Kermode on Film Toby Jones on MR BURTON and Karan Kandhari on SISTER MIDNIGHT
This episode of Kermode on Film is Part 2 of the 100th edition of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 10 March 2025.
In this episode, Mark talks to Karan Kandhari, whose feature debut Sister Midnight released on 14 March, and to Toby Jones, who shares his thoughts on playing Mr Burton in the film of the same name. Plus we are joined by the world’s best silent movie accompanist, Neil Brand
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People mentioned in this episode:
Karan Kandhari
Toby Jones
Neil Brand
Francois Ozon
Julia Ducournau
Martin Scorsese
Wes Anderson
Buster Keaton
Charlie Chaplin
Richard Burton
Monica Dolan
Samantha Morton
Sean Penn
Jack Nicholson
Joseph Losey
Dirk Bogarde
Sarah Miles
Harold Pinter
Indiana Jones
Robert De Niro
Daniel Day Lewis
Gina Rowlands
Gene Hackman
Ken Dodd
Eric Morcambe
The Crankies
Frank Bruno
Harry Lawtey
Films mentioned in this episode:
Raw
Good Morning
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
The General
Kaleidoscope
Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Berberian Sound Studio
The Servant
The Go-Between
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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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