December on EH-FM: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, American Utopia, Stardust and Il Mio Corpo

In this edition of the show, Cinetopia co-founder Amanda Rogers is joined by co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Managing Editor) and regulars Marc Nelson and Steph Brown. Between them, they cover three films with a musical theme in David Bowie biopic STARDUST, Spike Lee's recording of stage show DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA, Netflix release and the late Chadwick Boseman's screen farewell in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, before capping things off with hybrid documentary IL MIO CORPO. Amanda also talks to short film director Louis Paxton, and the team recommend their top films of 2020 along with their regular short film recommendations. ------------------------ 04:45 - Stardust (Dir: Gabriel Range) 24:41 - David Byrne's American Utopia (Dir: Spike Lee) 50:18 - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Dir: George C. Wolfe) 1:04:24 - Il Mio Corpo (Dir: Michele Pennetta) 1:22:42 - Short film recommendations 1:32:42 - Interview with Louis Paxton 2:00:22 - The team's favourite films of 2020 ------------------------- Short film recommendations - Amanda recommends SATAN HAS A BUSHY TAIL (Dir: Louis Paxton) - https://vimeo.com/103750385 Marc recommends Techno Mystic (Dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKA4iLL89hI Jim recommends THE TRAFFIC SEPARATING DEVICE (Dir: Johan Palmgren) - https://vimeo.com/425030709 Steph recommends LITTLE POTATO (Dir: Wes Hurley & Nathan M. Miller) - https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/08/07/little-potato/