English film critic
Mark Kermode
(
,
KUR
-moh-d
;
[4]
ne
Fairey
;
[5]
born 2 July 1963)
[6]
[7]
is an English
film critic
,
musician
,
radio presenter
,
television presenter
, author and
podcaster
. He is the co-presenter, with Ellen E. Jones, of the BBC Radio 4 programme
Screenshot
and co-presenter of the film-review podcast
Kermode & Mayo's Take
alongside long-time collaborator
Simon Mayo
. He is a regular contributor to
The Observer
, for which he was chief film critic between September 2013 and September 2023.
[8]
He is the author of several books on film and music, including
It's Only A Movie
,
Hatchet Job
,
How Does It Feel?
and
The Movie Doctors
(with Simon Mayo). He has also written three volumes for the BFI's Modern Classics series, on
The Exorcist
,
The Shawshank Redemption
and
Silent Running
. Since the late 1980's he has contributed to the BFI's film magazine Sight & Sound and its predecessor The Monthly Film Bulletin, and since January 2016 he has presented a monthly live show, MK3D, at the BFI South Bank. It is the BFI's longest running live show.
[9]
Kermode previously co-presented the
BBC Radio 5 Live
show
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
, and previously co-presented the
BBC Two
arts programme
The Culture Show
. Between 2018 and 2021 he co-wrote and presented three seasons of the BBC Four film documentary series
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema
, and between 2019 and 2024 he presented a weekly film music show on
Scala Radio
. He is a member of the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
and a founding member of the
skiffle
band the
Dodge Brothers
, for which he plays
double bass
. Since 2008, The Dodge Brothers (with
Neil Brand
) have provided live accompaniment for
silent films
such as
Beggars of Life
,
Hell's Hinges
,
White Oak (film)
and
The Ghost That Never Returns
.
Early life
[
edit
]
Kermode was born in the
Royal Free Hospital
in the London Borough of Camden.
[1]
He was educated at the state-funded
Church of England
primary school St Mary's at Finchley
[1]
and was granted a Barnet-council-funded free place at
The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
in
Elstree, Hertfordshire
under the
Direct grant grammar school
[10]
scheme in 1974, at the same time as actor
Jason Isaacs
.
[11]
[12]
[13]
His mother was a GP, who was born in
Douglas, Isle of Man
, and practised in
Golders Green
, North London. His father, the son of a travelling flour salesman, worked in the London Hospital in
Whitechapel
.
[1]
His grandmother was
Swiss German
.
[14]
He was raised as a
Methodist
, and later became a member of the
Church of England
.
[15]
[16]
His parents divorced when he was in his early 20s and he subsequently changed his surname to his Manx mother's maiden name by
deed poll
.
[16]
He earned his
PhD
in
English
at the
University of Manchester
in 1991, writing a
thesis
on
horror fiction
.
[7]
Film criticism
[
edit
]
Kermode with
Simon Mayo
at the
Indigo O2
in 2022
Kermode began his film career as a print journalist, writing for Manchester's
City Life
, and then
Time Out
and
NME
in London. He has subsequently written for a range of publications including
The Guardian
,
The Observer
,
The Independent
,
Vox
,
Empire
,
Flicks
,
20/20
,
Fangoria
,
Video Watchdog
and
Neon
.
[17]
Kermode began working as a film broadcaster on LBC in 1988, after which he moved to BBC Radio 5 (later rebranded as 5Live). Between February 1992 and October 1993, he was the resident film reviewer on
BBC Radio 5
's
Morning Edition
with
Danny Baker
. He became the film critic for
BBC Radio 1
in 1993, on a regular Thursday night slot called
Cult Film Corner
on
Mark Radcliffe
's
Graveyard Shift
session.
[18]
He later moved to
Simon Mayo
's BBC Radio 1 morning show. He hosted a movie review show with
Mary Anne Hobbs
on Radio 1 on Tuesday nights called
ClingFilm
.
[19]
From 2001 until 2022, Kermode reviewed and debated new film releases with Mayo on the
BBC Radio 5 Live
show
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
.
[20]
[21]
The programme won Gold in the Speech Award category at the 2009
Sony Radio Academy Awards
on 11 May 2009.
[22]
On 11 March 2022, it was announced by Simon Mayo, at the start of
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
, that the last episode would be broadcast on 1 April 2022.
Kermode and Mayo launched a non-BBC film and television podcast called
Kermode & Mayo's Take
in May 2022.
Kermode has worked on film-related documentaries including
The Fear of God; 25 Years of
The Exorcist
,
[23]
Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of
Ken Russell
's
The Devils
,
Alien
: Evolution
,
[24]
On the Edge of
Blade Runner
,
[25]
Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut
,
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
,
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing the French Connection
,
Salo: Fade to Black
,
The Real Linda Lovelace
[26]
and
The Cult of
The Wicker Man
.
[27]
From 2001 to 2005, Kermode reviewed films each week for the
New Statesman
.
[28]
Prior to becoming chief film critic in 2013, he wrote "Mark Kermode's DVD round-up" for
The Observer
, a weekly review of the latest releases.
[29]
He also writes for the
British Film Institute
's
Sight and Sound
magazine.
[30]
From 1995 to 2001, Kermode was a film critic and presenter for
Film4
and
Channel 4
, presenting the weekly
Extreme Cinema
strand. He has written and presented documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC,
[17]
and until 2023 appeared on
The Film Review
for
BBC News at Five
.
[31]
For BBC Two's
The Culture Show
, Kermode hosted an annual "Kermode Awards" episode, which presented statuettes to actors and directors not nominated for
Academy Awards
that year.
[32]
In 2002, Kermode challenged the
British Board of Film Classification
(BBFC), the censor for film in the UK, about its cuts to the 1972 film
The Last House on the Left
.
[33]
In 2008, the BBFC allowed the film to be re-released uncut.
[34]
He has since stated that the BBFC do a good job in an impossible situation and expressed his approval of their decisions.
[
citation needed
]
In a 2012
Sight & Sound
poll of cinema's greatest films, Kermode indicated his ten favourites, a list later published in order of preference in his book
Hatchet Job
, as
The Exorcist
,
A Matter of Life and Death
,
The Devils
,
It's a Wonderful Life
,
Don't Look Now
,
Pan's Labyrinth
,
Mary Poppins
,
Brazil
,
Eyes Without a Face
and
The Seventh Seal
.
[35]
From September 2013 to September 2023, Kermode was the chief film critic for
The Observer
.
[36]
In 2018, he began to present his own documentary series
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema
on
BBC Four
. A second series followed, as well as
Disaster Movie
, Christmas, and
Oscar Winners
specials.
Between 2019 and 2024, Kermode presented a soundtrack-themed show on classical radio station
Scala Radio
.
[37]
[38]
[39]
Kermode produces an annual "best-of-the-year" movie list, thereby providing an overview of his critical preferences. His top choices were:
Bibliography
[
edit
]
- BFI Modern Classics: The Exorcist
(1997)
- BFI Modern Classics: The Shawshank Redemption
(2003)
- It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive
(2010)
- The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex: What's Wrong With Modern Movies?
(2011)
- Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics
(2013)
- BFI Modern Classics: Silent Running
(2014)
- The Movie Doctors
(2015), with
Simon Mayo
- How Does It Feel? A Life of Musical Misadventures
(2018)
Other writing
[
edit
]
In February 2010,
Random House
released his
autobiography
,
It's Only a Movie
, which he describes as being "inspired by real events".
[67]
Its publication was accompanied by a UK tour.
[68]
In September 2011, he released a follow-up book entitled
The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex
, in which he expresses his opinions on the good and bad of modern films, and vehemently criticizes the modern
multiplex
experience and the
3D film
craze that had grown in the years immediately preceding the book's publication.
[69]
In 2013,
Picador
published
Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics
in which he examines whether professional "traditional" film critics still have a role in a culture of ever increasing numbers of online bloggers and amateur critics.
[70]
In 2017, he collaborated with his idol
William Friedkin
on the feature documentary
The Devil and Father Amorth
, as a writer. The film had its first showing at the
Venice Film Festival
on 31 August 2017.
[71]
Other work
[
edit
]
Kermode was a regular presenter on
BBC Two
's
The Culture Show
and appeared regularly on
Newsnight Review
. During a 2006 interview with Kermode for
The Culture Show
in
Los Angeles
,
Werner Herzog
was shot with an
air rifle
. Herzog appeared unflustered, later stating: "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid".
[72]
[73]
Kermode co-hosted an early 1990s afternoon magazine show on BBC Radio 5 called
A Game of Two Halves
, alongside former
Blue Peter
presenter
Caron Keating
.
[74]
Kermode appeared in a cameo role as himself in the revival of the
BBC
's
Absolutely Fabulous
on 1 January 2012.
[75]
In April 2008, Kermode started a twice-weekly
video blog
hosted on the BBC website, in which he discussed films and recounts anecdotes. He retired the podcast for its tenth anniversary at the close of 2018, with special episodes on his most and least favourite movies of the previous decade.
[76]
Kermode has recorded DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD
audio commentaries
for
Tommy
(with Ken Russell),
The Devils
(with Ken Russell and Mike Bradsell),
The Ninth Configuration
(with William Peter Blatty),
The Wicker Man
[77]
(with Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Robin Hardy),
Gregory's Girl
,
Cruising
[78]
(with William Friedkin),
Bait
,
[79]
Enys Men
[80]
(both with Mark Jenkin) and (with
Peter O'Toole
)
Becket
.
[81]
He appears in the DVD extras of
Lost in La Mancha
, interviewing
Terry Gilliam
, and
Pan's Labyrinth
, where he interviews
Guillermo del Toro
about the film, which he has called a masterpiece. Kermode has written books, published by the BFI in its
Modern Classics
series, on
The Exorcist
,
[82]
Silent Running
[83]
and
The Shawshank Redemption
[84]
[85]
and his documentary for Channel 4,
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
, is on the film's tenth anniversary special edition DVD.
[86]
Kermode's family connections with the
Isle of Man
have led to him playing a role in
Manx
culture and the arts. This has seen him host various talks on the island.
[87]
He has also been involved with the annual Isle of Man Film Festival.
[88]
Kermode became patron of the Sir
John Hurt
Film Trust in November 2019.
[89]
He is a visiting fellow at the
University of Southampton
.
[90]
Music
[
edit
]
Kermode performing with
The Dodge Brothers
in 2013 at the
100 Club
Kermode played
double bass
for a
skiffle
/
rockabilly
band called The Railtown Bottlers in the early 1990s. The Railtown Bottlers were the house band on the BBC show
Danny Baker After All
for a series, starting in 1993,
[91]
[92]
where he performed with the
Madness
lead singer
Suggs
,
Nick Heyward
,
Alison Moyet
,
Aimee Mann
,
Nanci Griffith
,
Timm Finn
and
Squeeze
.
[
citation needed
]
In 2001 he formed skiffle quartet
The Dodge Brothers
, playing double bass.
[92]
Talking about playing the
chromatic harmonica
with an orchestra at the
Royal Festival Hall
, he said: "Somehow I got away with it. You can listen to it. It's not terrible, it's not brilliant, but it's fine." Kermode says that sheer persistence is the key to his musical success: "I'd rate enthusiasm and persistence over talent. And that's been a guiding light, that you shouldn't be put off by being unprepared or technically inept. I have managed to surround myself with other people who can play. And actually that's the trick."
[93]
Personal life
[
edit
]
Kermode is married to
Linda Ruth Williams
, a professor who lectures on film at the
University of Exeter
. From October to November 2004, they jointly curated a
History of the Horror Film
season and exhibition at the
National Film Theatre
in London.
[94]
Kermode and Williams have two children.
[16]
Kermode has been described as "a
feminist
, a
near vegetarian
(he eats fish), a churchgoer and a straight-arrow spouse who just happens to enjoy seeing people's heads explode across a cinema screen".
[95]
In the mid-1980s, Kermode was an "affiliate" of the
Revolutionary Communist Group
(RCG) and was involved in the
Viraj Mendis
Defence Campaign, against the deportation of one of the group's members to
Sri Lanka
.
[96]
This developed into a high-profile national campaign involving people from left-wing groups such as the RCG, local residents of
Manchester
and extending to church leaders and Labour Party
Members of Parliament
.
[97]
Kermode describes himself in this period as "a red-flag waving
bolshie
bore with a subscription to
Fight Racism Fight Imperialism
and no sense of humour."
[95]
Awards and honours
[
edit
]
Kermode is a patron of the charitable trust of the
Phoenix Cinema
in North London,
[100]
which was his favourite cinema during his childhood in
East Finchley
.
[101]
The tenth anniversary episode of
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
was broadcast from the venue as part of its relaunch celebrations in 2010.
[102]
In 2013, Kermode was appointed an Island of Culture Patron by the
Isle of Man
Arts Council.
[87]
In 2016, Kermode was made an honorary Doctor of Letters at the
University of Winchester
.
[103]
In 2018, Kermode was appointed Honorary Professor in the Film Studies Department at the
University of Exeter
.
[104]
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"Enys Men (Dual Format Edition)"
.
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"
Becket
review"
.
Reel.com
. Archived from
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on 5 December 2008
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23 April
2008
.
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Kermode, Mark (2003).
The Exorcist
(2nd ed.). London: BFI Publishing.
ISBN
978-0-85170-967-3
.
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"Silent Running"
.
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Kermode, Mark (2003).
The Shawshank Redemption
. London: BFI Publishing.
ISBN
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.
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Kermode, Mark (22 August 2004).
"Hope springs eternal"
.
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. London
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2009
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Papamichael, Stella (8 September 2004).
"The Shawshank Redemption 10th Anniversary SE DVD (1994)"
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2009
.
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b
"Mark Kermode opening event celebrates island culture 2014"
. Archived from
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on 25 September 2015
. Retrieved
24 September
2015
.
- ^
"IOMFF2015"
.
Isle of Man Film Festival
. Archived from
the original
on 25 September 2015.
- ^
"Mark Kermode to Be Patron of Norfolk's New Sir John Hurt Film Trust"
. Eastern Daily Press. 11 November 2019
. Retrieved
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2020
.
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Kermode on BBC
Newsnight Review
, accessed 14 January 2008
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"Critically speaking"
.
Southampton Echo
. 13 April 2002
. Retrieved
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2009
.
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b
Kermode, Mark (1 June 2008).
"My 20-year love affair with the joy of skiffle"
.
The Observer
. London
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28 December
2009
.
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Read, 4 Min (28 May 2020).
"Interview: Mark Kermode"
.
The Bath Magazine
. Retrieved
8 December
2022
.
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"Professor Linda Ruth Williams"
. University of Southampton. Archived from
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on 3 April 2008
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2008
.
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b
Randall, Lee (7 February 2010).
"Interview: Mark Kermode, film critic"
.
The Scotsman Magazine
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2010
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Kermode & Mayo.
"Mark Kermode ? The Baader Meinhof Complex"
.
YouTube
.
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. Retrieved
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2016
.
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Viraj Mendis Defence Campaign.
Viraj Mendis Will Stay!
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
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2014
– via
YouTube
.
- ^
"Radio Specialist of the Year Award"
.
Radioawards.org
. Retrieved
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2010
.
- ^
"The Speech Radio Award"
. Archived from
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on 15 May 2009
. Retrieved
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2012
.
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"Mark Kermode"
. Phoenix Cinema. 15 February 2010. Archived from
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on 27 September 2011
. Retrieved
17 June
2011
.
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Kermode, Mark
(2011).
It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive
. Random House. p. 26.
ISBN
9780099543480
.
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"Press Office ? Kermode and Mayo Film Review live at Phoenix Cinema"
. BBC
. Retrieved
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2012
.
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Mark Kermode receives honorary degree from the University of Winchester
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
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2019
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.
- ^
"Influential film critic Mark Kermode appointed Honorary Professor"
.
University of Exeter
. 26 October 2018
. Retrieved
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2018
.
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