Longinotto and musician Richard Hawley about their wonderful collaboration on Love Is All - a documentary voyage through a century of love on film...</p> </div>

2016-07-08T09:16:59+00:00 2016-07-08T09:16:59+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/82888ad0-6a37-44af-bab6-44e82a04879f Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>Mark highlights the work of Warren Ellis who composed the score to Mustang.</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>

2016-05-06T12:54:41+00:00 2016-05-06T12:54:41+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/55fa1f8f-6729-4c3e-a70d-96e7fd3318b0 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>Room is out on DVD and BluRay on Monday. I love the film which and its wonderfully understated score by Stephen Rennicks.</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>

2015-05-12T14:37:51+00:00 2015-05-12T14:37:51+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/10654830-6bfe-420f-9bdc-4cc595691d82 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I’ve got a radio series on soundtrack music starting tomorrow - one of the featured<br />films is Jeremy - a movie I first saw as the B feature on a double bill...</p> </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>