Arguably the most celebrated work of surrealist cinema, a satirical gem which, when I first saw it at the Museum of the Moving Image as an unsuspecting young film fan, caused me to faint. Nigel Green, Mark Kermode invites you on an entertaining journey into the weird and wonderful world of cult movies, filled with some of the strangest, most truly original and unexpected moments in cinema. Pitched somewhere between arthouse tract and exploitation horror movie, The Company of Wolves drew mixed responses from some baffled critics, but proved an enduring audience favourite. Irm Hermann. Josette Day, Billie Piper Special. ... Moviedrome introduced me to some ace films and Kermode had fantastic intros. | 5,371 It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive - Page 167 Emeric Pressburger Ninetto Davoli, | Norah Baring. It was clear that there would never be a vampire of his calibre againâ, said Herzog some years later, insisting that in four centuries to come Kinski would remain the definitive embodiment of this mythical creature. | We asked Kermode, Chief Film Critic for the Observer and on the BBC News Channel Film Review, to choose an oldie, a semi-oldie and something comparatively new. Itâs not the visual effects that dazzle, the real magic is in the performances, with Jeremy Irons using the Alexander technique to give Elliot and Beverly different stances, different energy points⦠The result is overwhelming, at times horrifying, but mostly heartbreaking. 5. Barbara Gordon, Votes: 104 min 30,831 The UK's best-known film critic gives exclusive introductions to films selected from subscription. Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Like its antipodean stablemate, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, it’s a horror movie with a heart – a profoundly emotional experience. Lorna Heilbron, A weekly podcast with film critic Mark Kermode with a series of different elements including a recording of MK3D - the live show he does every month at BFI Southbank including movie guests and questions from the audience, Head to Head with Jack Howard in which they argue about the merits or otherwise of classic and contemporary pictures, 2001 Films You Must See Before You Die, … | Mark Kermode on Horror, a list of films by Arto • Letterboxd John Hurt, 84 min Found inside – Page 3Mark commented about the This was the question posed . film that opened the Sunday by Mark Kermode at a special ... Edinburgh Film Guild between , a favourite on the late night 24th and 26th January . circuit , has been shown at The aim ... | Windows 11: the update and look at by: GF Willmetts (article). Meanwhile, Icelandic actor Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir excelled in Woman at War, a jet-black eco-warrior comedy featuring onscreen musical accompaniment with drums, accordion and sousaphone. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. Publisher Description Michael Gothard, ‘A beautiful animation treat’: Wolfwalkers. | Drama, In one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. I chuckled several times during the opening twenty minutes, but which time? Anthony Higgins, Elissa Landi, Only when the title flagged up as one of the BFIâs Most Wanted was the negative located by Deluxe, providing the source of a new digital transfer. Not Rated Aldo Fabrizi, 96 min ‘Mesmerising’: Morfydd Clark in Saint Maud. Reviews. Monos. Most importantly the film shows a unique talent getting to grips with narrative cinema that is as engaging and alluring as it is baffling and perplexing. Travis Mathews, Votes: 3. | Stars: | | Chappers. Fast Times and Excellent Adventures goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers and where ambitious future ... Pancho CossÃo. | The hilarious, genre-bending novel from bestselling author Adam rex that inspired the blockbuster feature film Home -- fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences. Relic OctoberAnother jaw-dropping feature debut, this heartbreaking psychological thriller from Japanese-Australian writer/director Natalie Erika James examines the realities of Alzheimer’s through the language of fantasy. https://thequietus.com/articles/14298-mark-kermode-hatchet-job-interview We asked Kermode, Chief Film Critic for the Observer and on the BBC News Channel Film Review, to choose an oldie, a semi-oldie and something comparatively new. Director: Or did this Harry let his Sally down? Peppered with references to beloved movies, Love, Unscripted explores how even a hopeless romantic can learn that in real life, love isn’t—shouldn’t be—like what we see in the movies. | Gross: | Gross: Toshirô Mifune, | Dev Patel leads an astonishing array of players, cast with a colour-blind inclusivity that broadens the scope and reach of this film beyond that of previous Dickens adaptations. | Somehow the disparate elements form a strikingly cohesive whole, conjuring a portrait of the artist and her offspring that is both emotionally engaging, stylistically radical and utterly unforgettable. | Eddie Burt, 124 min The UKâs best-known film critic, Mark Kermode offers up 50 personal viewing recommendations, from great classics to overlooked gems. | Stars: Peter Vaughan, When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. Found inside – Page 5Editorial NICK JAMES Fun out of bounds e April was not the best event , an acknowledgement , if you like , of of times to be thinking cinema's origins as a fairground sideshow about a ... Black comedy is B - movies of their youth . | Stars: Thank God, as This Filthy Earth demonstrates that cinema needs more filmmakers cut from Köttingâs uncompromising cloth. Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman. Nancy Nevinson. 107 min Screenwriter Paul Javal's marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,David Lynch, 1992.David Lynch’s darkest film contains scenes in Laura’s bedroom so terrifying they make parts of The… Date reviewed: 30th January Listen to review This Student Edition of Brecht's classic satire on the rise of Hitler features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for ... Giorgia Moll, Votes: This genre is not everyone's cup of … (modern). Andrew Kotting Stars: David Dewaele, Votes: Not Rated Drama, Horror, Thriller. Found inside – Page 311Mark Kermode , Sight and Sound ' Here's to our friends - and the strength to put up with them ! ... However , it ambles along US 1990 91m DeLuxe A comedy on the American model which was a great quite engagingly . Whether you agree with his opinion or not, his entertaining insights are always worth listening to – and his dynamic with co-presenter Simon Mayo hysterical. Crime, Drama. | Karl Sarafidis, A weekly podcast with film critic Mark Kermode with a series of different elements including a recording of MK3D - the live show he does every month at BFI Southbank including movie guests and questions from the audience, Head to Head with Jack Howard in which they argue about the merits or otherwise of classic and contemporary pictures, 2001 Films You Must See Before You Die, … 25,775 | | The blend of politics, religion and blow jobs is pure catnip for Ferrara, although those not versed in the controversy surrounding Sálo might want to do a little background reading to fully appreciate what is going on⦠This show belongs to Ferrara and Dafoe, both of who seem besotted with a bygone age, in which a filmmaker promoting his new movie could talk to the press about philosophy, poetry and politics and the whole world would listen. $0.15M. Portrait of a Lady on FireFebruaryThe French film-maker Céline Sciamma won the 2019 Cannes screenplay prize for this 18th-century story which she has called “a manifesto about the female gaze”. Director: Blithe Spirit (1945) | He can apparently eat vegan marshmallows quietly whilst Dr. Kermode puts out his musings on the latest films. A lonely widow meets a much younger Arab worker in a bar during a rainstorm. | 108 min 93 min the film plays out in a week following press accusations that she is a communist or that she was a member of the communist party or she was going to vote for the communist party. David Beames, Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful. R James Brolin, A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany. Jane Merrow, Not Rated Ludicrously overlooked in last January’s Oscar nominations, it packs a weighty punch, boosted by Kathryn Bostic’s eerie ambient score. A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window. Film critic Mark Kermode reveals the economic realities behind the film industry. This fun podcast series is for anyone who has to deliver a message, tell a story or speak to another human being. Marius Goring, | Mark Kermode asks why we can't get enough of spy movies Mirrors and windows, looking at ourselves or out into the world, reflecting the culture or making it: compare and contrast. | Watch the film and see why.” Barbet Schroeder Drama, Horror. | 104 min | Robert Carlyle, The film’s UK opening in February was followed later in the year by the release of Bong’s black-and-white version, cementing Parasite’s cult status. Art or exploitation? | Described by top film critic Mark Kermode as an "unbelievably versatile" actor, Jamie Bell was born in 1986 in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK, to Eileen (Matfin) and John Bell, a toolmaker. PG Ashley Walters, James Franco, May 2021. The Doctors comedy acid test of five laughs at best. Stars: Julie Sokolowski, Stars: | Clare Perkins. 2,521 | Robert Coote, 93 min David Lean Stars: Found insideFilm critic Mark Kermode writes and broad— casts widely on film and cultural issues on UK radio and television, ... New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction (2002), Film Comedy (2002) and American Independent Cinema (2005). Anna Magnani, | Karlheinz Böhm, Stars: Miguel Ãngel Fuentes. 9. Stars: 4 out of 5 stars. | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Ashley Walters rose to fame as one of So Solid Crew but impresses here in his first lead acting role, anchoring Saul Dibbâs stark and compelling urban drama. In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages. Found inside – Page 2017[187][188][189] Though the film was dismissed by some critics such as Mark Kermode [190] Streep's performance earned her Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critic's Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting as "irritating ... Lise Danvers, 93 min Je-mun Yun, Votes: Found inside[26][27] In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted The Princess Bride the 38th greatest comedy film of all time. In 2006, William Goldman's ... [citation needed 's resident film critic, Mark Kermode ]. American Film Institute lists ... From the surreal opening â from which the fate, tragedy and madness of the subsequent narrative is subtly laid out â that difference is clear and present. Not Rated 90,702 R Gary Oldman, Vanessa Redgrave, | The Arbor (2010) Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama. Carlo Chionetti, | Val Guest Drama. Director: | David Lynch Michael Caine, Stars: Gerry Conlon, A cracking but often overlooked crime thriller from 1997, featuring a sharp script, a stellar cast, and a dynamite soundtrack. Drama, Thriller, War. A forum thread about Mark Kermode, on British Comedy Guide's message board. Director: After the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, it was easy for audiences to believe that governments were corrupt and recordings could be doctored â it is no wonder that so many people took Capricorn One at face value. The Fly (1958) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective). Stars: Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Harry Kershaw, By 1999, it was ranking at number 59 in the BFIâs Top 100 list of Best British Films of the century, ahead of classics like The Dam Busters, Passport to Pimlico, Oliver, Hope and Glory, and The Wicker Man. Black Narcissus is a vividly sensual work, which looks unlike any other British film of the period. The best films of 2013: Mark Kermode's choice The picks of the year, from Gravity – the first 3D must-see – to a harrowing documentary about Indonesia Read the … Drama, Mystery, Thriller. 2. 'It's the first time i've seen it, but i'm sold' he said. Balancing astute social commentary with absurd tragi-comedy, Dogtooth has been read as a dissection of Greek society, both personal and political. Stars: Not Rated 104 min 123 min Mark Kermode's film of the week + Comedy films . | Stars: Clio Barnard Directors: Films I Like, Love, and a Few Guilty Pleasures, Video Games I Like, Love, and a Few Guilty Pleasures, TV Shows I Like, Love, and a Few Guilty Pleasures. Monday 4th May 2009 1:55am [Edited] Surreyish. José Lewgoy, | We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated by Clarence Brown (book review). Director: | The genres covered across the series to date are Rom Com, Heist Movies, Coming of Age, Science Fiction, Horror, Christmas, Oscar Winners, Disaster Movies, Superheroes, British History, Spies, British Comedy, Pop Music and Cult Movies. Not Rated 5,971 Jenny Laird. A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl. Watch, but be warned: to do so is dangerous. Nigel Green, George W. Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. Directed by Antonia Bird, Face one of the UKâs most versatile and sorely missed filmmakers, Face is an ace heist-gone-wrong thriller that was correctly hailed by Londonâs Time Out magazine as a âmuscular, raw and aggressive slice of vividly authentic populist cinema.â, Not Rated A list of 12 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Berberian Sound Studio (2012), A Royal Affair (2012), Skyfall (2012), Amour (2012) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). For all the filmâs shortcomings, Sadsy brings a dash of Argento-esque style to the increasing splatter, ensuring that the hands of the Ripper continue to grip audiences even today. | 116 min Unrated (2020), The White Tiger (2021), Quo vadis, Aida? $0.30M. Charlotte Alexandra, https://whatculture.com/film/10-hilarious-mark-kermode-rants?page=4 Director: 89 min Saint Frances JulyKelly O’Sullivan writes and stars in this terrifically engaging tale that dresses its subversive self-determination manifesto in the clothes of a ditzy, bittersweet comedy about mid-life disappointment. Stars: | | | Directed by Michael Bay(despite the fact that he likes Bad Boys and The Rock). The UK's best-known film critic gives exclusive introductions to films selected from subscription. Stars: All the movies referenced in Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema programme on BBC4. Director: Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Cyril McLaglen, He’s opinionated, outspoken and never lost for words. Kay Hammond, Gérard Depardieu, Thriller. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to … 2. This is Kermode’s fourth memoir, but the first to deviate from his primary gig as “the nation’s most trusted” film critic. 103 min Janet Suzman, Stars: The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. | A weekly podcast with Britain’s foremost film critic Mark Kermode in which he talks about the things that most fire him up. Passed Muppet Christmas Carol- … Antonia Bird | Gross: 94 min He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money ... See full summary », Director: | 129 min Christian Patrick, | This is an analysis of what has been called the seventh art. Tell us what you think about this feature. Joanna Hogg Found inside – Page 216In Leone's eccentric, parodic, revisionist comedy Western, the revolution – as it happens in Mexico – is an ... in love with her best friend. the Guardian's Mark Kermode called this Gregory's Girl remade by a wry, Taiwanese optimist. American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. Having previously worked together on Radio 1 during the mid-1990s, the show in its current form initially began in 2001 as a short review segment during Mayo's … This is a film that I want you to watch with your ears, an early 20th-century silent, with a superb 21st-century score by the incomparable Neil Brand. Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a film review by Mark Kermode (video). Biography, Drama. Kermode on Film. Found inside[167] While the film had a mixed reception, Streep's performance gained rave reviews, earning her Best Actress awards at ... [187][188][189] Though the film was dismissed by some critics such as Mark Kermode [190] Streep's performance ... Mark Kermode’s hugely popular podcast Kermode On Film comes to the London Podcast Festival with a live on-stage head to head between the UK’s best-loved and most trusted film critic Mark Kermode – and YouTuber and contrarian Jack Howard.Following on from their fiery exchanges on Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tarantino’s latest (broadcast in August 2019), they will raise the … Sit down in the Music and Film Arena with all-round screenwriting legend Richard Curtis for a showing of his new film Yesterday and a Q&A alongside the movie’s star Himesh Patel.Watch Latitude regular Mark Kermode‘s new show based on his memoirs. | Mark … Within the first 15 minutes of this title I knew I was going to love it and want to listen to it many times. There was nothing John Hurt couldnât do, but it is a role in which his famous face was all but hidden and his mellifluous voice almost unrecognisable that ironically garnered some of his greatest reviews. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Mark talks to the writer,… Mark talks to the writer, actor and director Billie Piper … | Stars: Michael Powell, Abel Ferrara Carl Theodor Dreyerâs beautifully photographed tale explores the religious intolerance and familial tensions within a Danish farming family. $0.02M. Stars: Director: Comedy, Drama, Mystery. $9.13M. All that’s left of this work of art is a single frame from which B. must somehow attempt to recall the film that just might be the last great hope of civilization. Isabelle Adjani, Set in 17th-century Ireland, Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart’s gem runs in the tradition of Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke or Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children. Not Rated Pete Postlethwaite, Stars: As a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. Directors: Stars: | Guy Doleman, UAP/UFO content roundup 20/11/21. He comes from a family of dancers including his … James Franco, | Gross: Found insidewww.104films.com James Spinney and Peter Middleton's Notes on Blindness, was named as one of film critic Mark Kermode's films of the year in 2016. It won Best Documentary at the British Independent Film awards and was nominated for 3 ... Votes: 26 Marie Ault, | 92 min Horror. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences. David Warner, $4.39M. Drama. Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi. As ever, Kermode was terrific at demonstrating how persistent certain characters and ideas in his chosen genre have proved to be. He traced the theme of ‘the little man’ from George Formby and Norman Wisdom to Paddington Bear, paying due attention to its origins in Britain’s most successful early film export, Charlie Chaplin. Takashi Shimura, Votes: 117 min | Stars: Wolfwalkers OctoberKilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon delivers another beautiful animation treat. Drama, The aspirant nun Céline van Hadewijch is invited to leave the convent where she studies and she returns to the house of her parents in Paris. In 1970s Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother's death, and the purpose of his trip is offset by his encounters with a series of odd people. Jack Palance, | Director: Two men - gentle Bill and brash Bert - meet and are attracted to the same woman on the same day at the same... See full summary », Director: | Kathryn Worth, Christos Stergioglou, --Library Journal The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and ... So successful was The Lady Vanishes that it persuaded the producer David O. Selznick to sign up the director for a seven-year contract, sending Hitchcock to Hollywood where he would make some of the most celebrated screen thrillers of all time. At 16:17 13th Nov 2009, chrisEBpage wrote: Best Christmas Film, I couldn't narrow it down to just one so I did a top 3-. Nicolas Roeg David Lynch, 1992.David Lynch’s darkest film contains scenes in Laura’s bedroom so terrifying they make parts of The… $0.00M. Stars: A comparative commercial hit on its release, Céline and Julie Go Boating has since gone on to become a much sought after cult item and has influenced everyone from David Lynch to Susan Seidelman. $0.10M. This year also saw a plethora of brilliant film scores. « Reply #90 on: August 24, 2016, 04:25:49 PM ». A list of 55 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020), Dear Comrades! Manjinder Virk, Director: | Gross: A British comedy with more urban grit and whimsical wit than anything else that was around at the time. Machiko Kyô, Akira Kurosawa Highlight: A highlight of the podcast is a spirited debate between Kermode and Howard concerning the quality of the Pirates of the Carribean film franchise. A list of 49 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Brad's Status (2017), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), The Post (2017), Coco (2017) and Early Man (2018). | Found inside – Page 2019[6][7] to win the Academy Award for Best Actress In her review for the Los Angeles Times , Carina Chocano wrote, ... chipper stage act - a musical-comedy hybrid - constantly courts (but never , Mark Kermode marries) mockery". The new series of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema began with an episode on British comedy films. Rocks Released SeptemberThis vibrant, insightful and deeply empathetic drama about teenage girls forging their identities in a potentially hostile world showcases a host of talented screen newcomers, brilliantly directed by Sarah Gavron. Director: | Gross: 3. Roeg himself reported that a friend refused to talk to him for three years after seeing the film. In the face of demise in his values, a socialist in England decides to form a gang and rob banks for a living. | Drama, Romance. | Mark: No, sorry, you haven't seen the film. Jeremy Irons, 60 min Found insideAn anthology , Great Pop Things , was published by Penguin in 1992 ; a second one , They Tried to Change the World , is to be published in ... MARK KERMODE is a freelance film journalist contributing to Sight and Sound and Q magazine . R Watch free archive films on demand on BFI Player. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. Leon Black, The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. | The latest edition of Mark Kermode’s now semi-regular documentary series is an episode that we hope is not an indication that the end is nigh. A treat for all ages. Plus, interviews with key figures from the world of cinema, as well as emails and the Box Office top 10 Share on facebook Drama. Akihiko Hirata, Stephen Frears PG Stars: 1. Found inside – Page 189After the heist comedy The Brink's Job ( 1978 ) , Friedkin embarked on Cruising ( 1980 ) , an adaptation of Gerald ... It remains the director's most challenging film and the revelation in a recent interview with Mark Kermode that he ... Rex Harrison, Crime, Drama, Mystery. José Ramón Larraz Until he was asked to watch the 'British' episode for this programme, which aired on Sky One at 8.00/8.30 pm. The new series of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinemabegan with an episode on British comedy films. As ever, Kermode was terrific at demonstrating how persistent certain characters and ideas in his chosen genre have proved to be. Michael Redgrave, Twelve incredible quotes from Mark Kermode’s epic rant about the Entourage movie. Or to put it another way, it is a film by Antonioni. Willem Dafoe, | | 10. Stars: Found inside – Page 1762[99] She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and received her fifth Oscar nomination ... [106] and Mark Kermode [105] Keane liked Adams' portrayal of her, of The Guardian termed her performance a "potent ... | Bulle Ogier, Luis Buñuel, René Clément When it played the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1979, That Sinking Feeling became the toast of the town.
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