In this episode, Mark Kermode and Jack Howard are back to rank the eight Mission: Impossible films in order of preference, and talk about everything from Tom's tumbles to theme tunes.

Films and people mentioned in the two episodes are:

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)

Limp Bizkit

Lalo Schiffrin

Mike Oldfield

Nick Hornby

John Wu

Secrets of Cinema

Kim Newman

Nick Jones

Wallace & Gromit

Oceans 11

Brian de Palma

JJ Abrams

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Tom Cruise – action movie Jesus

Eddie Hamilton

Simon Pegg

Doctor Who

Michael Bay

Ben Bailey Smith

Chris McQuarry

Brad Bird

The Incredibles

Indiana Jones

Dark Knight Rises

Michael Giacchino

Paddington

Jurassic Park – Lost World

Joe Kramer

Lorne Balfe

Han Zimmer

Sean Harris

Turandot

Nessun Dorma

Simon Mayo

Alex Baldwin

Stanley Kubrick

Punch Drunk Love

Henry Cavill

Stone Cold

Brian Bosworth

Terminator 2

No Time to Die

Ethan Hawke

Julie Delpy

Top Gun Maverick

Vanessa Kirby

Rebecca Ferguson

Hayley Atwell

James Bond

Face-Off

John Travolta

Nic Cage

Lea Seydoux

Paula Patton

Ana de Armas

Star Wars

John Boyega

Jon Voight

Vanessa Redgrave

Michelle Monaghan

True Detective

Dune

Buster Keaton

Thandiwe Newton

Sean Connery

Jason Bourne

Danny Boyle

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In this edition of Kermode on Film, Mark Kermode talks to legendary actor Brian Cox about his career, from Manhunter and the controversial L.I.E., all the way through to the final season of Succession.

This is part two of the Mark Kermode Live in 3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank in April 2023.

Films mentioned in this episode:

Succession

Manhunter

The Silence of the Lambs

L.I.E.

Woman of the Year

Bringing Up Baby

People mentioned in this episode:

Jesse Armstrong

Katherine Hepburn

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

Howard Hawks

Anthony Hopkins

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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

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Mark is joined by actor Simon Pegg, who talks about his role in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and reflects on his career from Spaced and the Cornetto Trilogy all the way to Hollywood.

This episode of Kermode On Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 9 June 2025, and was the second half of that date's Mark Kermode Live in 3D show.

Thanks for listening!

Films and shows mentioned in this episode:

• Mission: Impossible
• Spaced
• Hot Fuzz
• Shaun of the Dead
• The World's end
• Meantime
• Syd & Nancy
• City of the Living Dead
• Dawn of the Dead
• Star Trek
• Spaced
• Star Wars
• Guest House Paradiso
• The Young Ones
• Doctor Who

People mentioned in this episode:

• Eddie Hamilton
• Tom Cruise
• Mike Leigh
• Gary Oldman
• Nick Frost
• Lucio Fulci
• Edgar Wright
• Rich Fulcher
• Jessica Hynes
• Leonard Nimoy
• Peter Mayhew
• Joonas Viljami Suotamo
• Rick Mayall
• Ade Edmondson

The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film features quotes from:

• Mary Poppins – Julie Andrews
• Nope – Keke Palmer
• Withnail & I – Richard E. Grant
• The Exorcist – 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.

Cover photo by Julie Edwards

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In this episode of Kermode On Film Mark talks to actor Domhnall Gleeson and director Michael Pearce, whose gripping psychological drama Echo Valley stars Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney, and he talks to actor Posy Sterling, who takes on her first leading role as Molly in Lollipop, a bittersweet story about a mother faced with the injustices of the care system in Britain.

This episode of Kermode On Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 9 June 2025, and was the first half of that date's Mark Kermode Live in 3D show.

Come back for Part 2, where Mark is joined by actor Simon Pegg, who talks about his role in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and reflects on his career from Spaced and the Cornetto Trilogy all the way to Hollywood.

Thanks for listening!

Films mentioned in this episode:

• Echo Valley
• Sicario
• Lollipop
• Seven Samurai
• Punch Drunk Love
• Dead Man's Shoes

People mentioned in this episode:

• Domhnall Gleeson
• Michael Pearce
• Posy Sterling
• Simon Pegg
• Julianne Moore
• Sydney Sweeney

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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

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In this second part of Mark Kermode Live in 3D, Mark is joined by director Shannon Murphy, who discusses Dying For Sex—a powerful and provocative television series based on a true story, starring Michelle Williams.

Mark also talks with filmmaker John Maclean about Tornado, a bold and genre-defying Samurai western set in 18th Century Scotland, and with acclaimed editor Eddie Hamilton, who shares behind-the-scenes insights from cutting high-octane blockbusters like the Mission: Impossible films.

This episode was recorded live at BFI Southbank on 19 May 2025 as the second half of that evening’s Mark Kermode Live in 3D show.

Thanks for listening!

Films and shows mentioned in this episode:

• Dying For Sex
• Tornado
• Mission: Impossible series
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Locke
• Slow West
• 
  

People featured in this episode:

• Shannon Murphy
• John Maclean
• Eddie Hamilton
• Michelle Williams
• George Miller
• Tom Cruise
• Steven Knight
• Kodi Smit-McPhee
• 
  

The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film features quotes from:

• Mary Poppins – Julie Andrews
• Nope – Keke Palmer
• Withnail & I – Richard E. Grant
• The Exorcist – 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.

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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

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Mark Kermode and Jack Howard pick up where they left off, and get together again on the Kermode On Film podcast. You won’t get any reviews of new releases here: for those, you can listen to Kermode & Mayo’s Take. Jack and Mark talk about the classics they love, about highly anticipated films that aren’t on release yet, and about screen culture in general.

In this bumper episode they talk, among other things, about Jack’s recently completed short film The Second Time Around. Buckle up!

Topics discussed in this episode:

The Revenge of the Sith

The Force Awakens

The Dark Knight

Times tables

School results and exams

The validity of film criticism

The demise of the Kermodean Rant

Star Wars

Space wizards

Clive Barker’s Weave World

Christopher Nolan's Tenet

Jack Howard's The Second Time Around

YouTube fame

The White Lotus and Jason Isaacs

The Studio Vs The Player

Mission: Impossible titles

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