Thomas Hardiman on Medusa Deluxe & Dionne Edwards on Pretty Red Dress

Kermode on Film

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This episode of Kermode on Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 5 June 2023, and was the 81th edition of MK3D.

This is Part 1 of that show, in which Mark Kermode is joined by director Thomas Hardiman to talk about his debut feature Medusa Deluxe. They also delve into the work of much-missed director Ken Russell, and in particular his film The Boyfriend.

Mark also talks to director Dionne Edwards about her film Pretty Red Dress, and the film that influenced her, Do The Right Thing.

Thanks for listening!

People mentioned in this episode:

Robbie Ryan

Robert Altman

Spike Lee

Louise Brooks

Marlene Dietrich

Fellini

Derek Jarman

Toyah Wilcox

Halle Berry

Gary Oldman

Bram Stoker

Leos Carax

Ken Russell

Ted Ashley

Twiggy

Steve McQueen

Clio Barnard

Tina Turner

Mel Gibson

Phil Spectre

Alexandra Burke

Natey Jones

Hugo Goggin

Martin Scorsese

Films Mentioned in this episode:

Medusa Deluxe

Nashville

Deadly Cuts (2021)

Don’t Mess with the Zohan

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)

Shampoo (1975)

Swan Song (2021)

Pandora's Box

Blonde Venus

Casanova

The Tempest

Bats

Star Trek Beyond

Blade

Dracula

Mahler

The Devils

Tommy

The Music Lovers

The Devils

Chinatown

The Arbors

Weekend

Pretty Red Dress

Do The Right Thing

Ali & Eva

Cabaret

Bugsy Malone

The Sound of Music

Do the Right Thing

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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!

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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
0:13.8	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?
0:32.0	Hi, this is Mark Kermode and welcome to Kermode on film.
0:34.9	Thanks for downloading this episode,
0:36.4	which was recorded live at the BFI South Bank during the MK3D show in June 2020.
0:42.5	This edition features an outstanding lineup of guests. First, I was joined by director Thomas Hardiman to discuss his single-shot hairdressing murder mystery Medusa Deluxe, released in UK cinemas on the 9th of June, 2020.
0:55.2	We also talked about his favourite hairstyles in movies and the underrated genius of the great
0:59.8	Ken Russell.
1:00.9	Next, Dion Edwards took to the stage to share insights into her feature Pretty Red Dress,
1:05.3	released on the 16th of June 2023.
1:07.7	She highlighted the powerful performances by Natie Jones and Alexandra Burke,
1:11.9	and the influence that Spike Lees do the right thing has on her work. So sit back, relax and
1:17.4	enjoy part one of this MK3D special recorded live at the BFI South Bank in London.
1:24.4	Are we there? Are we? Yeah. So it's weird because actually I looked at the thing up,
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