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Dame Emma Thompson reads on of her favourite poems; Damien Chazelle discusses his new Netflix drama series The Eddy; a cinema chain controversy.

Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle discusses The Eddy, his new Netflix musical drama mini-series set in a multi-lingual Paris jazz club, written by Jack Thorne.

Dame Emma Thompson reads one of her favourite poems and discusses her new short film Extinction, made during the Extinction Rebellion protests.

With cinemas closed and many film releases on hold, what power does lockdown streaming have to change the industry? After the success of Universal's Trolls World Tour as a digital-only release, it says it will continue to put films out via both cinemas and streaming after restrictions are lifted. In response, world leading cinema chain AMC has said it will boycott Universal films, makers of hits like James Bond. Meanwhile the Oscars will for the first time include digital-only films in next year's awards. To discuss the significance of this, Kirsty is joined by film critic Larushka Ivan Zadeh.

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Studio manager Duncan Hannant

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28 minutes

The Eddy

The Eddy
is available on Netflix from 8 May
Image: Netflix

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  • Thu 30 Apr 2020 19:15

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