Adam Curtis, Synchronic, The Dig and Palmer

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.7 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Simon are joined by Adam Curtis, who talks about his new film Can't Get You Out Of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World. Mark reviews Synchronic, starring Jamie Dornan as a New Orleans paramedic, Beginning, which is Georgia’s submission for 'Best International Feature Film' at this year’s Oscars, Apple TV’s Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake as an ex-convict who strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home and The Dig, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a self-taught archaeologist. Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week, recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and try to guess a listener’s identity by examining their streaming algorithm. 00:18:57 Celebrating Cinema 00:26:58 Chart: 2011 00:39:52 Beginning review 00:43:48 Adam Curtis interview 00:56:35 Algorithm Is Gonna Get You 01:01:51 The Capote Tapes review 01:05:09 Assassins review 01:06:35 US Movie Road Trip 01:12:24 The Dig review 01:16:53 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:05 Palmer review 01:25:12 TV Movies of the Week 01:27:41 Synchronic review 01:32:39 DVD of the Week Send us your sub 20 second audio review of any film attached to an email to [email protected]. Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.5	Here Mark. What's up?
0:07.7	Simon, what's up? What is actually completely what is when you examine it down at the bottom
0:15.6	of the barrel? What is up? Well, I'm just I have to confess that I'm coming up from
0:25.4	the down. I think I'm I mean, everybody's experienced this, but I think I think I went through
0:30.9	a little bit of a really really I'm back in the back in the go. I've got I've got as I
0:36.6	say to my family the whole time I have nothing to complain about that doesn't mean I won't
0:41.9	but so I'm on the I just I had one of those kind of 48 hours of really really really really
0:51.4	is that am I still I rang you a couple of times actually and and I think I sounded more more
0:58.5	annoyed than usual and for a time. I mean what I mean it's it's like what I don't I don't
1:06.6	what is can we not. Is that you see me? Can't you do so I just I know I do think everyone
1:12.9	has moments where they go okay I am I've actually had enough of this I have all things
1:18.4	considered I've got nothing to complain about however this is really rubbish and please
1:24.8	can I go to the pub. I actually weirdly enough you you kind of hit the nail on the head
1:30.8	there because the thing about I was so want to go to the pub and just you know have a
1:37.5	mind and a yeah everyone has the equipment it's either it's either going for a bite and
1:42.2	some peanuts or you know hugging your kids or visiting your grandchildren. I mean it's
1:46.8	basic pleasures no one is expecting very much it's just this and and then there are days
1:52.0	when you're thinking okay this is a little bit too much and then they realize that actually
1:56.3	the joy of radio makes up for it in such a such a large way for example here's I've got
2:02.6	an interesting thing for you Mark yes I read this this morning and I thought I know I'm
2:08.1	going to I'm going to chuck this at Mark and see what happened. Were you were were you
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