Edgar Wright on The Running Man and Amma Asante on upcoming Billion Dollar Spy with Russell Crowe

Kermode on Film

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4.4 • 913 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark talks to Edgar Wright about The Running Man as it releases on DVD and Blu-Ray – and about the films that influenced him. Next, and he talk to Amma Asante about her recent series Smilla’s Sense of Show, and about the upcoming Billion Dollar Spy featuring Russell Crowe.

Take a front row seat at the 111th edition of MK3D at the BFI IMAX. Enjoy!

The MK3D shows happens live every month at the BFI, head over to the BFI website if you’d like to join us live at the BFI Southbank.

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Opening title quotes from:

Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney Productions – featuring Julie Andrews)
Nope (Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures – featuring Keke Palmer)
Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, HandMade Films – featuring Richard E. Grant)
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, Warner Bros. – featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair)

These films are masterpieces. Watch them.

This episode was produced by Hedda Lornie Archbold and edited by Alex Jones.

Image by Julie Edwards Visuals

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0:00.0	In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.
0:03.6	You find the fun and snap!
0:08.5	Did you know that the very first assembly of photographs and sequential order to create a motion picture was a two-second clip of a black man on horse?
0:17.8	We want the finest wines available to humanity.
0:21.0	We want them here and we want them now.
0:24.2	You really don't want me to play, huh?
0:26.5	No, I do.
0:27.9	Captain Hardy said no.
0:29.6	Captain who?
0:31.9	Hi, this is Mark Kermode.
0:33.4	Thanks for downloading this Kermode on film podcast.
0:36.0	This episode is the first half of the March
0:38.2	2026 MK3D show,
0:40.8	recorded this time at the BFI IMAX.
0:44.1	I'm joined by two brilliant guests.
0:45.9	First I talk to Edgar Wright
0:47.1	about what's called the physical media release
0:49.2	of The Running Man on DVD and Blu-ray
0:51.6	and about the films that influenced him.
0:53.6	After that, I'm joined by Amra Santee who, who talks to me about her recent series, Smiller's Sense of Snow,
0:59.0	and the upcoming thriller, Billion Dollar, spy.
1:02.0	So, sit back, relax and take a front row seat, should that be a back row seat, at MK3D, live at the BFI IMAX.
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