In this week’s episode of the MK3D show actress Naomi Ackie joins Mark to talk about starring in the incredible biopic, WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY. Naomi talks about singing live in front of Stanley Tucci and talks passionately about her love of acting.

Mark also welcomes Brett Morgen, director of the incredible MOONAGE DAYDREAM. Brett discusses his editing process for the film and bonds with Mark over a shared love of Bowie.

WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY is available to watch on Netflix and MOONAGE DAYDREAM is available to rent on Prime Video.

This episode of Kermode On Film is the first half of the MK3D show recorded live at the BFI Southbank in February 2023.

Thank you for listening!

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The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:

- Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.

- Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.

- Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.

- The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.

We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.

They are masterpieces!

Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.

Cover photo by Julie Edwards.

This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.

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Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

The End of the F…ing World

Master of None

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Lady Macbeth

Blue Jasmine

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Moonage Daydream

Breathless (1983)

David Holzman’s Diary

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week

One from the Heart

Fantasia

Heaven’s Gate

Cast and Crew mentioned in this episode:

Kasi Lemmons

Johnny Flynn

Clarke Peters

Stanley Tucci

Clive Davis

Tom Cruise

Florence Pugh

Cosmo Jarvis

Robert de Niro

Cate Blanchett

Kenneth Anger

Jim McBride

L.M. Kit Carson

Jean-Luc Godard

Francis Ford Coppola

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