Kermode & Mayo’s Take

557 episodes · 15 with AI analysis

Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes to get ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show, TAKE TWO, with new episodes every Friday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or at extratakes

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Analyzed Episodes

Apr 16, 2026

John Waters: “I’m so respectable I could puke”

Cult cinema celebrationIndependent film criticismPolitical biographical films

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Analyzed Episodes

John Waters: “I’m so respectable I could puke”

Brian Cox on GLENROTHAN: will it go down smoothly with Mark?

Level up or game over for SUPER MARIO GALAXY?

THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE: Enchanting or just lost in the woods?

Is Stephen Graham another bad boy in THE GOOD BOY?

Oscars Schmoscars 2026

Ryan Gosling on PROJECT HAIL MARY

Take Ultra preview - A look ahead to the Oscars

Does THE BRIDE! earn its exclamation mark?

Celebrating Women in Film with Vanguard

What did Mark make of the BAFTAs?

Amanda Seyfried… as a Mancunian?

Did Mark Fall for Wuthering Heights — or Run Screaming Across the Moors? With Emerald Fennell

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MELANIA: “A piece of handsomely mounted crypto‑fascist propaganda” + Riz Ahmed