Kermode & Mayo’s Take
Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 243
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Flight Risk embargo special - they tried to stop us...
Coming hot off the podcast press, we’ve got Mark’s review of ‘Flight Risk’ - under embargo until now.
The Mel Gibson directed thriller sees a US Marshal escort a government witness via plane acros…
00:15:46 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
The Brutalist + Mike Leigh & Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Hard Truths
‘The Brutalist’ is the epic structure on the horizon of this week’s movie releases; Mark reviews this fictional biopic of Hungarian architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Holocaust survivor who arri…
01:08:43 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
A Complete Unknown divides Simon and Mark – with director James Mangold
The big movie release this week is ‘A Complete Unknown’, but our guest is actually pretty famous... James Mangold, director of the much-anticipated Bob Dylan biopic and Hollywood hits from ‘Walk The …
01:08:44 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
Now and Ben: Steven Knight on ‘Maria’, his screenwriting secrets, the Peaky Blinders movie & more
In this latest bonus nugget of ‘Now and Ben’ goodness, our sometime super sub Ben Bailey Smith chats to legendary film & TV writer Stephen Knight. He’s penned some of the most exciting scripts to hit…
00:38:25 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin on ‘A Real Pain’
Our guests this week were ‘A Real Pain’...just joking, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin were actually really nice...
They sit down with Simon to discuss the comedy-drama, directed, written, produ…
01:06:37 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
Nosferatu (or Yesferatu?) with Robert Eggers
Happy New Year from Mark, Simon, The Redactor and the rest of us on the Take Team!
We’re kicking off 2025 with a top-drawer guest—’Nosferatu’ director Robert Eggers. He tells Simon about his new r…
01:11:00 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Best and Worst Films of the Year & More
It’s Boxing Day, but we’ve got more than just leftovers in today’s show—we're just as stuffed full of gourmet goodies as we hope you are right now...
A fresh new guest interview this week with RaM…
01:01:46 |
Thu 26 Dec 2024
Barry Jenkins on Mufasa
Wassail Wassail Wassail! Christmas is almost upon us, and we’ve got a gift of a guest for you this week: Barry Jenkins, AKA Mr. Moonlight. He chats to Simon about ‘Mufasa’, the origin story for Simba…
01:07:42 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
NOW AND BEN
Presenting a new feature on the Take Channel.
ANORA has been one of the most talked-about films of 2024 so we sent supersub BEN BAILEY SMITH to speak to director Sean Baker.
In this interview…
00:21:15 |
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Live Christmas Spectacular with Wallce & Gromit, Nick Park, and Merlin Crossingham
Our Christmas Spectacular, recorded live at London’s Prince Edward Theatre is now available in your ears! On our festive guestlist this week we have Wallce & Gromit creator Nick Park and Merlin Cross…
01:16:52 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Cate Blanchett & Guy Maddin on RUMOURS, bog monsters & a giant brain
The ‘Rumours’ are true... screen superstar Cate Blanchett and director Guy Maddin are joining Simon this week to give us the gossip on their surreal new satire—once they’ve finished fangirling over t…
01:07:38 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Does Conclave get Mark’s blessing? With Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci
Two divine guests this week as Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci join Simon to discuss ‘Conclave’, the papal political thriller from ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ director Edward Berger. Set in the …
01:03:50 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Is Wicked Pop-u-lar with Mark?
Thomasin McKenzie is this week’s guest—star of Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night in Soho’, Mark’s film of the year 2018 ‘Leave No Trace’—and now ‘Joy’, a new Netflix drama about the development of IVF treat…
01:08:09 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Sir Ridley Scott on Gladiator II
‘Gladiator II’ director and legendary one-man blockbuster factory Ridley Scott is our guest this week. He joins Simon to discuss the long-awaited sequel to 2000’s modern classic, in which this time P…
01:05:39 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Red One makes Mark explode in birdsong
Simon goes on a leafy adventure with Hugh Bonneville to talk ‘Paddington In Peru’, the latest addition to the most kind and polite of all cinematic universes—and for those of us who need cheering up …
01:06:37 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
When Simon Met Billy (Crystal)...
This week, Simon is joined by the one and only Billy Crystal to talk all about his starring role in the Apple TV+ psychological thriller series ‘Before’, which sees a child psychiatrist who, having t…
01:04:43 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Emilia Pérez: Have We Found the Film of the Year?
This week, Simon and Mark interrupt Ben Wheatley’s breakfast (sadly not Wheaties) to about his new comedy horror miniseries ‘Generation Z’, which sees an army truck crash outside a care home, infecti…
01:09:23 |
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Mark Gets to Legitimately Rant About Donald Trump Because He’s Reviewing a Film About Him
This week, Mark is joined by Ben Bailey Smith to give you the lowdown on the week’s cinematic releases.
Ben chats to Naomi Scott about her tour-de-force performance in ‘Smile 2’, the second outing f…
01:03:08 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Another Transformers Film? What Will Mark Think?
This week’s guest is everyone’s favourite foul-mouthed politico-cum-Time Lord. That’s right, Peter Capaldi is on the show to tell Simon all about Season 2 of his time-bending, psychological thriller …
01:05:18 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Your next podcast: Origins with Cush Jumbo, starring David Schwimmer
Mark and Simon think you'll love Origins with Cush Jumbo. In this podcast, Cush meets some of the stars of stage and screen, and so they're giving you a little taster of what you can expect to hear.
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00:21:01 |
Tue 08 Oct 2024
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