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LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
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🎬 Students met legendary film critic Mark Kermode at the University of Liverpool for an honest, entertaining and wide-ranging Q&A as part of the Liverpool Literary Festival’s 10-year celebration. 🎦🍿

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Students meet Mark Kermode: Q&A on film criticism, horror & what makes a great movie | Stories | Department of English | University of Liverpool
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November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson join us for a very special movie music chat, recorded live in Birmingham. Have a watch:
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Podcast | Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson special, recorded live
Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson join us for a very special movie music chat, recorded live in Birmingham… In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon brought Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Back Row: Felicity Jones, John Simm, Mark Kermode, Amy Berg and Christopher Frayling. Front Row: Tamsin Greig, Hannah Onslow, Jack Howard and Caroline Goodall in seats before Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 17 November 2025 at BFI Southbank,

#teamphoto
#mk3d with @kermodedodge at the @bfi
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“Wonderfully enjoyable and informative … a superb account, at once lucid and complex … SURROUND SOUND is a model for how to write about cultural production.”
Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It’s hats-in-the-air time for @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me, as legendary film critic Richard Dyer raves about SURROUND SOUND in the new issue of LITERARY REVIEW!

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November 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Looking forward to returning to the Cambridge Film Festival!

@kermodemovie.bsky.social & I will be chatting to @amonwarmann.bsky.social PLUS special guest @neilkbrand.bsky.social will join to discuss silent film scores!

Join us at the Picturehouse on Friday 6.55pm. Head to CFF website for tickets
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
IT’S TONIGHT!!!
Gang of 3 perform ENTERTAINMENT! live at Future Yard, Birkenhead!
Tickets & info below:
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Gang of Three | Events471
Mark Kermode, Critic and Musician, curates an evening of vintage noise on 17th October at Future Yard in Birkenhead.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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October's #mk3d - The 4th guest on stage with Mark Kermode on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Nia DaCosta . They discussed "Hedda", Nia' reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's renowned stage drama from 1891.

@kermodedodge @bfi @metfilmdistribution

>>> SWIPE >>>
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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October's #mk3d - The 5th & final guest on stage with Mark Kermode on 6 October '25 at BFI Southbank was "friend of the show" Mark Jenkin . Rose of Nevada is Mark's latest film, where a mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing.

@kermodedodge @bfi @mark_jenkin

>>> SWIPE >>>
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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October's #mk3d - The third guest on stage with Mark Kermode on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Russell Tovey. They discussed "Plainclothes", where a promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders .

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October 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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October's #mk3d - The second guest on stage with Mark Kermode on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Nathan Johnson. The conversation revolved around Nathan's composition of the score for the "Knives Out" films as well as his score for Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley"
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October 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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October's #mk3d - The First guest on stage for Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Maxine Peake who chatted about her latest film "I swear" - a portrait of the life of Tourette's activist John Davidson

@kermodedodge @bfi
October 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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October's #mk3d #teamphoto - before the show, Maxine Peake, Russell Tovey, Mark Kermode, Mark Jenkin, Nia DaCosta and Nathan Johnson gathered on the sofa backstage before the Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. @bfi
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Essential reading for anyone who loves film … SURROUND SOUND gets to the heart of its subject; unlocking music’s power, combined with image onscreen, to make the heart dance down memories of what your eyes once saw and your ears heard”. THANKYOU @independent.ie from @nelsonjenny.bsky.social & me!
October 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Fab responses to SURROUND SOUND!

“Excellent ... a celebratory tour d'horizon of film music history" SIGHT & SOUND

"Witty and wise ... an entertaining and assorted history of music and sound in cinema"
EMPIRE

“A treasure-trove of quotes and anecdotes”
SHORTLIST

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October 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"a celebratory tour d'horizon of film music history that covers an enormous range, from the popular (John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer) to the classic (Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone) to the bracingly avant garde (Bebe and Louis Barron, Mica Levi)"

SIGHT&SOUND
September 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Four-star thumbs up here, too. Bought it, read it in two sittings, thoroughly enjoyed it. Recommended reading for anyone with the merest interest in film music.
September 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“Witty and wise … an entertaining and assorted history of music and sound in cinema”. Four-star thumbs up from @empiremagazine.bsky.social for the new book by @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me. Buy it HERE from Hive and support indie bookstores:
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September 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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New @90minfilmfest.bsky.social pod! 🎧 We spoke to @kermodemovie.bsky.social & @nelsonjenny.bsky.social about their ace new Surround Sound: The Stories Of Movie Music + they picked @pranobaileybond.bsky.social’s fab Censor (84 mins) for our show: pod.fo/e/32d5f3
90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest: Censor with Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson
Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.In episode 146 S...
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September 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Nice extract from SURROUND SOUND in The Observer. Book out now!
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Every soundtrack tells a story: Mark Kermode’s favourite ...
The critic relives the joy – and confusion – of discovering the scores behind the movies of his childhood
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September 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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September 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM