en Kermode Uncut Feed Outspoken, opinionated and never lost for words, Mark is the UK's leading film critic. This twice-weekly video blog is the place where he airs his personal views on the things that most fire him up about cinema - and invites you to give your own opinions. Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:20:58 +0000 Zend_Feed_Writer 2 (http://framework.zend.com) /blogs/markkermode Jumping The Gun Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:20:58 +0000 /blogs/markkermode/entries/6ce58060-9646-4239-976a-c4301edfbb6b /blogs/markkermode/entries/6ce58060-9646-4239-976a-c4301edfbb6b Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

Free Fire - the new movie by Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump is out this week. Their work together raises an interesting question about the relationship between the filmmaker and the audience.

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I talk to fellow journalist Tim Robey about the recent disagreements by filmmakers Ben Wheatley and Alex Proyas with critics and ask if they have a point…

]]> 0 The Aggregate Debate Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:47:11 +0000 /blogs/markkermode/entries/d87bc4ef-69f1-41a7-a86e-194b29da0976 /blogs/markkermode/entries/d87bc4ef-69f1-41a7-a86e-194b29da0976 Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

The new Ben Wheatley film High-Rise is dividing critics - I don’t necessarily see that as a bad thing...

]]> 0 High Society Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:44:17 +0000 /blogs/markkermode/entries/c15d0e4a-e537-4a27-b885-fa55f869298e /blogs/markkermode/entries/c15d0e4a-e537-4a27-b885-fa55f869298e Mark Kermode Mark Kermode

I’ve just been to the premiere of High Rise - Ben Wheatley’s much anticipated adaptation of the novel by J G Ballard. It had a most surprising effect on me….

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