Mark Kermode
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Film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode writes a monthly column for the Observer. Twitter @kermodemovie
July 2024
June 2024
May 2024
- Mark Kermode on filmMark Kermode on… Danny Boyle, a director who defines British pop cultureAs his dazzling debut, Shallow Grave, gets a 30th anniversary rerelease, here’s to an extraordinary career that ranges from Trainspotting to Slumdog Millionaire and that unforgettable London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony
April 2024
March 2024
- Mark Kermode on filmMark Kermode on… director Wes Craven, who made horror ‘a positive force in a world filled with fear’As A Nightmare on Elm Street turns 40, here’s to the softly spoken American creator of some of cinema’s most memorable scares, from razor-clawed serial killer Freddy Krueger to the sequel-spawning Scream