Harris Dickinson on URCHIN and Nadia Latif on THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT
Kermode on Film
HLA Agency
4.4 • 913 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this second half of the MK3D show recorded at the BFI Southbank on Monday 15 September 2025, Mark is joined by two exciting talents discussing their recent work.
Following acclaimed performances in Beach Rats, Triangle of Sadness, County Lines, and Baby Girl, Harris Dickinson discusses URCHIN, reflecting on his experience stepping behind the camera for this role. Nadia Latif shares insights into her feature debut as a director with The Man in My Basement, revealing her creative process. Together, they offer a fascinating look at emerging voices in cinema and the films that have inspired them.
If you haven’t heard the first half of this show, here it is: https://embed.acast.com/$/8a257350-1687-4883-9a3f-04a262d6cded/cillian-murphy-on-steve-and-bfi-lff-highlights-with-kristy-m?
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)
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| 1:04.3 | Hello and welcome to Kermode on film. |
| 1:06.3 | I'm Mark Kermode, and what you're about to hear next is part two of the MK3D show that we recorded live on the 15th of September, 2025, at the BFI South Bank in London. |
| 1:16.2 | In this episode, I talked with Nadia Lateef about her feature debut as a film director, The Man in My Basement. |
| 1:22.0 | And I talked to Harris Dickinson, who following acclaimed roles and beach rats, triangle of sadness, county lines and baby girl now also makes his directorial debut with Urchin. |
| 1:32.1 | Both my guests also tell me about the films that inspired them to make these gripping films. |
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