Until September 2005, Kermode reviewed films each week for the "New Statesman". Since 2009 Kermode has written "Mark Kermode's DVD round-up" for "The Observer", a weekly review of the latest releases. He sometimes writes for the British Film Institute's "Sight and Sound" magazine. Kermode is a film critic and presenter for Film4 and Channel 4, presenting the weekly "Extreme Cinema" strand. He also writes and presents documentaries for Channel 4, and co-presents "The Film Review" with Gavin Esler, for "BBC News at Five". As a host of BBC Two's "The Culture Show", Kermode presents an annual "Kermode Awards" episode which presents statuettes to actors and directors not nominated for Academy Awards that year.