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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We opened the show with an interview with Steve McQueen who came to talk about his film; Widows (2018).

In Here’s The Thing Mark introduced his new podcast: Kermode On Film. We also payed tribute to two great directors; Bernardo Bertolluci director Last Tango in Paris (1972), The Last Emperor (1987) and 1900 (1976) and Nicolas Roeg director of Performance (1970), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Don’t Look Now (1973). Lastly, Mark invited Simon Brew onto the stage to talk about his new magazine: Film Stories.

Next, we had Josie Lawrence on to talk about both her guilty pleasure and the film that changed her life. Josie’s chose Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan, 1951) as The Film That Changed My Life. As her Guilty Pleasure she chose Spinal Tap (1984).

Then we had Tim Wardle to talk about his upcoming project: Three Identical Strangers (2018).

After we welcomed Rami Malek to the stage to talk about the Queen biopic; Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).  His favourite Queen song; Bohemian Rhapsody. Mark did not agree.

To close the show, Mark invites Josie back on stage to sing Silent Night, Merry Christmas all!

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