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Mark Kermode (/ ˈ k ɜːr ˌ m oʊ d /, KUR-moh-d; [4] né Fairey; [5] born 2 July 1963) [6] [7] is an English film critic, musician, radio presenter, television presenter, author and podcaster.
- The Arbor (2010) Director: Clio Barnard. Artist Clio Barnard’s moving film about the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar (Rita, Sue and Bob Too) is no ordinary documentary.
- Bad Timing (1980) Director: Nicolas Roeg. Seen in flashback through the prism of a woman’s attempted suicide, this fragmented portrait of a love affair expands into a labyrinthine enquiry into memory and guilt.
- La Belle et la Bête (1946) Director: Jean Cocteau. With its enchanted castle, home to fantastic living statuary, and director Jean Cocteau’s lover Jean Marais starring as a Beast who is at once brutal and gentle, rapacious and vulnerable, shamed and repelled by his own bloodlust, this remains a high point of the cinematic gothic imagination.
- Black Narcissus (1947) Directors: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell. ITV Global Entertainment/Park Circus. A group of nuns open a makeshift convent in the foothills of the Himalayas but soon find their vows challenged in this new, exotic environment.
Oct 31, 2021 · Including films by directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard and David Cronenberg, Mark Kermode recommends 50 masterpieces for film fans.
Mark Kermode's trademark intense, often frightening rants about various films which he likes or dislikes has earned him something of a 'cult' following in the UK. He began his career in film journalism and broadcasting in the 1980s after studying English at Manchester University, where he wrote his Ph.D thesis on horror fiction.
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Dr Kermode is probably the UK’s best known and well respected film critic. He currently reviews and debates new film releases every Friday with Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 5 Live. He co-presents The Culture Show on BBC Two and is a familiar face on arts shows such as Newsnight Review.
Razor-sharp psychological horror Censor is a paean to the blood-spattered delights of the much maligned ‘video nasties’ of the 1980s. We hear from its director about challenging mainstream morality and seeking solace in savagery and slaughter.
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Feb 21, 2019 · In his new Secrets of Cinema special, film critic Mark Kermode looks back at nine decades of Academy Award winners and reveals what types of films, characters and storylines repeatedly bring...
