Been busy this month. A little sneak peek of something from the future… 📷 @kermodemovie.bsky.social ..new music ?!

Harry Melling on stage during Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 19 January 2026 at BFI Southbank, London. #PillionMovie #Pillion #Pillionfilm #HarryMelling #mk3d at the @bfi #blackandwhite #bn #bw #blackandwhitephoto 📽 #movielovers #filmcommunity

Mark Kermode, Philippa Lowthorpe and Composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch on stage during Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 19 January 2026 at BFI Southbank, London. 3hisforhawk #PhilippaLowthorpe #mk3d at the @bfi #blackandwhite #bn #bw #blackandwhitephoto 📽 #movielovers #filmcommunity

Self Portrait – Day 3 of 7 Having more time before cooking, I took a little more effort with the lights; An AD200 in a gridded (and softened) small 300mm dish, placed to the left of the camera, way to close to me due to the size of the room set to TTL.

Bart Layton on stage during Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 19 January 2026 at BFI Southbank, London. @crime101film #BartLayton #mk3d at the @bfi #blackandwhite #bn #bw #blackandwhitephoto 📽 #movielovers #filmcommunity

Akinola Davies Jr before Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 19 January 2026 at BFI Southbank, London. #myfathersshadow #AkinolaDaviesJr #mk3d at the @bfi #blackandwhite #bn #bw #blackandwhitephoto 📽 #movielovers #filmcommunity

Mark Kermode, Akinola Davies Jr, Bart Layton, Harry Melling, Philippa Lowthorpe and Composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch back stage before Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 19 January 2026 #mk3d at the @bfi

The third set of guests on stage with Mark at the final #mk3d of the year were Brett Goldstein, Imogen Poots and William Bridges chatting about "All of You" which is currently streaming on AppleTV @kermodedodge #mk3d @bfi #allofyou #BrettGoldstein #ImogenPoots #movielovers #filmcommunity

The second guest on stage with Mark at the final #mk3d of the year was Joachim Trier who chatted about his latest work "Sentimental Value" ... @kermodedodge #mk3d @bfi #JoachimTrier #SentimentalValue #movielovers #filmcommunity

The first guests with Mark on stage at the final #mk3d of the year were Tim Key and James Griffiths who chatted about their quite lovely (awards winning) The Ballad of Wallis Island ... @kermodedodge #mk3d @bfi #movielovers #filmcommunity

Somehow a discussion of Brett Goldstein’s role as Hercules in the MCU turned into a push-up competition with Mark Kermode, umpired by Imogen Poots.

O Star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright. Westward leading, still proceeding Guide us to thy perfect light ... #mk3d @kermodedodge leading the way into the last show of the year at the @bfi

The final #teamphoto of the final #mk3d of 2025 ! Mark Kermode, James Griffiths, Tim Key, Brett Goldstein, Joachim Trier, Imogen Poots, William Bridges and Meera Syal backstage before Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 15 December 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. (with Hedda :) ) #movielovers @bfi

Do Reviews Matter? Best conversation on critcism you'll hear all week. Superb from @kermodemovie.bsky.social and @jack-howard.bsky.social youtu.be/5dsh-MvfT0o?...

Next week @dodgebrothers.bsky.social @kermodemovie.bsky.social play NORWICH Thursday 27 November 2025 @norwichartscentre.bsky.social norwichartscentre.co.uk/event/the-do...

🎬 Students met legendary film critic Mark Kermode at the University of Liverpool for an honest, entertaining and wide-ranging Q&A as part of the Liverpool Literary Festival’s 10-year celebration. 🎦🍿 Read more here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/english/news...

Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson join us for a very special movie music chat, recorded live in Birmingham. Have a watch: filmstories.co.uk/podcast/podc...

Back Row: Felicity Jones, John Simm, Mark Kermode, Amy Berg and Christopher Frayling. Front Row: Tamsin Greig, Hannah Onslow, Jack Howard and Caroline Goodall in seats before Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 17 November 2025 at BFI Southbank, #teamphoto #mk3d with @kermodedodge at the @bfi

“Wonderfully enjoyable and informative … a superb account, at once lucid and complex … SURROUND SOUND is a model for how to write about cultural production.” Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!

It’s hats-in-the-air time for @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me, as legendary film critic Richard Dyer raves about SURROUND SOUND in the new issue of LITERARY REVIEW! www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mark...

TONIGHT!! @dodgebrothers.bsky.social live in Cambridge! Come along!! Maximum Skiffle & Blues!! www.junction.co.uk/events/the-d...

Looking forward to returning to the Cambridge Film Festival! @kermodemovie.bsky.social & I will be chatting to @amonwarmann.bsky.social PLUS special guest @neilkbrand.bsky.social will join to discuss silent film scores! Join us at the Picturehouse on Friday 6.55pm. Head to CFF website for tickets

IT’S TONIGHT!!! Gang of 3 perform ENTERTAINMENT! live at Future Yard, Birkenhead! Tickets & info below: www.events471.co.uk/event/gang-o...

October's #mk3d - The 4th guest on stage with Mark Kermode on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Nia DaCosta . They discussed "Hedda", Nia' reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's renowned stage drama from 1891. @kermodedodge @bfi @metfilmdistribution >>> SWIPE >>>

October's #mk3d - The 5th & final guest on stage with Mark Kermode on 6 October '25 at BFI Southbank was "friend of the show" Mark Jenkin . Rose of Nevada is Mark's latest film, where a mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. @kermodedodge @bfi @mark_jenkin >>> SWIPE >>>

October's #mk3d - The third guest on stage with Mark Kermode on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Russell Tovey. They discussed "Plainclothes", where a promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders . @kermodedodge @bfi @russelltovey

October's #mk3d - The second guest on stage with Mark Kermode on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Nathan Johnson. The conversation revolved around Nathan's composition of the score for the "Knives Out" films as well as his score for Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley" @kermodedodge @bfi

October's #mk3d - The First guest on stage for Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank was Maxine Peake who chatted about her latest film "I swear" - a portrait of the life of Tourette's activist John Davidson @kermodedodge @bfi

October's #mk3d #teamphoto - before the show, Maxine Peake, Russell Tovey, Mark Kermode, Mark Jenkin, Nia DaCosta and Nathan Johnson gathered on the sofa backstage before the Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 6 October 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. @bfi

The @dodgebrothers.bsky.social (@kermodemovie.bsky.social @alydodge.bsky.social) play CAMBRIDGE for the first time on Thursday 23rd October 2025 at @cambridgejunction.bsky.social Still tickets left… www.junction.co.uk/events/the-d...

“Essential reading for anyone who loves film … SURROUND SOUND gets to the heart of its subject; unlocking music’s power, combined with image onscreen, to make the heart dance down memories of what your eyes once saw and your ears heard”. THANKYOU @independent.ie from @nelsonjenny.bsky.social & me!

Fab responses to SURROUND SOUND! “Excellent ... a celebratory tour d'horizon of film music history" SIGHT & SOUND "Witty and wise ... an entertaining and assorted history of music and sound in cinema" EMPIRE “A treasure-trove of quotes and anecdotes” SHORTLIST www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mark...

"a celebratory tour d'horizon of film music history that covers an enormous range, from the popular (John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer) to the classic (Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone) to the bracingly avant garde (Bebe and Louis Barron, Mica Levi)" SIGHT&SOUND

Four-star thumbs up here, too. Bought it, read it in two sittings, thoroughly enjoyed it. Recommended reading for anyone with the merest interest in film music.

“Witty and wise … an entertaining and assorted history of music and sound in cinema”. Four-star thumbs up from @empiremagazine.bsky.social for the new book by @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and me. Buy it HERE from Hive and support indie bookstores: www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mark...

New @90minfilmfest.bsky.social pod! 🎧 We spoke to @kermodemovie.bsky.social & @nelsonjenny.bsky.social about their ace new Surround Sound: The Stories Of Movie Music + they picked @pranobaileybond.bsky.social’s fab Censor (84 mins) for our show: pod.fo/e/32d5f3

Nice extract from SURROUND SOUND in The Observer. Book out now! observer.co.uk/culture/film...

Buy SURROUND SOUND on HIVE and support local bookshops! www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mark...

Had a lovely time chatting to @samclements.bsky.social on his 90 Minutes or Less podcast! @kermodemovie.bsky.social & I chat about our new book 'Mark Kermode's Surround Sound' and our film choice: Censor by Prano Bailey-Bond. open.spotify.com/episode/3CH8...

Buy SURROUND SOUND on HIVE and support local bookshops! www.hive.co.uk/Product/Mark...

Heading to SHERBORNE for a Surround Sound talk with @nelsonjenny.bsky.social tonight, talking movie music and more. A few ticket left - do come along! winstonebooks.co.uk/products/she...

The third guest on this month's #mk3d at the @bfi was Nadia Latif where she discussed her file "The Man in My Basement" on stage at Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 15 September 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. #NadiaLatif @bfi @kermodedodge #MarkKermode #mk3d

Finally, Mark Kermode was joined by Harris Dickinson on stage at Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 15 September 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. The conversation was about his directorial debut "Urchin" @kermodedodge #HarrisDickinson @bfi #mk3d

With the #bfi #londonfilmfestival almost upon us, Mark Kermode was joined by Festival director Kristy Matheson on stage at Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 15 September 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. #KristyMatheson @bfi #mk3d

Its #MK3D time again at the @BFI.. Here is Harris Dickinson, Cillian Murphy, Kristy Matheson, Nadia Latif and Mark Kermode backstage before the Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 15 September 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. @kermodedodge @heddaarchbold #teamphoto More tomorrow morning !!!

I could not resist doing this... On #mk3d this month, the first guest.. Faces of Cillian Murphy on stage at Mark Kermode in 3D on Monday 15 September 2025 at BFI Southbank, London. >> SWIPE >> #CillianMurphy #monochrome #portrait @bfi @kermodedodge

BBC Radio 3 Private Passions Michael Berkeley's guest is the film critic Mark Kermode.

Am very tired, but also, a really special night in Birmingham last night. A Film Stories event with @nelsonjenny.bsky.social and @kermodemovie.bsky.social for the launch of their new book, Surround Sound. Looking forward to more film events in Birmingham. For now, today will require coffee.