Cinetopia Radio

On the November edition of the Cinetopia Radio show and podcast, Cinetopia's Amanda Rogers is joined with show regular Garry Arnot and Amaya Bañuelos Marco as we review the palme d’or winning, Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) plus new release films including the Scottish documentary Loch Ness: They Created a Monster (John MacLaverty), which was screened at the Inverness Film Festival and the...

On this October edition of the Cinetopia radio show and podcast, Show co-producer Jim Ross and show regular Simon Bowie reviewed films from the London Film Festival including  Emerald Fennel's Saltburn as well as Martin Scorsese KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON as well as EILEEN. Amanda sat down with Paul Bruce Director of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival and Jamie Robson, an actor who features in...

On the September episode the Cinetopia show, the team (this month Jim Ross, Clara Strachan, Simon Bowie, and Amanda Rogers) cover four new release films that are currently out in cinemas: FREMONT (dir. Babak Jalali), PAST LIVES (dir. Celine Song), EL CONDE (dir. Pablo Larraín) and BROTHER (dir. Clement Virgo). Amanda also interviews Anna Hints, director of the acclaimed film, SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOO...

On this August episode the Cinetopia team (this month Jim Ross, Garry Arnot, and Amanda Rogers) cover the Barbenheimer movies, Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER. We continue our coverage of Edinburgh International Film Festival which begins this week (18th-23rd August) with reviews of PASSAGES directed by Ira Sachs, and AFIRE, directed by Christian Petzold plus some...

On this month's episode, Cinetopia's Amanda is joined by film critic and show regular, Simon Bowie, to review a nice selection of summer films. First up is Mission: Impossible 7 - Dead Reckoning Part 1, 2 hours and 49 minutes of action and not much else (in our opinion :)). Next up is a new charming dutch documentary, SHABU, directed Shamira Raphaela . Simon and Amanda, both self-proclaime...

Aired originally 20th June, 2023 on EHFM - This month, show host and Cinetopia co-founder, Amanda Rogers is joined by Cinetopia curator Amaya Bañuelos Marco and show regular and critic, Clara Strachan, to review the 2023 Sheffield Doc/Fest. They review together 4 films from this year's programme: TISH, YOUR FAT FRIEND, THE CASTLE, and LONELY OAKS. Clara talks to Dr. Jess Brough, founder and co...

Amanda Rogers from Cinetopia was joined by Garry Arnot and Clara Strachan to discuss four new release films this month: The Eight Mountains directed by  Felix Van Groeningen and  Charlotte Vandermeersch currently out in cinemas. Plan 75 Chie Hayakawa , a Japanese film also out in cinemas at the moment. Master Gardener, Paul Schrader's latest film out on the 26th of May. And finally, the docume...

On our April edition of the Cinetopia Radio show and podcast, Cinetopia's Amanda Rogers is joined by show co-Producer Jim Ross (Editor-in-Chief, TAKEONECinema.net) to talk about the recent activity of the Save Filmhouse campaign and our proposed activity around the 40th Anniversary of the classic Scottish film, LOCAL HERO. Also on this episode, Amanda and Jim review the following new release f...

[originally aired on EFHM 21st March, 2023] On our March edition of the Cinetopia Radio show and podcast, Cinetopia's Amanda Rogers is joined by Amaya Banuelos Marco to talk about the recent activity of the Save Filmhouse campaign and the recent protest outside the building. Also on this episode, show regulars Garry Arnot and Simon Bowie recap their time at the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival inclu...

For our February episode of 2023, Amanda Rogers from Cinetopia was joined by Garry Arnot to discuss our OSCAR predictions as well as review new release films: BLUE JEAN, a debut feature directed by Georgia Oakley, SUBJECT, Directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall, NOSTALGIA, director by Mario Martone; We also preview the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival including reviewing the festival's opening f...

For our first episode of 2023, Amanda Rogers from Cinetopia was joined by Garry Arnot and Simon Bowie, and together they reviewed the following new release films: TAR, directed by Todd Field and starring Cate Blanchett; ENYS MEN, Mark Jenkin's latest feature film; SAINT OMER, documentary filmmaker, Alice Diop's first narrative feature, and Jerzy Skolimowski's EO. Amanda also interviewed  Sean...

On the final episode of 2022, Cinetopia's Amanda Rogers is joined by film critics Stephanie Brown and Simon Bowie to review some of Netflix's biggest hits, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Roar Uthaug's Norwegian monster flick, Troll . They also review Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave on Mubi as well as Nikyatu Jusu 's film Nanny .

This month, Cinetopia co-founder and Director Amanda Rogers is joined by show co-producer Jim Ross ( TAKEONECinema.net Editor-in-Chief) and show regulars Simon Bowie and Stephanie Brown to review the following films this month: Banshees of Inisherin, The Oil Machine, and Causeway. Amanda Rogers also interviews Jim Hickey, former Director of the Filmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival (...

This month, Cinetopia co-founder Amanda Rogers is joined by show co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Editor-in-Chief) and Clara Strachan to discuss the demise of Edinburgh's Filmhouse and the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and the impact on the festival scene in the city and Scotland. The team also review Marilyn Monroe biopic BLONDE and Palme D'Or winner TRIANGLE OF SADNESS. ---------...

The Cinetopia radio team including Amanda Rogers, Cinetopia founder, Jim Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Take One Magazine, Isobel Salamon, and Clara Strachan review three films part of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival in this EH-FM special. In this episode the team review the festival's opener, AFTERSUN, directed by Scottish filmmaker, Charlotte Wells, starring Paul Mescal and Francesca...

In our June edition of the show, Cinetopia founder Amanda Rogers is joined by co-Producer and Take One Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Jim Ross, as well as Cinetopia programmer, Amaya Banuelos Marco, to review six films: The big dinosaur blockbuster, Jurassic World Dominion, Mads Hedegaard's documentary Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest about Danish unsung heroes of retro 80s arcade games, Ninja Thyberg's...

In our May edition of the show, Cinetopia founder Amanda Rogers is joined by co-Producer and Take One Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jim Ross as well as film critics Simon Bowie, Garry Arnot, and Clara Strachan. Together they review five films this month: The uber-hyped new release from the Daniels, 'Everything Everywhere all at Once,' Emmanuel Carrère's French social realist docu-drama, 'Between Two Wo...

In the April edition of the show,  Cinetopia founder Amanda Rogers is joined by Garry Arnot to review Robert Eggers's Viking epic, The Northman, the new adventure rom-com, The Lost City, and the new Finnish film, Compartment No. 6 directed by Juho Kuosmanen .  Amanda also talked to Laura Wadha, director of the short documentary Born in Damascus, which recently won the Crystal Bear at the...

In this special edition of the show, we cover the Glasgow Film Festival 2022, Cinetopia founder Amanda Rogers is joined by film critics Simon Bowie and Garry Arnot. Together they review three films screening at the festival: Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World, Audrey Diwan's Happening, and Benediction, the latest film by Terence Davies. Amanda also talked to Jonas Chernick, writer, prod...

This month, Cinetopia founder and show host Amanda Rogers (www.cinetopiahub.com) is joined by show co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Managing Editor) and returning contributors Stephanie Brown and Isobel Salamon. Together they look at Guillermo del Toro's NIGHTMARE ALLEY, Pedro Almodóvar's PARALLEL MOTHERS, the 3-time Oscar and BAFTA nominated animated documentary film, FLEE directed by Jona...

This month, Cinetopia founder and show host Amanda Rogers (www.cinetopiahub.com) is joined by show co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Managing Editor) and returning contributor Simon Bowie. Together they look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s LICORICE PIZZA, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MEMORIA, The sequel and second part of Joanna Hogg's semi-autobiographical filmic tale, THE SOUVENIR PART II, and th...

This month, Cinetopia co-founder and show host Amanda Rogers is joined by show co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Managing Editor) and the returning Marc Nelson and Isobel Salomon. Together they look at Mike Mills' C'MON C'MON, Paolo Sorrentino'a THE HAND OF GOD, single-take restaurant drama BOILING POINT, and anticipated Palme D'Or winner TITANE. The team also talk their favourite films of 2...

This month, show co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Managing Editor) is joined by the returning Simon Bowie and Clara Strachan. Together they look at Princess Diana biopic SPENCER, Celine Sciamma's PETITE MAMAN, upcoming Netflix release THE POWER OF THE DOG from Jane Campion, and epic sci-fi DUNE. The team also make their recommendations for short films and look forward to the next month of f...

This month, Cinetopia founder Amanda Rogers is joined by co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Managing Editor) and show newcomer Isobel Salomon, founder of Edinburgh Cinema Club. Together they look at the big and small of this month in cinema: the new James Bond film, NO TIME TO DIE; Jim Cummings' latest manic indie flick, THE BETA TEST; and Alex Camilleri's debut feature, LUZZU, which played a...

This month, Cinetopia founder Amanda Rogers is joined by co-producer Jim Ross (TAKEONECinema.net Managing Editor), and returning critics Steph Brown and Simon Bowie. Together they review Leos Carax's long-awaited feature film return, the musical Annette; psychological drama Rose Plays Julie; a magical realist French social drama, Gagarine; and The Last Forest, screening as part of Take One Action...