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Bonus reviews include ‘The Persian Version’, a comedy drama about the reunion of a large Iranian American family, which catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past, allowing them to discover they are more alike than they know; and ‘The Delinquents’, a Spanish language comedy-drama about a bank employee who steals enough money to never work again, and offers his colleague a cut if he hides the cash while he serves his prison sentence. This week’s One Frame Back is best nun-based horrors to coincide with the release of ‘Immaculate’. Plus, Mark and Simon are on hand to help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 10:57 The Persian Version review 30:05 The Delinquents review 43:52 Plot Smash 48:22 One Frame Back: Best Nun-Based Horrors 51:41 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist Watchlist films this week: Border – Film4, Sun 24 March, 1.20am When Harry Met Sally... – BBC One, Sun 24 March, 10.30pm What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – BBC Two, Sun 24 March, 11.50pm Pain and Glory – BBC Two, Sat 23 March, 12.10am Top Gun: Maverick – Channel 4, Sat 23 March, 9.10pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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No interview this week, but even more witterings from your favourite duo for your trouble. Mark gives his thoughts on new releases, including ‘Late Night with the Devil’, a found footage horror, which sees a 1977 live television broadcast go horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms; ‘Immaculate’, a Sydney Sweeney-starring horror about an American nun who heads to a convent in Italy only to discover that her new home harbours a sinister secret; and ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’, the latest instalment in the supernatural comedy franchise, which sees Ghostbusters new and old join forces to protect their home against evil forces and save the world from a second ice age. Plus, Mark and Simon keep us abreast of the cinematic events happening around the country. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:38 Late Night with the Devil review 19:25 Box Office Top 10 39:08 Immaculate review 45:56 Laughter Lift 52:01 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review 01:00:13 What’s On You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Join us for more witterings with Cate Blanchett – how lucky are you? Plus, Mark offers his take on films including ‘Fight Club’, David Fincher’s culture-defining skewering of masculinity and consumerism, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary; and ‘The Last Year of Darkness’, a documentary that offers a candid and intimate dive into Chinese nightclub culture. This week’s One Frame Back is best child performances to coincide with the release of ‘The New Boy’, starring Cate Blanchett and young newcomer Aswan Reid. Plus, Mark and Simon are on hand to help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 06:14 Fight Club review 16:03 More Cate Blanchett 21:33 The Last Year of Darkness review 27:26 Plot Smash 32:29 One Frame Back: Best Child Performances 37:51 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist Watchlist films this week: Now, Voyager – BBC 2, Sat 16 March, 1.15pm A Quiet Place – Film4, Sat 16 March, 10.50pm The Red Turtle – Film4, Sun 17 March, 11am Dunkirk – BBC 2, Sun 17 March, 10pm Phantom Thread – BBC 2, Sun 17 March, 11.40pm You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, the one and only Cate Blanchett joins Mark and Simon for a chat about her drama ‘The New Boy’, which follows a young Aboriginal Australia orphan, who is brought into a Christian monastery, run by a renegade nun, begin to question his faith and loyalty to his heritage. Mark gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘Monster’, a Japanese psychological mystery thriller about a mother who confronts a teacher after noticing disturbing changes in her son’s behaviour; and ‘Drive Away Dolls’, an Ethan Coen-helmed road trip caper about two lesbian friends who get caught up in crime. Plus, Mark and Simon keep us abreast of the cinematic events happening around the country. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:23 Monster review 23:27 Box Office Top 10 37:28 Cate Blanchett interview 52:03 The New Boy review 57:23 Laughter Lift 01:02:48 Drive-Away Dolls review 01:09:23 What’s On You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark and Simon give their immediate reactions to last night’s Oscars, including their thoughts on Oppenheimer sweeping the board, Emma Stone’s surprise win (and wardrobe malfunction), and THAT Al Pacino moment... They also cover John Cena’s shortcomings, assess Jimmy Kimmel’s performance, and declare Sandra Hüller the belle of the ball. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A shorter Take 2 this week because of our glitzy Oscars Schmoscars Special. Bonus reviews include ‘Copa 71’, a documentary about the pioneering footballers who played in the 1971 Women’s World Cup, a tournament that witnessed record crowds but is largely written out of sporting history; and ‘Soul’, a re-release of Disney Pixar’s fantasy comedy drama about a middle school Jazz teacher, who falls into a coma following an accident and seeks to reunite his separated soul and body in time for his big break as a jazz musician. Plus, Mark and Simon are on hand to help us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 08:18 Copa 71 review 24:07 Soul Review 31:19 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, acclaimed director Ava DuVernay chats to Simon and Mark about ‘Origin’, her new biographical drama based on the life of the author Isabel Wilkerson who wrote the seminal book ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’, while coping with personal tragedy. Mark also offers his thoughts on the film, as well as reviewing ‘The Inventor’, a Stephen Fry-starring animation, which imagines Leonardo da Vinci, as he leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment, study and invent freely; and ‘High and Low – John Galliano’, a documentary charting the triumphs and controversies of the legendary and controversial fashion designer. Plus, Mark and Simon keep us abreast of the cinematic events happening around the country. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:16 High & Low: John Galliano review 20:52 Box Office Top 10 32:52 Ava DuVernay interview 47:29 Origin review 54:55 Laughter Lift 01:03:42 The Inventor review 01:09:09 What’s On You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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With the 2024 Academy Awards taking place on Sunday, the most trusted voices in film Mark and Simon are here to guide you through the 10 films in the running for Best Picture. Featuring highlights from interviews with directors Greta Gerwig, Celine Song and Jonathan Glazer, and actors Cillian Murphy (an exclusive unheard part of his chat with the pair), Emma Stone, and Jeffrey Wright. Plus Mark’s thoughts on all of the films involved. Timecodes for the Vanguard: 02:36 Cillian Murphy interview (exclusive unheard part of interview) 06:39 Oppenheimer review 09:06 Greta Gerwig interview 12:19 Barbie review 15:35 Killers of the Flower Moon review 20:07 Emma Stone and Ramy Youssef interview 23:14 Poor Things review 25:35 The Holdovers review 32:54 Jonathan Glazer interview 36:02 The Zone of Interest review 39:16 Maestro review 44:42 Jeffrey Wright interview 47:22 American Fiction review 50:20 Anatomy of a Fall review 55:07 Celine Song interview 58:53 Past Lives review A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark reviews ‘Red Island’, a colonialism-inflected drama about a boy growing up on a French military airbase in 1970s Madagascar. One Frame Back is the best Denis Villeneuve films to celebrate the release of his new sci-fi epic ‘Dune: Part Two’. Mark has his critical prowess tested, once again, during another round of Plot Smash. Plus, our bespectacled duo helps us choose what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 06:29 Red Island review 19:22 Plot Smash 38:02 One Frame Back: Best Denis Villeneuve Films 44:39 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve and renowned composer Hans Zimmer join Simon for a chat about their hotly-anticipated project, ‘Dune: Part Two’ - the next chapter in their adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi saga. Mark also gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘Four Daughters’, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated documentary, which mixes fact and fiction to tell the story of Olfa Hamrouni, a Tunisian woman whose two eldest daughters were radicalized by Islamic extremists; and ‘Lisa Frankenstein’, a Diablo Cody-penned comedy about a misunderstood teenager and a reanimated Victorian corpse who embark on a murderous – and romantic – journey together. Plus, Mark and Simon tell us about the exciting cinematic events happening around the country. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:39 Four Daughters review 22:19 Box Office Top 10 34:33 Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer interview 49:31 Dune: Part Two review 01:00:13 Laughter Lift 01:02:44 Lisa Frankenstein review 01:08:38 What’s On You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark and Simon answer your Questions (film related) and Schmestions (non-film related). The pair answer your movie related questions on Michael Bay’s least offensive films, how some movies end up with very similar plots, and why they can’t talk about certain releases. They also answer your non-film related questions on things they think that are WAY more common than people realise, and what they regard as priceless. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark reviews ‘Memory’, a Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard-starring drama, which sees a single mother and social worker grappling with her past, as she reunites with a former classmate suffering from early onset dementia at their high school reunion. One Frame Back is films about clairvoyance to coincide with the release of ‘Madame Web’. Mark gets stressed, yet again, during another round of Plot Smash. Plus, our dynamic duo helps us choose what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 06:22 Memory review 14:49 Plot Smash 22:24 One Frame Back: Films about Clairvoyance 24:58 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, director Jonathan Glazer talks to Simon about his Bafta award-winning and Oscar-nominated historical drama ‘The Zone of Interest, which follows the commandant of Auschwitz and his wife, as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house next to the camp. Meanwhile, Mark gives his take on an array of new releases, including ‘Perfect Days’, Wim Wenders’ latest offering, which follows a toilet cleaner in Tokyo, who finds joy in the mundane, but beautiful, details of everyday life; ‘Madame Web’, Dakota Johnson’s first superhero outing, which sees her play a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance and must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead; ‘Shoshana’, Michael Winterbottom’s biographical thriller about the tragic, real life love story between Shoshana Borochov and Tom Wilkin, set against the British Mandate in Palestine; and ‘Wicked Little Lies’, a star-studded British black comedy about a real life scandal that saw residents of a quaint Sussex town receive letters filled with obscenities and hilarious profanity. Plus, Mark and Simon tell us about your own cinematic events happening around the country. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 12:29 Perfect Days review 23:46 Box Office Top 10 29:48 Madame Web review 37:00 Jonathan Glazer interview 53:43 Shoshana review 01:03:49 What’s On 01:04:47 Wicked Little Letters review You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark and Simon answer your Questions (film related) and Schmestions (non-film related). The pair answer your movie related questions on film series and TV shows that they think have ended too soon, how animations are directed, and what categories they think should be introduced at the Oscars. They also answer your non-film related questions on which scandal Toby Jones should solve next, unlikely sources of inspiration, and their favourite sandwiches. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bonus reviews include ‘Les Misérables’, the re-release of the 2012 film adaptation of the epic period musical of the same name, which is set in 19th revolutionary century France, and tells the story of an ex-prisoner, who agrees to care for a female factory worker’s young daughter – an act which changes their lives forever; along with another re-issue, this time for Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘One From the Heart: Reprise’, a Vegas-set musical romantic drama, which sees a window dresser and her boyfriend break up after five years, only to each find a more interesting partner. One Frame Back is the best biopics about musicians to coincide with the release of ‘Bob Marley: One Love’. Mark has his film knowledge put to the test yet again with Plot Smash. Plus, our dynamic duo helps us choose what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 02:18 Les Misérables review 07:35 One from the Heart review 20:08 Plot Smash 42:46 One Frame Back: Biopics about Musicians 44:56 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Happy Valentine’s! Sit back and enjoy our latest episode – a gift to all film lovers. This week, director Michael Winterbottom talks to Simon about his new biographical thriller ‘Shoshana’, which follows the tragic real life love story between Shoshana Borochov and Tom Wilkin, set against the British Mandate in Palestine. Mark will be reviewing ‘Shoshana’ next week, but, in the meantime, gives his take on various other new releases, including ‘Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son’, a documentary in which filmmaker Lorna Tucker returns to her former haunts and speaks to current and former homeless people about why, 25 years on, record numbers of people are still reduced to living on Britain’s streets; ‘Bob Marley: One Love’, a biopic exploring the life and struggles of the legendary reggae musician and activist; and ‘The Taste of Things’, a romantic drama which follows the relationship between a cook, played by Juliette Binoche, and the gourmet she works for - an apt cinematic treat for this Valentine’s week. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:05 Somone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son review 19:59 Box Office Top 10 37:26 Michael Winterbottom interview 52:42 Bob Marley: One Love review 01:00:11 Laughter Lift 01:04:48 The Taste of Things review You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark and Simon answer your Questions (film related) and Schmestions (non-film related). The pair answer your movie related questions on films with positive depictions of sobriety, the best first kisses on the big screen, and how many films Mark has actually seen. They also tackle your schmestions about obsolete technology they can’t live without, the weirdest thing that happened them at school, and whether they have a cat/dog voice. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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There’s more from Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, who continue their interesting discussion with Simon about ‘Occupied City’. Mark reviews some more films, including ‘The Settlers’, a revisionist Western drama grappling with Chile’s colonial past, which sees three horsemen hired by a rich landowner to mark out the perimeter of his expansive property only for the seemingly administrative expedition to give way to a campaign of indigenous genocide; ‘Gassed Up’, a British debut about a young man in a moped street-gang who uses his earnings from petty thefts to support his family but struggles with the moral complexities of his actions when a jewelry heist alerts an Albanian crime family to his crew; and ‘It Happened One Night’, Frank Capra’s classic screwball comedy about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter, who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance, which has been restored in 4K. This week’s Take It Or Leave It: You Decide is the fifth season of ‘Fargo’, the Minnesota-set anthology dark comedy crime series based on the 1996 Coen Brothers’ film of the same name. One Frame Back is films about wrestling to coincide with the release of ‘The Iron Claw’. Mark has his film knowledge tested in another round of Plot Smash. Plus, our bespectacled duo helps us decide what to watch, and what to avoid, this weekend. Timecodes: 06:07 The Settlers review 16:13 Gassed Up review 25:44 More Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter 42:33 Plot Smash 46:30 It Happened One Night review 51:54 One Frame Back: Films About Wrestling 55:48 Take It Or Leave It: You Decide – Fargo (Season 5) 1:01:36 Weekend Watchlist / Weekend Notlist You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This week, Steve McQueen and his wife, historian, filmmaker and producer Bianca Stigter, are in the studio to chat with Simon about ‘Occupied City’, their four-hour documentary about the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam from 1940-45, which is based on Stigter’s book on the subject. Mark gives his thoughts on the film, along with reviewing ‘Your Fat Friend’, a documentary that charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger to NYTimes best-selling author and podcaster, whose goal is to shift the way we see fat people in the world and the fat on our own bodies; and ‘The Iron Claw’, the Zac Efron-starring true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Plus, we find out about the exciting cinematic events happening around the UK. Timecodes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 08:44 Your Fat Friend review 19:00 Box Office Top 10 34:00 Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter interview 49:32 Occupied City review 59:03 Laughter Lift 01:01:49 The Iron Claw review 01:08:00 What’s On You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mark and Simon answer your Questions (film related) and Schmestions (non-film related). The pair answer your movie related questions on why a lot of recent horror films have started life as short films, the films about which they’ve changed their opinions, and the best horror films that deal with religion. They also tackle your non-movie related questions about the best rock drummers who sing lead vocals, the make and model of Simon’s record player, and how to overcome the fear of your inevitable death (but kept light). All this, plus a diversion about Mark playing ‘Life on Mars’ on piano to Rick Wakeman, and a few obligatory mentions of The Carpenters. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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