Scannain Podcast

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, Darren Mooney is back hosting and he's joined by Jay Coyle and Ronan Doyle to discuss the week in film. Ronan is fresh back from the Trish McAdams and "Memory on Screen" seasons at the Irish Film Institute, and so has a lot to cover from Spider to Memento to the work of Terrence Davies. Jay has had a busy week as well, watching The Virgin Suicides, The Childhood of a Leader and Valley of the Dolls. Darren has had a more eclectic week, watching animated versions of lost Doctor Who episodes, Holmes and Watson, and the surreality that is The Lonely Island Presents: The Bash Brothers Experience.A lot of news this week, including Roman Polanski's (failed) efforts to sell his latest movie at Cannes, Woody Allen releasing a trailer for A Rainy Day in New York on his personal Facebook, the major studios dealing with the Georgia Abortion ban, Dublin Oldschool arriving on Netflix, and a €3,000 prize on offer at the Galway Film Market in July.

The top ten:

Aladdin

The Secret Lives of Pets II

Rocketman

Detective Pikachu

John Wick: Chapter III - Parabellum

Avengers: Endgame

The Hustle

Paw Patrol Mighty Pups

Dumbo

A Dog's Journey

New releases:

Always Be My Maybe

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Ma

Sunset

Thunder Road

Booksmart

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, editor Niall Murphy returns to host the podcast, joining Jay Coyle and Darren Mooney to discuss the week in film. Jay watched Wages of Fear and Persepolis for the first time. Niall has been to Cannes but regales us with some of the films that he saw outside the festival, including The Fate of the Furious and Gone Girl.A lot of the news this week comes directly from Cannes, including good news for a whole host of Irish filmmakers. Lorcan Finnegan's Vivarium won the Distribution Prize at Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week. Ireland and Luxembourg launched a joint female-focused development fund. Screen Ireland announced four productions as part of their inaugural POV funding scheme.

The top ten:

Detective Pikachu

John Wick: Chapter III - Parabellum

Avengers: Endgame

The Hustle

Paw Patrol Mighty Pups

A Dog's Journey

Long Shot

Dumbo

Wonder Park

Breakthrough

New releases:

Aladdin

Rocketman

The Secret Life of Pets II

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, I join Jay Coyle, Grace Duffy and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin to discuss the week in film. Jay has returned from holidays but has still had the time to take in a variety of films including Steven Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds. Grace has enjoyed both Lady Macbeth and Short Term 12. Luke has watched a variety of films including Netflix's Something Great, which is more like something so-so.In film news, the Cannes Film Festival is underway. Closer to home, eight Irish film festivals have undertaken the 5050 x 2020 challenge to improve gender representation and transparency in how these festivals are organised and run. Alex Gibney is attending the new DOCS Ireland festival in Belfast in June. The Irish Film Institute is hosting their third Dark Skies season focusing on killer artificial intelligences.

The top ten:

Detective Pikachu

Avengers: Endgame

The Hustle

Long Shot

A Dog's Journey

Dumbo

The Curse Of La Llorona

Dialogues Des Carmelites – Met Opera 2019

Wild Rose

Wonder Park

New releases:

Beats

Birds of Passage

Breakthrough

John Wick: Chapter III - Parabellum

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, Darren Mooney, Jay Coyle, and Ronan Doyle to discuss the week in film. Ronan is just back from Paris and from the Trish McAdams season at the Irish Film Institute. Jay has been continuing his journey into Columbian noir and enjoyed Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles.In film news, there's a bumper crop of Quentin Tarantino news, including the Netflix cut of The Hateful Eight, the late Cannes entry of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and his continuing plans to make a Star Trek film. Beyond that, the Writers' Guild of Ireland announced the nominees of their annual ZeBBie awards.

The top ten:

Avengers: Endgame

Long Shot

A Dog's Journey

The Curse Of La Llorona

Dumbo

Wonder Park

Tolkien

Wild Rose

Greta

Shazam!

New releases:

Amazing Grace

The Corrupted

Destination Wedding

High Life

The Hustle

The Rosie Project

Madelaine's Madelaine

Wine Country

Float Like a Butterfly

Detective Pikachu

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, Darren Mooney, Jay Coyle, Grace Duffy and Ronan Doyle discuss the week in film. Ronan has been away for a few weeks at the Irish Film Institute's "Our Battle in Images" season, looking at (largely outside) perspectives of the Troubles and curated by Donal Foreman, and so discusses a few films that he saw as part of the season. Jay has been watching more Columbian noir on the Criterion Channel and took in the latest Liam Neeson action joint Hard Powder Cold Pursuit. Grace watched Colossal and took in her first Agnés Varda film. Darren watched The Dig and took in a couple of classic Marvel Cinematic Universe films.In film news, there's a lot to cover, including the passing of director John Singleton. There is also the IFI Spotlight coming in early May and the announcement of the latest batch of W.R.A.P. funding. As ever, we also cover the top ten and the new releases in a crowded week under the shadow of Avengers: Endgame.

The top ten:

Avengers: Endgame

Dumbo

Wonder Park

Shazam!

Greta

Wild Rose

Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

Missing Link

Little

Five Feet Apart

New releases:

Woman at War

Vox Lux

Tolkien

Long Shot

Hotel Mumbai

A Dog's Journey

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile

The Curse Of La Llorona

Note: We accidentally omitted Vox Lux from our discussion of new releases. We apologise for this error.

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, Darren Mooney, Jay Coyle, and Grace Duffy discuss the week in film. There's a lot to discuss. As one might expect given the big release of the week, there's a lot of Marvel Cinematic Universe talk; The Incredible Hulk, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy. There's also time to discuss Tropic Thunder, Catch Me If You Can and The Shallows. In terms of film news, Lorcan Finnegan's Vivarium is screening at Cannes and the IFI is hosting a Trish McAdam season in May.

The top ten:

Dumbo

Shazam!

Wild Rose

Greta

Wonder Park

Captain Marvel

Pet Sematary

Little

Five Feet Apart

Hellboy

New releases:

Avengers: Endgame

The Dig

Eighth Grade

The World is Yours

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, I join Jay Coyle and Grace Duffy to discuss the week in film.  As usual, we talk about what we watched this week, including another in-depth discussion of Brie Larson's directorial debut Unicorn Store, the cynicism of Netflix's The Silence, the enduring appeal of Road House, the insanity of Jupiter Ascending, and the strange nostalgia of Hotel Artemis. In film news, there is a lot happening. Close to home, the IFI is hosting a season dedicated to memory on screen and has added The Loopline Connection to the online IFI Player. In international news, the latest Star Wars movie has a name and a trailer, Avengers: Endgame spoilers sweep across the internet, and the Cannes film festival announced its line-up.All of this plus the top ten and the new releases.

The top ten:

Dumbo

Shazam!

Wonder Park

Wild Rose

Pet Sematary

Little

Hellboy

Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

Captain Marvel

Missing Link

New releases:

Dragged Across Concrete

Honey in My Head

Loro

Greta

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, Darren Mooney joins Jay Coyle and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin to discuss the week in film.  As usual, we talk about what we watched this week, including an in-depth discussion of Unicorn Store, a reflection on the two sequels to The Matrix and the inevitability of remaking Akira. In terms of film news, the big news of the week is the launch of Criterion Channel, which is now streaming classic movie content online. There is also the passing of veteran character actor Seymour Cassel. And a nice bracing dose of tax reform, with revisions made to Section 481.All of this plus the top ten and the new releases.

The top ten:

Dumbo

Shazam!

Pet Sematary

Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

Us

Captain Marvel

Missing Link

The Sisters Brothers

Five Feet Apart

What Men Want

New releases:

Wonder Park

Hell Boy

Don't Go

Little

mid90s

Wild Rose

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, Darren Mooney, Grace Duffy, Ronan Doyle and Jay Coyle discuss the week in film. There's a lot to cover this week, most obviously the passing of Agnès Varda, who was something of a patron saint of the podcast. However, the film news also covers the United States Justice Department's intervention in the row between Netflix and the Academy, big announcements from Cinema Con, news about Disney's purchase of Fox, the Newport Beach Film Festival, and the Celtic Media Awards.All of this plus the top ten and the new releases.

The top ten:

Dumbo

Us

Captain Marvel

What Men Want

Lucifer

Instant Family

Green Book

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Die Walkure – Met Opera 2019

How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World

New releases:

Holy Lands

The Keeper

Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

Happy as Lazzaro

Unicorn Store

The Sisters Brothers

Shazam!

Pet Sematary

Missing Link

It's time for the Scannain podcast!This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle and Jay Coyle to discuss the week in film. It's a light week for Ronan and Darren, but Jay has us covered with deep dives that extend from Varda through to the joy of Music and Lyrics or the siren call from Under the Silver Lake. In terms of film news, we mark the passing of Broncho McLoughlin, take a look at April at the Irish Film Institute, check in on the release date of The Dig and chart a number of upcoming Irish digital releases.

The top ten:

Us

Captain Marvel

What Men Want

Instant Family

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Green Book

How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World

A Dog's Way Home

Fighting With My Family

Fisherman's Friends

New releases:

The Vanishing

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

Dumbo

Out of Blue