Ep 135: Critic Mark Kermode reviews Don't Worry Darling and more with Anna Smith
When Mark Kermode, feminist ally of Girls On Film, and one of the UK’s top film critics, expressed a wish to come on the Girls On Film podcast, Anna Smith asked listeners in an online poll which recent films they would like the two of them to discuss on the show.
They discuss two recent films, beginning with a Don't Worry Darling review. **SPOILER ALERT** from 11:01 they move into spoiler territory, so skip to 18:36 if you'd like to avoid that. They then discuss The Woman King, as well as the winner of the Sight and Sound poll of the top 100 films of all time, Jeanne Dielman; why awards matter, the sense and nonsense of making lists of favourite films, and whether the film industry is making advances where gender parity is concerned.
Mark Kermode is film critic for The Observer, co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Screenshot alongside Ellen E Jones, host of his own film music programme on Scala Radio, and co-presenter of Kermode and Mayo’s Take podcast.
Don’t Worry Darling is available on all the usual platforms in the UK.
The Woman King will be available on digital January 30th and on DVD February 13th 2023.
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is available to stream on BFI Player in The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time collection on BFI Player – which now includes over 50 titles from the top 100 to rent or for subscribers. The full top 100 will also screen at BFI Southbank throughout January, February and March.
Films mentioned in this episode are:
Aftersun, Charlotte Wells, 2022
The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022
Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde, 2022
Blonde, Andrew Dominik, 2022
The Souvenir, Part II, Joanna Hogg, 2021
Stepford Wives, Bryan Forbes, 1975
Rosemary’s Baby, Roman Polanski, 1968
Get Out, Jordan Peele, 2017
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Chantal Akerman, 1975
Braveheart, Mel Gibson, 1975
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised, Questlove, 2021
Woodstock, Michael Wadleigh, 1970
Amazing Grace, Alan Elliott, 2018
Heavy Load, Jerry Rothwell, 2008
Dig!, Ondi Timoner, 2004
Safe, Todd Haynes, 1995
Poison, Todd Haynes, 1991
Enys Men, Mark Jenkin, 2022
Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941
Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958
The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972
Eraserhead, David Lynch, 1977
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Girls On Film is an HLA production.
Host: Anna Smith.
Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold
Audio Producer: Nic Wassell
Intern: Eleanor Hardy
House band: MX Tyrants
This episode is in partnership with our principal partners, Vanessa Smith and Peter Brewer.
They discuss two recent films, beginning with a Don't Worry Darling review. **SPOILER ALERT** from 11:01 they move into spoiler territory, so skip to 18:36 if you'd like to avoid that. They then discuss The Woman King, as well as the winner of the Sight and Sound poll of the top 100 films of all time, Jeanne Dielman; why awards matter, the sense and nonsense of making lists of favourite films, and whether the film industry is making advances where gender parity is concerned.
Mark Kermode is film critic for The Observer, co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Screenshot alongside Ellen E Jones, host of his own film music programme on Scala Radio, and co-presenter of Kermode and Mayo’s Take podcast.
Don’t Worry Darling is available on all the usual platforms in the UK.
The Woman King will be available on digital January 30th and on DVD February 13th 2023.
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is available to stream on BFI Player in The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time collection on BFI Player – which now includes over 50 titles from the top 100 to rent or for subscribers. The full top 100 will also screen at BFI Southbank throughout January, February and March.
Films mentioned in this episode are:
Aftersun, Charlotte Wells, 2022
The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022
Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde, 2022
Blonde, Andrew Dominik, 2022
The Souvenir, Part II, Joanna Hogg, 2021
Stepford Wives, Bryan Forbes, 1975
Rosemary’s Baby, Roman Polanski, 1968
Get Out, Jordan Peele, 2017
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Chantal Akerman, 1975
Braveheart, Mel Gibson, 1975
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised, Questlove, 2021
Woodstock, Michael Wadleigh, 1970
Amazing Grace, Alan Elliott, 2018
Heavy Load, Jerry Rothwell, 2008
Dig!, Ondi Timoner, 2004
Safe, Todd Haynes, 1995
Poison, Todd Haynes, 1991
Enys Men, Mark Jenkin, 2022
Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941
Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958
The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972
Eraserhead, David Lynch, 1977
Become a patron of Girls On Film on Patreon here:
www.patreon.com/girlsonfilmpodcast
Follow us on socials:
www.instagram.com/girlsonfilm_podcast/
www.facebook.com/girlsonfilmpodcast
www.twitter.com/GirlsOnFilm_Pod
www.twitter.com/annasmithjourno
Watch Girls On Film on the BFI’s YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX…L89QKZsN5Tgr3vn7z
Girls On Film is an HLA production.
Host: Anna Smith.
Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold
Audio Producer: Nic Wassell
Intern: Eleanor Hardy
House band: MX Tyrants
This episode is in partnership with our principal partners, Vanessa Smith and Peter Brewer.
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