Podcast
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
BBC Radio 5 Live
Mark Kermode joins Simon Mayo to give his verdict on the week's movies
Episodes
250
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Apr 1, 2022
Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City. Plus reviews of The Bad Guys, Morbius, True Things & Sonic 2.
Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock talk about The Lost City.Plus Mark reviews Morbius, which features show favourite Jared Leto as Biochemist Michael Morbius; True Things, Harry Wootliff’s drama starring Ruth Wilson as a young …
2:03:34Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Mar 25, 2022
Jake Gyllenhaal & Yahya Abdul Matten II, Ambulance, The Worst Person in the World, Chopper, Master and Escape from Mogadishu
Jake Gyllenhaal & Yahya Abdul Matten II talk about their roles in Michael Bay’s latest, Ambulance about two robbers who steal an ambulance after a heist. Plus Mark reviews Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person …
1:59:36Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Mar 18, 2022
Simon Farnaby, The Phantom of the Open, Paris 13th District, Master, X, Deep Water and Three Floors
Simon Farnaby talks about his new film The Phantom of the Open, about Maurice Flitcroft, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst …
1:49:10Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Mar 11, 2022
Sean Baker, Red Rocket, Turning Red, Wolf, Feast, The Seed, Great Freedom and The Adam Project
Director Sean Baker talks about his new film Red Rocket, about a washed-up adult film actor who returns to his small Texas hometown,Mark will also review Feast, about the infamous 2007 HIV incident in …
1:51:29Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Mar 4, 2022
Clio Barnard talks about Ali and Ava. Plus reviews of The Batman, The Weekend Away, Against the Ice and The Sanctity Of Space
Director Clio Barnard talks about her new film Ali and Ava, which stars Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook as the titular characters. Mark will also review The Batman, which stars Robert Pattinson and Zoe …
1:51:01Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Feb 25, 2022
Dave Grohl talks about Studio 666, plus Cyrano, The Duke, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Hellbender and The Godfather
Dave Grohl talks about his role in Studio 666, about Foo Fighters moving into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.Mark reviews Cyrano, Joe …
2:22:04Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Feb 18, 2022
Helen Mirren, Dog, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here Before, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1), Kimi and Old Henry
Dame Helen Mirren talks about her role in The Duke. Mark reviews Dog, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Here Before, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Act 1), Kimi and Old Henry.Plus Simon and Mark talk through …
2:04:17Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Feb 11, 2022
Andrea Riseborough, Death on the Nile, Marry Me, Flee, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Petrov’s Flu.
Andrea Riseborough talks about her role in new drama Here Before.Mark reviews Chuckles Branagh’s Death on the Nile, about Hercule Poirot’s investigation of the murder of a young heiress in Egypt; Marry Me, in …
2:05:52Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Feb 4, 2022
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Souvenir Part II, Moonfall, Belle, Jackass Forever, the reissue of Jules et Jim
Jessica Chastain talks about The Eyes of Tammy Faye, an intimate look at the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye BakkerMark reviews The Souvenir Part II, about which its writer director Joanna …
2:06:51Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Jan 28, 2022
Joanna Hogg, Sing 2, A Journal for Jordan, The King’s Daughter, Amulet, Taming the Garden, Parallel Mothers and Flag Day.
Joanna Hogg talks about her new film The Souvenir Part II. Mark reviews new animation Sing 2, about an anthropomorphic koala called Buster Moon and his friends who must persuade a reclusive rock star …
2:02:55Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Jan 21, 2022
Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley, Belfast, A Journal for Jordan, Memory Box, The King’s Daughter
Guillermo del Toro talks about his new film Nightmare Alley, the second film adaptation of the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. It stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Toni …
2:05:57Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Jan 14, 2022
Sir Kenneth Branagh, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Cow, Scream, Ascension, Memoria and Save the Cinema
Sir Kenneth Branagh talks about his new film Belfast. Mark reviews Scream, set twenty-five years after the original series of murders in Woodsboro; Joel Coen’s adaptation of Sir William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, …
2:02:45Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Jan 7, 2022
Peter Dinklage, Munich: The Edge of War, Minyan, Ailey, A Hero and Boiling Point
Ben Bailey Smith talks to Peter Dinklage about his role in Cyrano. Plus Anna Bogutskaya reviews the new 4k restoration of Truffaut's The 400 Blows; Boiling Point, which stars Stephen Graham as a head …
1:55:52Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Dec 31, 2021
Best of 2021
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo with their best reviews and interviews from 2021 including their chats with Sigourney Weaver, Emma Stone and Lakeith Stanfield and Mark's reviews of Wild Mountain Thyme, Greenland, Summer of …
1:52:31Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Dec 24, 2021
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss, The Matrix Resurrections, The King’s Man, Titane and Licorice Pizza.
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss talk about their new film, The Matrix Resurrections, in which we return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. Mark reviews …
2:11:21Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Dec 17, 2021
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Nine Days
Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about her new film The Lost Daughter. Mark reviews that film plus the rest of the week’s new releases The Tender Bar, about a boy growing up on Long Island who …
2:03:51Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Dec 10, 2021
Steven Spielberg, Ariana DeBose, West Side Story, Don’t Look Up and Being the Ricardos
Steven Spielberg and Ariana DeBose talk to Simon about West Side Story. Mark reviews that film, along with Don’t Look Up, which stars Leo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as two low-level astronomers who must …
2:02:52Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Dec 3, 2021
Riz Ahmed, Encounter, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and C'mon C'mon
Riz Ahmed talks to Simon about his role as Malik Khan in Michael Pearce’s Encounter. Mark reviews that film, along with Silent Night, the horror/comedy Keira Knightley came on the show to talk about …
1:55:07Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Nov 26, 2021
Keira Knightley, Encanto, House of Gucci and Pirates
Keira Knightley talks to Simon about her role as Nell in Silent Night. Plus reviews of new Disney animation Encanto, about a young Colombian girl who has to face the frustration of being the …
1:55:59Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Nov 19, 2021
Adam Driver talks about his role as Mauricio Gucci in House of Gucci, plus film reviews.
Adam Driver talks about his role as Maurizio Gucci in House of Gucci. Plus reviews of Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, with Benedict Cumberbatch as charismatic rancher Phil Burbank; Ghostbusters Afterlife, about …
2:04:00Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Nov 12, 2021
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!, Mothering Sunday and Cry Macho
Andrew Garfield talks about his role in Tick, Tick… Boom!, about a promising young theatre composer who on the cusp of his 30th birthday navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an …
1:59:42Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Nov 5, 2021
Kristen Stewart, Spencer, The Card Counter, Eternals and Finch
Kristen Stewart talks to Simon about her role as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, which Mark also reviews. Plus we have reviews of Paul Schrader’s The Card COunter, which tells the story of …
2:01:08Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Oct 29, 2021
Chloe Zhao, Thomasin McKenzie, Last Night in Soho and Antlers
Chloe Zhao talks about her new film Eternals, Thomasin McKenzie tells us about starring in Edgar Wright’s new film.Plus we have reviews of Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone on its 20th Anniversary re-release; …
1:46:13Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Oct 22, 2021
Denis Villeneuve, Dune, The French Dispatch, The Harder They Fall and The Boss Baby 2: Family Business
Simon and Mark’s guest is Denis Villeneuve, who talks about his film Dune, based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel and starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya. Plus we have reviews of …
2:19:41Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Oct 15, 2021
Sir Michael Caine, Halloween Kills, Venom, Ron’s Gone Wrong, The Last Duel and The Velvet Underground
Sir Michael Caine talks about his new movie Best Sellers, about a cranky, retired author who reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.Plus we have reviews of Halloween …
2:15:33Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Oct 8, 2021
Jeymes Samuels & Regina King, No Sudden Move, The Addams Family 2 and Deadly Cuts.
Jeymes Samuel and Regina King talk about their new Western, The Harder They Fall. Plus we have reviews of Claudia Llosa’s Fever Dream; animation The Addams Family 2, a sequel to the 2019 animated …
2:14:03Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Oct 1, 2021
Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer, Anne at 13000 ft, Next Door and No Time to Die
Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer talk about their new film The Last Duel , about King Charles VI declaring that Knight Jean de Carrouges should settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him …
2:20:41Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Sep 24, 2021
Michael Gandolfini, The Many Saints of Newark
Mark and Simon’s guest is Michael Gandolfini, who’s talking about his film The Many Saints of Newark, the Sopranos prequel. Plus we have reviews of The Green Knight, David Lowery’s fantasy retelling of the …
2:09:33Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Sep 17, 2021
Luke Wilson, 12 Mighty Orphans, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Starling and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Mark and Simon’s guest is Luke Wilson, who stars in depression-era sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans. Plus we have reviews of Mandibles, about simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu who find a giant fly trapped …
2:10:48Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · Sep 10, 2021
Jennifer Hudson, Respect, Herself, Copshop and The Voyeurs
Mark and Simon’s guest is Jennifer Hudson, who talks to us about her role as Aretha Franklin in Respect, which tells the story of the icon’s career from a child singing in her father's …
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