The Exorcist-obsessed, leather-clad and utterly iconic film critic is in (both) town(s) this fortnight, to discuss his autobiography, It’s Only A Movie, probably in a sardonic and slightly sarcastic fashion. Little-known Kermode fact: he plays double bass in skiffle band The Dodge Brothers.

Cameo, Edinburgh, Mon 8 Feb; Glasgow Film Theatre, Tue 9 Feb.