Simon Exorcises Mark

Listen to this episode from Kermode & Mayo's Extra Takes on Spotify. We revisit Picnic at Hanging Rock for its 50th anniversary reissue this week—the mesmerizing Peter Weir classic that’s inspired five decades of movies from The Virgin Suicides to The Falling. Plus one more bonus review of I Am Martin Parr—a new doc about the photographer who captured the colourful tragicomedy of British working-class life. We’re digging in the back of the movie-cupboard for cursed toys on One Frame Back this week, inspired by the The Monkey’s bloodthirsty clockwork killer. Mark will choose the creepiest of your picks—from Magic’s ventriloquist’s dummy Corky to Chucky and more. More correspondence too on the apparently curtainless land of Skandinavia, following Simon’s Skandi-noir queries lasty week—and some righteous code-breaker shaming too. Timecodes: I Am Martin Parr Review: 09:33 One Frame Back: 22:19 Picnic at Hanging Rock Review: 31:57 Watchlist and Notlist: 41:52 Questions Schmestions: 47:38 You can contact the show by emailing [email protected] or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] --- Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts To advertise on this show contact: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices