Mark Kermode is an English film critic, broadcaster and author who was chief film critic of The Observer from 2013 to 2023. His books include It's Only a Movie, his account of a lifelong love of cinema, The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex, an essay collection on what has gone wrong with modern films, and Hatchet Job. He co-presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Screenshot and the film-review podcast Kermode & Mayo's Take, and he plays double bass with the skiffle band the Dodge Brothers.
