Mark Kermode (/ˈkɜːrˌmoʊd/, KUR-moh-d; né Fairey; born 2 July 1963) is an English film critic, musician, radio presenter, television presenter, author and podcaster. He is the co-presenter (with Ellen E. Jones) of the BBC Radio 4 programme Screenshot, and co-presenter (alongside long-time collaborator Simon Mayo) of the film-review podcast Kermode & Mayo's Take. Kermode is a regular contributor to The Observer, for which he was chief film critic between September 2013 and September 2023. Kermode is the author of several books on film and music, including It's Only a Movie; The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex; Hatchet Job; and How Does It Feel?. He is the co-author of Hollywood: Sixty Great Years (with Jack Lodge, John Russell Taylor, Adrian Turner, Douglas Jarvis and David Castell), The Movie Doctors (with Simon Mayo), and Mark Kermode's Surround Sound (with Jenny Nelson). He has also written three volumes for the BFI's Modern Classics series – on The Exorcist, The Shawshank Redemption and Silent Running. Since the late 1980s he has contributed to the BFI's film magazine Sight & Sound and its predecessor The Monthly Film Bulletin, and since January 2016 he has presented a monthly live show, MK3D, at the British Film Institute (BFI), South Bank. It is the BFI's longest-running live show. Kermode previously co-presented the BBC Radio 5 Live show Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, and previously co-presented the BBC Two arts programme The Culture Show. Between 2018 and 2021, he co-wrote and presented three seasons of the BBC Four film documentary series Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema, and between 2019 and 2024 he presented a weekly film music show on Scala Radio. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and a founding member of the skiffle band the Dodge Brothers, for which he plays double bass. Since 2008, the Dodge Brothers (with Neil Brand) have provided live accompaniment for silent films such as Beggars of Life, Hell's Hinges, White Oak and The Ghost That Never Returns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Kermode, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 2, 1963 (63)
- Barnet, England, UK
- Actor and writer, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
Known for
What are Mark Kermode's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heraldas Narrator in Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (2001)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Mark Kermode's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Mark Kermode's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
24 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midas Man(2024)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Amazing Mr Blunden(2021)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all filmsKermode and Mayo’s Home Entertainment Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Devil and Father Amorth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Dear Censor…: The Secret Archive of the British Board of Film Classification (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Culture Show Uncut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Newsnight Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Extras(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows100 Greatest Scary Moments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Alien Evolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Real Linda Lovelace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Blair Witch Phenomenon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 8th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles from 1998 to 2024.
Highest rated
The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998)
Most popular right now
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000)
Film career
- 2021Screen debut· The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Mark Kermode's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Mark Kermode work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mark Kermode's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Terence A. Donnelly shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Terence A. DonnellyShared titles: The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000), The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Terence A. Donnelly
- William FriedkinShared titles: The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000), The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998)See all 2 shared titles with William Friedkin
Editors
- Nick WrightShared titles: On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000), The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Wright
Producers
- Russell LevenShared titles: On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000), The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Russell Leven