{"podcast":{"title":"Kermode & Mayo’s Take","slug":"kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583","podcast_index_feed_id":5310583,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/kermodeandmayo","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3dead3fa-9fbc-11ec-a343-aba8a0855498/image/K_M_TILE_ART_full_lyr_UPDATED.jpg-2023-12-01_15_59_52.236000.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sony Music","episode_count":290,"summary":"Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes to get ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show, TAKE TWO, with new episodes every Friday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or at extratakes.com to get access on your preferred podcast platform. There's more to discover at kermodeandmayo.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices . EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T02:20:02.396742+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583"},"episode":{"title":"Did Mark Fall for Wuthering Heights — or Run Screaming Across the Moors? With Emerald Fennell","slug":"did-mark-fall-for-wuthering-heights-or-run-screaming-across-the-moors-with-emerald-fennell","published_at":"2026-02-12T14:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/did-mark-fall-for-wuthering-heights-or-run-screaming-across-the-moors-with-emerald-fennell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/a16f7d/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY2602277823.mp3?updated=1770904521","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/a16f7d/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY2602277823.mp3?updated=1770904521","summary":"Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind‑the‑scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show—a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. Bodices will be ripped in this week’s Take, because we’re talking Wuthering Heights. Emerald Fennell heads to the wild and windy moors for a cinematic storm of obsession, repression, lots of rain and, well… let’s just say nobody’s getting this worked up about the weather alone. Controversially starring Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Catherine, it’s already dividing the critics, so where does Mark stand? The lascivious literary adaptation’s director is our guest this week. She joins Simon to talk about the story’s sensuality, toxicity, and how much glaring, breathing, and storm-lashed longing is too much glaring, breathing, and storm-lashed longing? She tells us how it felt to realise her teenage dream of bringing her vision for this classic to the screen, and why its tale of love, revenge, and emotional chaos still gets pulses racing. Plus reviews of three more of the week’s cinematic offerings. There’s Crime 101, Bart Layton’s sleek thriller pairing Chris Hemsworth’s precision jewel thief with Mark Ruffalo’s relentlessly pursuing detective, and proving once again that nobody in LA should ever relax. Whistle brings supernatural horror and the world’s worst extracurricular activity, as students discover that cursed ancient Aztec art…","meta_description":"Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Tak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4805,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/episodes/did-mark-fall-for-wuthering-heights-or-run-screaming-across-the-moors-with-emerald-fennell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/did-mark-fall-for-wuthering-heights-or-run-screaming-across-the-moors-with-emerald-fennell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}