Scannain Podcast - #19 - 2019

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:

1. Detective Pikachu
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. The Hustle
4. Long Shot
5. A Dog's Journey
6. Dumbo
7. The Curse Of La Llorona
8. Dialogues Des Carmelites – Met Opera 2019
9. Wild Rose
10. Wonder Park

New releases:

• Beats
• Birds of Passage
• Breakthrough
• John Wick: Chapter III - Parabellum