Mark Kermode reviews Days of the Bagnold Summer. When teenager Daniel has his trip to America cancelled, he finds himself stuck at home for the summer with his mum, Sue. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to ou…

Mark and Jack Howard swap views on The Exorcist - which Jack has watched for the first time. Will they see eye to eye - or will this be the end of a beautiful friendship? Be afraid...Be very afraid... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark Kermode reviews Dating Amber. In the 1990s in Ireland, two school friends pretend to be in a straight relationship in order to stop people questioning their sexuality. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to…

Mark Kermode reviews A Rainy Day in New York. College student Gatsby Welles and his girlfriend Ashleigh head to New York for what it supposed to be a romantic weekend, but are thrown off course by both the weather and the people they meet. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views o…

Mark and Edith Bowman, sitting in for Simon, are joined by Judd Apatow, who talks about his new film The King of Staten Island. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including Simon Bird’s directorial debut Days of the Bagnold Summer, Dating Amber, an Irish film about two school friend…

Previous winner of the Costa Book of the Year prize Nathan Filer joins Robin Ince in a hotel room back in January to chat about his new book, This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health. They talk about the inspiration behind the book and Nathan's time working as a psychiatric nurse and in mental health research. To hear an extended version…

#88: The second half of the latest digital MK3D show featuring an exclusive full-length interview with actor, director and all round legend Andy Serkis. Including his guilty cinematic pleasure and the film that changed his life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Simran Hans reviews Only The Animals. A woman disappears in a snowstorm and police focus on five people - each with links to the missing woman, and each with a secret. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Simran’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to ou…

Simran Hans reviews Mike Wallace is Here. Documentary charting the storied career of 60 Minutes journalist and interviewer, Mike Wallace. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Simran’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, in…

Simran Hans reviews The High Note. A personal assistant with dreams of becoming a music producer and her superstar singer boss come up with a plan that could alter the course of their lives. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Simran’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, …

Rosamund Pike joins Simran Hans and Edith Bowman to talk about Radioactive. She also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Mike Wallace is here, about the legendary American reporter, Only the Animals, a French film about a woman who goes missing by director Domink Moll a…

Brian Greene is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Columbia University and one of the best selling science authors of all time. His latest book, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe, is a personal look at some of the fundamental questions of existence through the lens of physics. He chats to Rob…

#87: The first half of the latest digital MK3D show featuring exclusive full-length interviews with Simon Bird and Monica Dolan on their new film 'Days of the Bagnold Summer' plus Mark says hello to Jason Isaacs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark Kermode recommends 1967's Far From the Madding Crowd as his U-rated film to watch this week - and listener Martin Impey suggests a new, spin-off feature. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, interviews and general wittering of the highest order: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj/episodes/downloads / …

Mark Kermode reviews The Lovebirds. A couple whose relationship is on the rocks find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery and having to save their own lives along with their relationship. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, w…

Mark Kermode reviews The County. A farmer takes aim at corruption and injustice in her community following the death of her husband. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, interview…

Mark Kermode reviews Take Me Somewhere Nice. Alma, a young Bosnian-Dutch woman, heads to Bosnia to visit the father she barely knows, after he is admitted to hospital. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our …

Marielle Heller drops by to talk It’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, which she directed. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including action comedy The Lovebirds, about a couple who are unintentionally wrapped up in a murder mystery, drama Take Me Somewhere Nice and Icelandic comedy, The County, about a widowed farmer beginning a…

Geneticist, author and broadcaster Dr Adam Rutherford returned to the Book Shambles studio just weeks before lockdown to talk about his latest book How to Argue with a Racist with Robin Ince. They chat about the history of race and racism, the science of race and whether race should be viewed as biological or social construct. Support the podcast a…

Mark Kermode reviews Cassandro, The Exotico! A documentary exploring the life and career of cross-dressing Mexican wrestler, Cassandro, who is re-examining his career after 26 years in the business. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like …

Mark Kermode reviews Romantic Comedy. Elizabeth Sankey’s video essay on the rom-com explores all the things to love – and hate – about the genre. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more revie…

Mark Kermode reviews The Orphanage. In 1980s Kabul, a young ticket scalper is sent to an orphanage when he is caught by the authorities. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, inter…

Mark Kermode reviews Proximity. When a promising young NASA JPL scientist is kidnapped by aliens, no one believes his story, leading to an obsession with finding definitive proof. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subsc…

George McKay drops by to talk Oscar-winning film 1917 and playing Ned Kelly in The True History of the Kelly Gang. He also gives some tips for what to watch on Lockdown. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including documentary Cassandro, The Exotico! About a gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestler who reinvents himself, sci-fi Pr…

Oliver Double is a comedian, lecturer and comedy historian and his latest book Alternative Comedy: 1979 and the Reinvention of British Stand-Up is the definitive guide to the legacy of Alternative Comedy in Britain. Oliver interviewed Robin and Josie for the book so it seemed only right Robin and Josie interview Oliver about the book. Support the p…

#85: The second half of the first ever digital MK3D featuring exclusive full-length interviews with Meera Syal, Greg Proops and Ben Roberts the newly appointed CEO of the BFI See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listener (and former member of Noah and the Whale) Charlie Fink provides Mark & Simon with his Top Ten of films about fictional bands and artists. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, interviews and general wittering of the highest order: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj/episodes/downloads / / Twitter: @…

Mark Kermode reviews Time to Hunt. In a dystopian future, a gang of young thieves commit a heist that puts a ruthless hitman on their trail. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, i…

Mark Kermode reviews The Whistlers. A corrupt Romanian police officer learns a secret coded language to keep up his contact with the mob, even while under police surveillance. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe…

Mark Kermode reviews The Wretched. A teenager faces off with an ancient witch who not only devours her victims, but makes everyone else forget that they ever existed. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our p…

Mark Kermode reviews Never Rarely Sometimes Always. A teenager and her cousin head to New York from their home in rural Pennsylvania in order to get medical assistance for an unintended pregnancy. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like th…

Amma Asante chats to Simon and Mark about the challenges of continuing to work as a film director in lockdown and gives us some tips for some films to watch. Plus your essential streaming film reviews including Eliza Hittman’s drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always, sports documentary In Search of Greatness and a film about is the journey of six stran…

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, this podcast is all about how we classify WWII films. We talk in detail about films such as Saving Private Ryan & Dunkirk and tell you all about how you can use films to explore the impact of the war with your family.By BBFC

Young Adult author Lisa Williamson joined Robin Ince in the studio (earlier this year) to talk about her new book Paper Avalanche, smuggling copies of her sister's Jackie Collins books, tackling difficult issues in YA fiction and whether Shane Meadows should make a Midlands version of Sweet Valley High... Support the podcast and get all sorts of go…

#84: The first half of the first ever digital MK3D featuring exclusive full-length interviews with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Niamh Algar, Cosmo Jarvis and Jack Howard. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark Kermode reviews Ema. A dancer and her partner begin to fall apart in the aftermath of an adoption gone wrong. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, interviews and general witt…

Listener Richard Clark gives Mark and Simon his top ten of the best films set in Yorkshire - a list that Mark thinks has some glaring omissions. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, interviews and general wittering of the highest order: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj/episodes/downloads / / Twitter: @Wi…

Mark Kermode reviews The Assistant. A day in the life of a young graduate, working as the assistant to a powerful entertainment executive. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, int…

Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan talk Calm with Horses, their film set in Ireland where lives are torn apart and loyalties tested when choices must be made between drug-dealing and family. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews including drama The Assistant starring Julia Garner, horror film Reborn and Pablo Larraín’s Ema, which focuses on a …

Mark and Jack Howard compare their top 5 most underrated films - Part 2. The first half was posted on Tuesday. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Another episode we recorded in the studio when such things were possible, Robin chats with Matthew Cobb, Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester and author of the acclaimed new book The Idea of the Brain. They chat about Matthew's new book, free will and what it was like working with David Attenborough. Support the podcast and get exte…

Mark and Jack Howard compare their top 5 most underrated films - Part 1. The second half will be available this Thursday. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark Kermode reviews Moffie. In Apartheid-era South Africa the relationship between two young recruits doing their compulsory military service puts them both in danger. / / Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. / / If you like this, why not subscribe to our…