Scannain Podcast - #42 - 2018

This week, Darren Mooney, Jay Coyle, Ronan Doyle, Grace Duffy and Doctor Jennifer O'Meara from the Dublin Feminist Film Festival discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Jay discusses The Other Side of the Wind, Ronan rewatches Waltz with Bashir, Grace celebrates Netflix Christmas movies, and Jennifer contemplates The Congress.

The big news feature this week is Doctor Jennifer O'Meara discussing the fifth annual Dublin Feminist Film Festival, which is taking place the 20th-22nd November in the Lighthouse Cinema. Jennifer walks us through some programme highlights. We also discuss the iffy short film festival, Netflix's collaboration with Nora Twomey and Cartoon Saloon on My Father's Dragon, a recent Prime Time Investigates look at reports of bullying the Irish film industry and highlights of the Screen Ireland funding decisions for the third quarter.

The top ten:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. A Star is Born
3. Smallfoot
4. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
5. Johnny English Strikes Again
6. Goosebumps II: Haunted Halloween
7. Halloween
8. Venom
9. First Man
10. 7 Emotions

New releases:

• Outlaw King
• Overlord
• Good Favour
• Kin
• The Grinch
• The Other Side of Everything
• They Shall Not Grow Old
• Widows