Samantha Morton on THE UNLOVED and Alan Jones on DISCOMANIA on the 100th edition of MK3D at the BFI Southbank

Kermode on Film

HLA Agency

Film, Arts, News, Tv & Film, Entertainment News

4.5 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week's MK3D was the 100th edition and this special milestone show featured a fabulous and diverse array of conversations about film culture: some great friends of the show who have graced the stage before, and some new filmmaking talent.

At the top of the show the CEO of the BFI Ben Roberts leaped onto the stage to congratulate everyone involved on being the longest running and most successful strand at the BFI, ever.

First up Mark welcomes Samantha Morton on stage to talk about her work as an actress, director, writer and musician. Sam talks about her directorial feature The Unloved, as well as her role in She Said, and the changes needed in the film industry.

Next, Alan Jones joins Mark to talk about his new book Discomania, a glorious celebration of Disco, Punk, and Alan’s unique, trail-blazing career in the Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy film arenas. Alan talks about his connections with Chrissie Hynde and David Bowie, the Sex Pistols and Vivienne Westwood, and some of the disco movies in the book including Music Machine, starring Patty Boulaye.

The next two episodes will feature Karan Kandhari, Toby Jones, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Baskhar and Jason Isaacs. Keep watching the skies!

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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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1:04.3	Welcome to Kermode on film.
1:06.0	This week, I was proud to host the 100th edition of Mark Kermode Live in 3D,
1:10.2	the monthly show I do at the BFI South Bank,
1:12.6	and this special milestone show featured a diverse array of conversations about film culture
1:17.4	with some fabulous guests, from long-standing friends of the show who've graced the stage before,
1:21.9	to new filmmaking talent. It was an extra long show featuring more guests than usual,
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1:29.6	This edition of the podcast is the first part of the show, in which I talk to Samantha Morton about her work as an actress, director, writer and musician.
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