Mark invited Simon Amstell to talk about his Guilty Pleasure: Titanic (1997). He also asked him to talk about this new film Benjamin (2018) – which Mark is in!

Mark sequewayed into a List-O-Mania of Top Ten Cameos by People Playing Themselves: 10. Mark in Absolutely Fabulous Xmas Special (2011) 9. Anna Wintour in Ocean’s 8 (2018) 8. Hedda Hopper in Sunset Boulevard (1950) 7. David Bowie in Zoolander (2001) 6. Macy Gray in Spider-Man (2002) 5. Rex Reed in Superman (1978) 4. Malcolm McDowell on The Player (1992) 3. Bill Murray in Zombieland (2009) 2. Bob Harris in Wild Rose (2019) 1.Mark in Extras– as an extra! (2006)

In Sound and Vision David Holmes came to talk about his work as a composer, notably on ‘71 (2014) and Killing Eve (2018).

In One from the Vaults we talked about the re-release of A Clockwork Orange (1971).

In Coming Attractions Carol Morley talked about her extraordinary film Out of Blue (2018), and Chiwetel Ejiofor about The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019). He also talked about de Sica’s beautiful Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette; 1948) in The Film That Changed My Life.

We ended on a celebration of Sound and Vision with Good Vibrations (2012).

You can listen to Simon Astell and Chiwetel Ejiofor here!

You can listen to Carol Morley and David Holmes here!

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We opened the show with Mark talking about awards season – and about Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema on BBC4 in Here’s The Thing.

In Coming Attractions, Stephen Merchant talked about Fighting With My Family (2019). Composer Max Richter talked about his work on Waltz with Bashir (2008), The Leftovers (2014-2017) and Hostiles (2017), and talked about Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev (1969) as The Film That Changed My Life.

In One From the Vaults we highlighted the 40th anniversary of Alien (1979).

Finally, actor Jessie Buckley and screenwriter Nicole Taylor talked about Wild Rose (2018) and for Sound & Vision Jessie Buckley gave a live rendition of a country song.

You can listen to Max Richter and Jessie Buckley here!

You can listen to Stephen Merchant here!

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The first MK3D of the new year kicked off with an interview with Joe Cornish who came to talk about his new release The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) and about The Film That Changed His Life: Die Hard (1988).

Mark looked ahead to the Oscars by doing a List-O-Mania: a Top Ten Film This Century to Receive ZERO Oscar Nominations: 10. I, Daniel Blake (2016) 9. The Babadook (2014) 8. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 7. Let the Right One In (2008) 6. Berberian Sound Studio (2012) 5. Good Vibrations (2012) 4. RAW (2016) 3. Girlhood (2014) 2. Of Time and the City (2008) 1. Leave No Trace (2018).

In Coming Attractions Mark talked to director Nadine Labaki whose film Capernaum (2018) did get nominated for an Oscar. Mark also talked to key talent from Jellyfish (2018): Actors Liv Hill and Cyril Nri and director James Gardner. Steve Coogan came to talk about Stan & Ollie (2018), for which he was nominated for Best Actor in the BAFTAs. Steve also talked about Harold and Maude (1971) in The Film That Changed My Life.

We paid homage to Laurel & Hardy in Sound and Vision with Way Out West’s

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