May on EH-FM: Hollywood, Judy & Punch, The County and Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Cinetopia Radio

For Cinetopia's May EH-FM broadcast, Amanda Rogers (Co-Founder of Cinetopia) and Jim Ross (Managing Editor of TAKE ONE Magazine) are joined by Elle Haywood (Associate Editor, TAKE ONE Magazine) to review the new Netflix series Hollywood, hyperreal tale Judy & Punch, and Icelandic drama The County. The team also discuss the prospect of cinema reopening and make their short film recommendations (films recommended are linked below!). Jim speaks with Leah Sapin of Human Rights Watch Film Festival about moving their London program online and the challenges of running a festival during the COVID-19 pandemic.

01:46 - Cinemas reopening?

22:07 - Hollywood

43:11 - Judy & Punch

55:17 - The County

1:07:05 - Interview with Leah Sapin, Human Rights Watch Film Festival

1:25:35 - Short Recommendations for Short Films

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival https://ff.hrw.org/london

Where to watch films reviewed and recommended:

Judy & Punch (Australia) film directed by Mirrah Foulkes [Watch online, check out https://amzn.to/3g1WiCd]

The County (Iceland) film directed by Grímur Hákonarson - [Watch - https://www.curzonhomecinema.com/film/watch-the-county-film-online - released on 22nd of May in the UK on Curzon Home Cinema] 1:05:55

Short film recommendations for May 19th:

Jim - Coyote - Dir: Lorenz Wunderle - https://vimeo.com/groups/659332/videos/414036312

Amanda - Stutterer - Dir: Ben Cleary - https://bit.ly/Stutterer (for US) and https://amzn.to/2ZjLARy (for UK).

Elle - This Perfect Day - Dir: Lydia Rui - https://youtu.be/FCsp1uvXAv4