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25 years after Joanne Harris introduced readers to the soothing delights of Chocolat, she's released her new book Vianne. It's the prequel that explains how her heroine found her way into the world of high end French confectionery. A new exhibition at the British Museum sheds light on the provenance of popular images of the Hindu god Ganesha, the Buddha and Jain enlightened teachers. We talk to curator Sushma Jansari about Ancient India: living traditions, alongside expert in Indian ritual art, Professor Partha Mitter.The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is well underway. We get the latest from Daily Telegraph Critic, Robbie Collin.Rumours abound about the planned axing of the Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. Alison Cole, head of the Cultural Policy Unit think tank, tells us what this could mean for the arts.Presenter Samira Ahmed. Producer Harry Graham
Robbie Collin and Louisa Buck join Tom Sutcliffe to review the fourth Bridget Jones film Mad About the Boy staring Renée Zellweger, the Oscar nominated animation Memoir of a Snail and pioneering artist Linder's Danger Came Smiling retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in London.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet
We're back! Well kind of. This week, Robbie Collin and Rhianna Dhillon are filling in for Mark and Simon, who are still recovering from their completely raucous New Year celebrations. Rhianna chats to director James Hawes about his new war drama ‘One Life', which sees both Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn star as humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who is known for his role in rescuing Jewish children during the Holocaust. Robbie gives his take on the film, as well as reviewing ‘Night Swim', a horror about a haunted swimming pool – yes, you read that right, a haunted swimming pool; and ‘Good Grief', the directorial debut of Dan Levy of Schitt's Creek fame, which follows an artist who takes his two best friends on a trip to Paris after the death of his famous writer husband. Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are also ad-free!): 03:07 Night Swim review 15:52 Box Office Top 10 35:01 James Hawes interview 50:04 One Life review 54:58 Laughter Lift 59:29 Good Grief review 01:07:18 What's On You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With Mark deciding he simply hasn't had enough of the UK's waterways and heading back out to join Simon, Robbie Collin and James King are stepping in to co-captain The Take podcasting vessel. James sits down with the funny and philosophical French writer, director and actor, Louis Garrel, to discuss his latest film ‘The Innocent', a comedy-heist-come-family-farce that's far more personal than you'd first think. Robbie reviews ‘Scrapper', a sunny, imaginative kitchen-sink drama starring Harris Dickinson; and ‘Theater Camp', a Young Hollywood-packed comedy about the eccentric staff of a rundown theatre camp, who band together with the beloved founder's crypto-bro son in an attempt to keep it afloat. All in all, a great week in movie going. Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!): 11:43 Scrapper review 24:31 Box Office Top 10 40:00 Louis Garrel interview 56:53 The Innocent review 1:02:10 Laughter Lift 1:05:20 Theatre Camp review 1:13:41 What's On You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week sees Mark holding down the fort with fellow professional film watcher Robbie Collin. In a special twist, both Mark and Robbie sit down for a brilliant conversation with British-acting-legend-in-the-making Harris Dickinson to discuss his sunny, new, kitchen-sink drama, ‘Scrapper'. They also debate the merits of ‘Strays', an R-rated comedy featuring the voices of Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher and Will Ferrell, who play a motley crew of stray dogs, who team up to get revenge on one of their owners; ‘Lie With Me', a thoughtful French film about an author who, on returning to his hometown for the first time in decades, meets the son of his first love; and ‘Blue Beetle', DC's latest offering, which sees an alien scarab choose a young, college graduate to be its symbiotic host, bestowing him with a suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers. Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!): 06:46 Lie With Me Review 15:44 Box Office Top 10 33:33 Harris Dickinson Interview 52:47 Strays Review 58:32 Laughter Lift 01:02:44 Blue Beetle Review 01:09:08 What's On You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch discuss remaking David Cronenberg's chiller ‘Dead Ringers' and the importance of depictions of birth on screen. Super subs Rhianna Dhillon and Robbie Collin stand in whilst Mark and Simon are away. Robbie reviews ‘How To Blow Up A Pipeline' - about a group of environmental activists who want to make their voices heard and disrupt an oil pipeline; ‘Evil Dead Rise' an American supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin, which is the fifth installment of the Evil Dead film series; as well as Prime Video series ‘Dead Ringers'. Time Codes (relevant only when you are part of the Vanguard): 09:18 Evil Dead Rise Review 19:30 Box Office Top 10 36:14 Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch interview 52:53 Dead Ringers Review 59:22 Laughter Lift 01:02:26 How To Blow Up A Pipeline 01:10:17 What's On EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo A Somethin' Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Telegraph critic Robbie Collin stands in for Simon this week as he's unwell. Mark reviews ‘EO,' Jerzy Skolimowski's harrowing new film about a donkey that encounters happiness and sorrow along his journey through life, ‘Knock at the Cabin' - M Night Shyamalan's apocalyptic film – which tells the story of a same sex couple who are held hostage and asked to make an unthinkable choice, from the Shrek family ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,' starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, and Florence Pugh, and ‘The Whale' - adapted from stage to screen, the film tells the sad tale of a reclusive and obese man named Charlie who wishes to reconnect with his estranged daughter. You can also hear Simon's interview with The Whale actor, Brendan Fraser, and director, Darren Aronofsky, with more from them both in Take 2. Mark and Robbie go through this week's Top 10 and your correspondence. Time Codes (relevant only when you are part of the Vanguard): 10:55 EO Review 18:00 Box Office Top 10 36:20 Darren Aronofsky and Brendan Fraser 48:29 The Whale Review 57:44 Laughter Lift 01:00:28 Knock at the Cabin Review 01:07:43 What's On 01:09:09 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo A Somethin' Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 27, 2021 is: misbegotten miss-bih-GAH-tun adjective Misbegotten means "ill-conceived." It can also mean "having an improper origin." // The celebrity's misbegotten tweet went viral. // The university's Board of Trustees rejected the misbegotten plan for building a new football stadium. See the entry > Examples: "… one of those misbegotten oddities that cheats you out of the film you imagine you'll be getting from its opening 10 minutes...." — Robbie Collin, The Daily Telegraph (London), 6 Aug. 2021 Did you know? In the beginning, there was begietan, and begietan begot beyeten; then in the days of Middle English beyeten begot begeten. All of the Old English and Middle English ancestors above basically meant the same thing as the modern beget—that is, "to father" or "to produce as an effect or outgrowth." That linguistic line with the prefix mis- (meaning "wrongly" or "badly") brought forth misbegotten.
The gang go animated in their latest adventure, and they bring along a friend - Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews). Join them as they delve head first into the gloriously disquieting world of fame, obsession, and an increasingly fractured psychosis in Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown, Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review) and Robbie Collin (The Independent and also Kermode and Mayo's Film Review) and return to Flixwatcher remotely to review Ben’s choice Booksmart. Booksmart is the 2019 coming-of-age teen buddy comedy and directorial debut of actress Olivia Wilde. It stars Beanie Feldstein as Molly and Kaitlyn Dever as Amy, two best friends and high school seniors, both high achievers they realise the night before graduation they should have partied more. Determined to spend their last night of school partying and being wild. It would be derivate to say Booksmart is the female Superbad, Molly and Amy’s friendship feels much deeper and there is less emphasis on the gross-out comedy. Its strengths lie in its editing - fast and hard - and the chemistry between its two leads and it’s always great to see Lisa Kudrow in anything. That said, Booksmart often feels like several movies at once - partly due to it having four writers - and the amount of characters mean that the majority of the supporting cast feels underdeveloped and many of the subplots could have been cut. Scores [supsystic-tables id=212] Booksmart isn’t for everyone but it has plenty of appeal to a teen audience and anyone who was born after 1995. Scoring generously across all the categories gives Booksmart an overall score of 3.98. What do you guys think? Have you seen Booksmart? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below! Find The Episode #202 Crew Online Thanks to Episode #202 Crew of Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) and Ben Bailey Smith from wittertainment. Please make sure you give them some love More about Booksmart For more info on Uncut Gems, you can visit Booksmart IMDb page here or Booksmart Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below.
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Robbie Collin (The Independent and Kermode and Mayo's Film Review) and Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown, also Kermode and Mayo) join Flixwatcher remotely to review Robbie’s choice Uncut Gems. Uncut Gems is a 2019 Safdie (Josh and Ben) brothers breakout film starring Adam Sandler (in a career best performance) as Howard Ratner, a New York Jewish-American jeweller with a severe gambling problem. Supporting cast features Lakeith Stanfield as Demany, Howard’s business associate, Julia Fox as Howard’s girl on the side Julia, Kevin Garnett as himself and Idina Menzel as Howard’s estranged wife. Deep in debt, Howard sources a rare black opal from an Ethiopian Jewish mine which he intends to sell at auction to solve all his problems. His plan begins to fall apart when Kevin Garnett becomes obsessed with the stone and the repercussions lead to increasingly stressful (and also funny/surreal) encounters in the lesser seen on scene New York. Scores [supsystic-tables id=205] Not for the faint hearted - Uncut Gems may or may not cause you to fall off your chair and comes with a very high recommendability and engagement score to score a very respectable 4.33 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen Uncut Gems? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below! Find The Episode #196 Crew Online Thanks to Episode #196 Crew of Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) and Ben Bailey Smith from wittertainment. Please make sure you give them some love More about Uncut Gems For more info on Uncut Gems, you can visit Uncut Gems IMDb page here or Uncut Gems Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below.
The Holiday Season takes a detailed look at Nancy Meyers' 2006 festive romcom The Holiday. Sam Clements talks about the “reality” of the film with freelance script editor Becky Brynolf, The Telegraph's chief film critic Robbie Collin and trailer editors Lucy Bond and Rosie Lakin from Intermission Film. Written and produced by Sam Clements & Louise Owen. Music by Martin Austwick. Artwork by Olly Gibbs. Sound mixed by Ben Williams at Rokkwood Audio.
Sanjeev Bhaskar talked to Alfre Woodard about her stunning performance in Clemency - which is out next week. Plus all your essential streaming film reviews from Robbie Collin, including Greyhound - the new high seas war film, starring Tom Hanks, Scoob! (Hello to Jason Isaacs), British flick Love Sarah, starring Celia Imrie and The Way Back, which sees Ben Affleck star as an alcoholic ex-high school basketball superstar, returning to the school to coach the team . Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services, we tell you the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week, plus we count down the best films which take place in 24 hours. 00:40:18 Top 10 FILMS SET OVER 24 HOURS 00:51:34 Greyhound review 00:59:50 Alfre Woodard interview 01:16:58 lockdown correspondents 01:19:49 Finding The Way Back review 01:26:33 Love Sarah review 01:33:38 The Old Guard 01:39:22 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:42:48 Scoob! 01:47:51 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Snouds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
Elisabeth Moss talks The Invisible Man. Plus film reviews including Todd Haynes’s Dark Waters, starring Mark Ruffalo, Céline Sciamma’s romantic drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire and George MacKay in Justin Kurzel’s True History Of The Kelly Gang. Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon, as they chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00:09:41 Box Office Top 10 00:38:06 Elisabeth Moss Interview 00:51:49 The Invisible Man Review 01:01:12 Downhill Review 01:09:06 Dark Waters Review 01:17:19 Villain Review 01:26:04 True History of the Kelly Gang 01:35:02 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 01:42:13 Colour Out of Space Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
It's time for the Directors UK Podcast! This episode comes from our member screening of The Lighthouse, where we were treated to a fantastic with director Robert Eggers - moderated by Robbie Collin. Robert told our audience all about nailing the film’s aesthetic, creating its peculiar dialogue, and working with trained seagulls... Music: Loyaly Freak
It's the first episode of the new year, so it's time to go back over the best and worst of the year that was. Robert and Jason run through their top picks, and try to justify which ones make the list. Is PARASITE the one movie to rule them all? Does THE RISE OF SKYWALKER belong on any list? Where to place other critical favourites like ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD or THE IRISHMAN? Theme music: "Downtown" by Podington Bear. [CC BY-NC 3.0] Time Stamps 2:31 Robert's top 10 11:44 It's Robbie Collin from The Telegraph* 21:37 Ford v Ferrari, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood snubs 22:29 Jason's top 10 37:01 lowlights 42:55 possible nominations
Director Greta Gerwig talks about Little Women. Plus film reviews including Taiki Waititi’s wartime comedy drama Jojo Rabbit, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, and Giancarlo Esposito and Aaron Eckhart in In the Line of Duty. Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week. 00.14.14 Box Office Top 10 00.39.01 Greta Gerwig interview 00.51.07 Little Women Review 01.01.13 JoJo Rabbit Review 01.23.17 The Gentlemen Review 01.31.08 In The Line Of Duty Review 01.34.40 Amanda Review Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment
In this episode, Eleanor spoke with The Telegraph's chief film critic Robbie Collin, who joined the paper in 2011. Robbie discussed starting his career at News of the World and his most formative films, the difficulties of seeing so many films in one week, his trickiest interviews, and his infamous encounter with actor Joaquin Phoenix. You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Eleanor Halls and Simon Akam, and produced by Nicola Kean. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon to review the week's movies. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt talk about Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. Plus reviews of Uglydolls, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and JT Leroy. Plus the Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. A Somethin' Else production.
For this first podcast, Jason Solomons is with Robbie Collin, Jessica Kiang, Xan Brooks, to talk about opening movie, "The Dead don't die" by Jim Jarmusch.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jude Law talks about his new film Vox Lux. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Greta, Red Joan and Dragged Across Concrete. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Sophie Okonedo talks about her new films Wild Rose and Hellboy. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Hellboy, Wild Rose, Little and Wonder Park. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
With the 91st Academy Awards almost upon us, Truth & Movies tackles the key issues surrounding this year’s ceremony, as well as giving our predictions for whose acceptance speech will be cut short this year. Joining regular host Michael Leader is The Telegraph’s chief film critic and Oscars pundit Robbie Collin, who offers expert insight into Hollywood’s awards machine – while fielding some pressing questions and conspiracy theories from our own David Jenkins. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Keira Knightley talks about her new film Colette. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Favourite and Welcome To Marwen. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.
Welcome to the Ghibliotheque, the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli.In this special end-of-season episode, Michael & Jake are joined by Telegraph critic, Wittertainment guest-host and all-round Studio Ghibli expert Robbie Collin, given the choice to bring with him any Ghibli film to discuss, Robbie selected Isao Takahata’s Only Yesterday, an animated drama aimed squarely at an adult audience. One of the Studio’s deepest cuts, Only Yesterday was a box office hit on its initial release in Japan, but it wasn’t released in the USA for 25 years. The film is as experimental, poignant and pointed in its message as you’d expect from Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya) - and has over the years become a firm fan favourite.This episode brings this initial volume of Ghibliotheque to a close. Thank you for listening, it’s been a real adventure, hasn’t it? If you’ve enjoyed the show and would like to hear more episodes of Michael and Jake diving deep in to Studio Ghibli then make sure you tweet: @MichaelJLeader – Michael@jakehcunningham – Jake@robbiereviews - RobbieShow notes:Read Robbie’s tribute to Isao Takahata here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/04/06/studio-ghibli-isao-takahata-brought-indescribable-beauty-everyday/ (behind a paywall though)For more details about Film4's Studio Ghibli Season, click here: https://bit.ly/2JYqrBjAdditional production on this episode from Steph Watts - @_stephwatts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Romesh Ranganathan and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Emma Thompson talks about her new film The Children Act. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Christopher Robin, The Equalizer 2 and The Festival. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Denzel Washington talks about The Equalizer 2. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Meg, The Darkest Minds, Unfriended: Dark Web and Dog Days. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Part Two The Yellow Sub Sandwich is the official podcast to accompany and celebrate the 50th anniversary cinema re-release of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie. Presented by music and movies expert Edith Bowman and movie critic Robbie Collin, this is a podcast with a difference; it comes in two parts: “before” and “after” - a bit to listen to before you see the movie and a bit for after. With great stories about the making of the movie and fresh insight into what makes it so iconic and influential, The Yellow Sub Sandwich features all you need to know about the movie and why you should go and see it, where it was intended to be experienced, back on the big screen. Edith and Robbie are joined in the studio by one of the original animators of the movie Malcolm Draper and Beatles music expert Ed Potton, and the podcast also features new interviews with: - Chris Shepherd - award-winning Liverpudlian animator - Edgar Wright – movie director (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, Baby Driver) - Josh Weinstein – Show Runner of the Simpsons and Futurama - Peter Lord – co founder of Aardman Animation (Chicken Run, Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!) - Sam Carter – the frontman of leading metal band, Architects The podcast also features archive audio of: David Livesey – animator on Yellow Submarine Paul Angelis – actor and the voice of Ringo and the Chief Blue Meanie And: George Harrison Paul McCartney Ringo Starr
Part One The Yellow Sub Sandwich is the official podcast to accompany and celebrate the 50th anniversary cinema re-release of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie. Presented by music and movies expert Edith Bowman and movie critic Robbie Collin, this is a podcast with a difference; it comes in two parts: “before” and “after” - a bit to listen to before you see the movie and a bit for after. With great stories about the making of the movie and fresh insight into what makes it so iconic and influential, The Yellow Sub Sandwich features all you need to know about the movie and why you should go and see it, where it was intended to be experienced, back on the big screen. Edith and Robbie are joined in the studio by one of the original animators of the movie Malcolm Draper and Beatles music expert Ed Potton, and the podcast also features new interviews with: - Chris Shepherd - award-winning Liverpudlian animator - Edgar Wright – movie director (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, Baby Driver) - Josh Weinstein – Show Runner of the Simpsons and Futurama - Peter Lord – co founder of Aardman Animation (Chicken Run, Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!) - Sam Carter – the frontman of leading metal band, Architects The podcast also features archive audio of: David Livesey – animator on Yellow Submarine Paul Angelis – actor and the voice of Ringo and the Chief Blue Meanie And: George Harrison Paul McCartney Ringo Starr
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Naomie Harris talks about her new film Rampage. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Rampage, Truth Or Dare, Custody, The Titan, A Gentle Creature and Western. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Director Martin McDonagh talks about his new film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Hostiles and Brad's Status. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
In this fourth podcast, actor Gary Oldman tells Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin how his own love of Churchill's speeches inspired him through the extraordinary process of playing the great man on film.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Stanley Tucci talks about Final Portrait, which he wrote and directed. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Final Portrait, The Dark Tower, The Hitman's Bodyguard and An Inconvenient Sequel. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Former US vice president Al Gore talks about his new film An Inconvenient Sequel. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Atomic Blonde, A Ghost Story, Annabelle: Creation and The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Ethan Hawke talks about his new film Maudie. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Maudie, Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets and The Emoji Movie. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Director Luc Besson talks about his new film Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Girls Trip, 47 Metres Down and The Wall. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Mark and Simon. Guest Gal Gadot talks about Wonder Woman. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Wonder Woman, The Hippopotamus and My Life As A Courgette. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Warren Beatty talks about his new film Rules Don't Apply. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Rules Don't Apply, Their Finest, Unforgettable and The Zookeeper's Wife. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Bill Nighy talks about his new film Their Finest. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Fast and Furious 8, The Sense of an Ending and The Handmaiden. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Hugh Jackman talks about his new film Logan. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Patriots Day and A Cure For Wellness. Also on the programme, interviews with key figures from the world of cinema, as well as your emails, texts and tweets, and the latest Box Office top ten. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Dev Patel talks about his new film Lion. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Zero Days and Endless Poetry. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jared Leto talks to Edith about Suicide Squad. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and Robbie reviews the week's new films including Suicide Squad, Up For Love and Songs For Amy. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Ellen DeGeneres talks about Finding Dory. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new films including Finding Dory, Jason Bourne and The Commune. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Emily Blunt talks about The Huntsman: Winter's War. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Winter's War, Midnight Special and Hardcore Henry. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Ben Bailey Smith and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Kirsten Dunst talks about Midnight Special. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Eddie The Eagle, Victoria and Anguish. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
David Morrissey and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Guest Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about his new film Triple 9. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Triple 9, The Finest Hour, How To Be Single and Bone Tomahawk. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Director Peter Sohn and producer Denise Ream discuss their latest animated adventure, The Good Dinosaur. Hosted by Robbie Collin at the Apple Store, Covent Garden in London.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Amy Schumer and Bill Hader talk about Trainwreck. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Trainwreck, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, Pixels, Absolutely Everything, Paper Towns and Mistress America.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Armie Hammer talks about The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Fantastic Four, The Gift, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl and Manglehorn.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Josh Gad talks about Pixels. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Hot Pursuit, Beyond The Reach and The Cobbler. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
David Morrissey and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Jake Gyllenhaal talks about Southpaw, Amy Poehler discusses Inside Out. Plus the UK Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Southpaw, Inside Out, Maggie, Eden and The Legend Of Barney Thomson. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Keanu Reeves talks about his new film, John Wick. Plus the Box Office top ten and reviews including Woman in Gold, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Lost River, Good Kill and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen talks about her film The Duke of Burgundy. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Wedding Ringer, Project Almanac, Cake and Blackhat. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Daniel Radcliffe talks about his new film What If. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including Into The Storm, Lucy and Deliver Us From Evil. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Edith Bowman and Robbie Collin sit in for Simon and Mark. Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce talk about their new film The Rover. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews including The Expendables 3, The Congress and Hector And The Search For Happiness. Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast at bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Text: 85058 (charged at your standard network rate) Twitter: @wittertainment.
Kirsty Lang talks to Michael Nyman, one of Britain's most commercially successful classical composers. Yinka Shonibare on his new work The British Library and some dramatic special effects in a new stage musical based on the story of the Water Babies. Samira Ahmed talks to Irvine Welsh about his new book. Anthony Gormley and Simon Starling on the large shadow cast by Henry Moore on modern sculptors. Robbie Collin reviews Studio Ghibli's new film The Wind Rises and Razia Iqbal discusses with Fiona Shaw the effort and concentration required for a 100-minute monologue.
Transcendence opened in the UK last week after a very poor reception in the US. It got a critical kicking here too but I still think the film has a lot going for it and so does my fellow critic Robbie Collin.
We're joined this week by Louise Mensch, Peter Oborne, Janet Daley and Robbie Collin
The Tories are revolting! We debate with Douglas Carswell and Graeham Archer what the proper role of a Conservative MP should be. Also, the Telegraph's senior movie critic Robbie Collin and our arts editor Sarah Crompton talk obscenities.