HOW TO HAVE SEX with Mia McKenna-Bruce & Molly Manning Walker – plus Ian McKellen on HAMLET

Kermode on Film

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark is joined by the legendary Sir Ian McKellen to talk about the film version of HAMLET directed by Sean Mathias.

Following that he talks with star Mia McKenna-Bruce and director Molly Manning Walker about their award-winning feature HOW TO HAVE SEX.

This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast is Part 1 of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 18 December 2023.

Next week’s podcast features Part 2 of that show, in which Mark talks to George MacKay about his role in British Thriller FEMME, written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, and to Jason Isaacs about starring in ARCHIE, the British drama television serial about the life of Cary Grant.

Thank you for listening!

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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.

Cover photo by Julie Edwards.

This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.

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Films Mentioned in this edition:

Hamlet

Throne of Blood

Forbidden Planet

Chimes at Midnight

Titanic

Spice Girls

Lion King

Prisoners

Krakatoa, East of Java

Scrapper

Plays mentioned in this show:

Hamlet

Richard II

Richard III

Othello

Macbeth

Henry IV part 1 and 2

King Lear

Much Ado About Nothing

People mentioned:

Ian McKellen

Sean Mathias

Vanessa Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

Edwin Booth

Francesca Annis

Steven Berkoff

Bill Kenwright

Richard Loncraine

Judi Dench

Akira Kurosawa

Orson Welles

William Shakespeare

Kenneth Branagh

David Tennant

Ralph Fiennes

Peter Schaufuss

Laurence Olivier

Trevor Nunn

Molly Manning Walker

Mia McKenna-Bruce

Kate Winslet

James Cameron

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0:00.0	We're a small step for man.
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0:32.3	This episode of Kermodon Film is sponsored by Falmouth University, one of the UK's leading creative arts
0:38.4	universities. As you may know, I live in Cornwall, and one of the best things about being here
0:42.9	is the vibrant cultural life. There's so much going on, particularly in the field of film.
0:47.4	If you're a regular listener, you'll know how much I admire the work of BAFTA-winning
0:50.7	Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin, the creator of Bait and Ennis-Main.
0:55.0	Well, Mark is the distinguished professor of film practice within the School of Film and TV at Falmouth University.
1:00.0	Falmouth has one of the longest film education traditions among UK universities, and you can tap into that from wherever you live, as these courses have been designed by an award-winning team to be studied online.
1:10.0	Falmouth University is connected to the film industry and helps its students to get great jobs
1:14.5	after graduation. They'll help you boost your knowledge of the screen industries and to make
1:18.7	meaningful connections with agents, commissioners and other creatives. Whether you've got ambitions
1:23.1	to direct your own films or documentaries, write screenplays for the big streaming services,
1:28.4	or become a producer.
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1:34.9	all at a time and place that works for you.
1:37.4	Search Falmouth online and find out more.
1:40.1	In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.
1:43.3	You find the fun and snap!
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