Kermode and Mayo's Film Review · BBC Radio 5 Live

Eddie Izzard, Black Widow, Tove, Truffle Hunters

·1 hr 51 min·5 clips

Mark Kermode once told Ray Winstone 'You're in my chair—get out' during a live radio interview.

Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo host this film review episode, featuring special guest Eddie Izzard. The episode covers new film releases and listener correspondence, with Kermode providing his critical insights. A recurring theme is the hosts' humorous personal anecdotes, including Mayo's new interest in football and a story about confronting Ray Winstone. Listener emails discuss inventive pandemic cinema initiatives from a Swedish village called Bastad. The box office top ten includes discussions of *Supernova*, *Another Round*, and *Fast & Furious 9*. Kermode reviews the documentary *The Truffle Hunters*, focusing on elderly Italian men and their truffle-hunting dogs. He describes the film as a melancholic portrait of a disappearing way of life. The episode also previews upcoming reviews for *Jumbo*, *Occupation Rainfall*, and *Black Widow*. An interesting listener story involves actor Jason Isaacs being photographed with Kermode's book at Wimbledon. Kermode shares that his book contains a section about idolizing Isaacs in school. The hosts humorously debate whether Danish football "hooligans" are ironically named for being calm. Kermode analyzes *Another Round*, connecting its balance of comedy and tragedy to director Thomas Vinterberg's personal loss. He highlights the film's profound final scene involving Mads Mikkelsen's character. The tone is conversational, witty, and filled with the hosts' trademark banter and tangents. It blends film criticism with audience interaction and personal storytelling. Film enthusiasts who enjoy in-depth reviews mixed with humor and listener stories will love this episode. Listeners seeking a tightly structured, single-topic show might find the digressions less appealing.

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A wandering chat that turns a wartime film into a very Kermode and Mayo conversation.

Kermode and Mayo start with a Ray Winstone anecdote, a chair dispute, and the kind of wandering chatter that never quite feels off-topic. They then settle into Eddie Izzard on Six Minutes to Midnight, with the appeal coming from the shift between lockdown filming, marathon talk,…

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For when you want film chat that starts with Ray Winstone and ends in wartime suspense.

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