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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?

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Can men and women really be friends? + PAUL GREENGRASS pt 2

October 9, 2026

Simon Mayo (0:05)

What's that T-shirt you're wearing? I can't quite see it from here. Oh, can you read it? RCA Victor. Yeah.

PL12030. And then there's some letters underneath that, which I can't read. What are the letters underneath the number? LOW.

Paul Greengrass (0:20)

Explain to yourself.

Simon Mayo (0:22)

It's the label listing for Bowie's low.

Oh, right. Okay. So it's a T-shirt that is designed specifically for fools like me to say, what's that? And then you can then prove how cool you are by saying, I haven't got a David Bowie low T-shirt with the cover of the album, because that would be like for plebs. I'm hardcore and cooler than you. Yes. It is one…

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