In conversation with Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson | Recorded live in Birmingham

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon brought Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson to his home town of Birmingham in the UK. There, Mark and Jenny were on stage to talk about movie music, as they talked about their new book, Mark Kermode's Surround Sound. You're getting the full, lively conversation here, complete with audience questions at the end. With huge thanks to the team at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham. Mark Kermode's Surround Sound is available now, published by Picador. Please buy it from an independent bookshop if you can! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew. I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome
0:36.1	to a very special episode of the film stories podcast
0:39.7	come with me and i show you how deep the rabbit hole goes in movies movies that had stories
0:48.3	that the story just sucks a man this is just the We would be honoured if you would join us.
1:00.3	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:04.6	I am Simon Brew. As always, it's absolutely everything you need to know about me.
1:08.7	The aim of the podcast, though, is given away by the title. I'm here to talk of the stories of films, and I tend to know about me. The aim of the podcast though is given away by the title.
1:11.2	I'm here to talk of the stories of films and I tend to talk about production stories,
1:15.3	marketing stories, release stories, all the ingredients really that go towards making the films
1:19.7	that we know and sometimes love. Just that, the films that we know and sometimes love.
1:25.7	The films I tend to cover on this podcast lean more towards the
1:28.1	mainstream than anything else. There are films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree.
1:32.4	I try not to do snark and I try not to punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema
1:37.7	and a real appreciation that somehow, somehow films managed to get made.
1:48.6	Film Stories is also a very proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network,
1:51.7	a network of over 50 shows covering films, TV, gaming.
1:54.5	If you do a search, Film Stories Podcast Network,
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