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Nail-biting thriller HALLOW ROAD by director Babak Anvari, and stunningly strange and beautiful CIELO by writer-director Alberto Sciamma
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In this episode of Kermode On Film Mark talks to director Babak Anvari, whose nail-biting thriller Hallow Road was released in UK cinemas on 16 May 2025, and he talks to writer-director Alberto Sciamma, whose stunningly beautiful film Cielo premieres at SXSW on 6 June 2025.
This episode of Kermode On Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 19 May 2025, and was the first half of that date's Mark Kermode Live in 3D show.
In Part 2, Mark is joined by director Shannon Murphy, who talks about the television series Dying For Sex, based on a true story starring Michelle Williams.
Mark also talks with John Maclean about Tornado, the Samurai western set in 18th Century Scotland, and with Eddie Hamilton, editor of the Mission: Impossible films, among many others.
Thanks for listening!
Film mentioned in this episode:
Hallow Road
Under the Shadows
Us
I Came By
The Exorcist
Star Wars
Cielo
Tales of Ordinary Madness
La Grande Bouffe
People mentioned in this episode:
Babak Anvari
Alberto Sciamma
William Gillies
Rosamund Pike
Matthew Rhys
John Cassavetes
Lorne Balfe
Depeche Mode
Peter Adams
George Mackay
Bettina Kadoori
John Dunton-Downer
Ana-Maria Vera
Marco Ferreri
Ben Gazzara
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The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:
- Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.
- Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.
- Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.
- The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.
We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.
They are masterpieces!
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.
This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.
© Copyright HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
232 episodes
Manage episode 485135494 series 2455251
In this episode of Kermode On Film Mark talks to director Babak Anvari, whose nail-biting thriller Hallow Road was released in UK cinemas on 16 May 2025, and he talks to writer-director Alberto Sciamma, whose stunningly beautiful film Cielo premieres at SXSW on 6 June 2025.
This episode of Kermode On Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 19 May 2025, and was the first half of that date's Mark Kermode Live in 3D show.
In Part 2, Mark is joined by director Shannon Murphy, who talks about the television series Dying For Sex, based on a true story starring Michelle Williams.
Mark also talks with John Maclean about Tornado, the Samurai western set in 18th Century Scotland, and with Eddie Hamilton, editor of the Mission: Impossible films, among many others.
Thanks for listening!
Film mentioned in this episode:
Hallow Road
Under the Shadows
Us
I Came By
The Exorcist
Star Wars
Cielo
Tales of Ordinary Madness
La Grande Bouffe
People mentioned in this episode:
Babak Anvari
Alberto Sciamma
William Gillies
Rosamund Pike
Matthew Rhys
John Cassavetes
Lorne Balfe
Depeche Mode
Peter Adams
George Mackay
Bettina Kadoori
John Dunton-Downer
Ana-Maria Vera
Marco Ferreri
Ben Gazzara
———————
The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:
- Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.
- Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.
- Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.
- The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.
We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.
They are masterpieces!
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.
This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.
© Copyright HLA Agency
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
232 episodes
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