Scannain Podcast

Scannain Podcast - #11 - 2019

It's time for the new Scannain Podcast!

Scannain Podcast - #10 - 2019

It's time for the Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle and Jay Coyle discuss the week in film. Because Varda season never ends, both Ronan and Jay have a new film to discuss from the legendary French director. Meanwhile, in film news, we mark the passing of veteran Irish character actor Pat Laffan, study the recent funding decisions of the Broadcast Authority of Ireland, discuss the opening of applications to the WRAP fund, navigate the line-up of the Belfast Film Festival, and discuss the availability of Ross Whitaker's Katie on Netflix.

The top ten:

1. Captain Marvel
2. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
3. Instant Family
4. Green Book
5. How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World
6. Fighting With My Family
7. The Aftermath
8. The Hole in the Ground
9. A Dog's Way Home
10. Cold Pursuit

New releases:

• Fisherman's Friends
• Girl
• The Prodigy
• Under the Silver Lake
• Ben is Back
• What Men Want
• Triple Frontier

Scannain Podcast - #9 - 2019

It's time for the Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Grace Duffy and Jay Coyle to discuss the week in film. Having taken time out for the Dublin International Film Festival, there's a lot to get through. There are discussions of everything from Runaway Bride to Isn't It Romantic? to Serenity to Burning. On top of that, there's a lot of film news to cover, including the passing of Luke Perry, the Oscar results, the various awards given out at the end of the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, and the IFI International Festival Tour that is taking Irish films abroad for Saint Patrick's Day.

The top ten:

1. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2. Instant Family
3. How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World
4. Green Book
5. Fighting With My Family
6. The Hole in the Ground
7. The Aftermath
8. Cold Pursuit
9. Kobiety Mafii 2
10. A Dog's Way Home

New releases:

• Everybody Knows
• The Kindergarten Teacher
• Maiden
• Captain Marvel

Scannain Podcast - #8 - 2019

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This time, coming live from the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, recorded in the space between the showings of Another Day of Life and José on Saturday 2nd March. Darren Mooney, Jason Coyle, Ronan Doyle and Alex Towers of When Irish Eyes Are Watching discuss their own experience of the festival to this point, including highlights and otherwise.

Films discussed include: Loro, What Time is Death?, Happy as Lazzaro, Ash is Purest White, Rafiki, Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, The Man Who Feels No Pain, Fighting With My Family, Angelo, Vox Lux, Her Smell, Dragged Across Concrete, Another Day of Life, Dub Daze, Out of Blue, A Girl From Mogadishu and She's Missing.

Due to the unique constraints of the festival, this episode eschews the usual format (no top ten! no new releases!), moves at a much brisker and looser pace, and was recorded in the wild. As such, the sound includes ambient rainfall.

Scannain Podcast - #7 - 2019

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast! Almost live from the Virgin Media International Film Festival!

This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle, and Jay Coyle to discuss the week in film news. Jay and Darren are just back from the premiere of Papi Chulo, while Ronan has brought along a schedule of planned festival highlights for discerning listeners. Due to time constraints, the podcast moves at a tremendous clip, but there's room to discuss classics like Point Break, Predator and Jodorowsky's Dune along the way.

The news is given over to the passing of screen legends Bruno Ganz and Albert Finney, Aamir Khan's trip to the Belfast Film Festival and TOG Hackerspace's #OIRscars Party this coming Sunday.

The top ten:

1. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2. Instant Family
3. How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World
4. Green Book
5. Alita: Battle Angel
6. If Beale Street Could Talk
7. Happy Death Day 2 U
8. A Dog's Way Home
9. The Mule
10. The Kid Who Would Be King

New releases:

• On the Basis of Sex
• Capernaum
• Cold Pursuit
• Old Boys
• Total Dhamaal

Scannain Podcast - #6 - 2019

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle, Jay Coyle and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin discuss the week in film news. We have a broad and wide-ranging discussion of what we watched, asking tough questions like whether Flash Gordon really is the horniest movie ever made and ruminating on the visual power of Shrek Retold. There are also discussions of The Miseducation of Cameron Post and the thirties thriller Red Dust.

News-wise, awards season continues apace with the race settling down after the BAFTAs and Roma emerging as the frontrunner. Simultaneously, the Oscars continue to be a struggle to get their show organised. Meanwhile, closer to home, the Irish Film Institute unveils its plans for 2019 and its evening course in British cinema since the eighties.

The top ten:

1. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2. How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World
3. Green Book
4. Alita: Battle Angel
5. A Dog's Way Home
6. The Mule
7. Glass
8. Mary Queen of Scots
9. Vice
10. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

New releases:

• If Beale Street Could Talk
• Instant Family
• The Queen's Corgi
• Happy Death Day 2 U
• A Private War
• Mektoub, My Love

Scannain Podcast - #5 - 2019

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle, Jay Coyle and Alex Towers from When Irish Eyes Are Watching discuss the week in film news. We have a broad and wide-ranging discussion of what we watched, including everything from John Carpenter's The Fog to 3,000 Miles to Graceland to the work of Agnes Varda and some preemptive highlights of the upcoming Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. We also discuss a little bit about David Fincher's Zodiac, which we all caught on 35mm at the Lighthouse.

In terms of film news, there is a lot to cover. The big story concerns the cinema-going habits of the Irish (and international) audiences. However, there's also news from the European Film Market, including a number of prospective Irish films on sale.

The top ten:

1. How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World
2. Green Book
3. A Dog's Way Home
4. The Mule
5. Glass
6. Vice
7. Mary Queen of Scots
8. Mary Poppins Returns
9. Escape Room
10. Second Act

New releases:

• Alita: Battle Angel
• All Is True
• Boy Erased
• High Flying Bird
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Scannain Podcast - #4 - 2019

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Jay Coyle and Graham Day from Speakin' Geek to discuss the week in film news. It's a fun and wide-ranging discussion, covering everything from the growth of Dreamworks as an animation studio to the extended cut of Terrence Malick's Tree of Life. There's also discussion of Dragonball Z and Destroyer. In film news, we mark the passing of Dick Miller, the coverage of Sundance, February at the Irish Film Institute and the thirtieth anniversary of the Cork French Film Festival.

The top ten:

1. A Dog's Way Home
2. Glass
3. Mary Queen of Scots
4. Vice
5. The Mule
6. Mary Poppins Returns
7. Second Act
8. Stan and Ollie
9. Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet
10. The Favourite

New releases:

• Burning
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• Escape Room
• Green Book
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• A Private War

Scannain Podcast - #3 - 2019

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Grace Duffy, Ronan Doyle, Jay Coyle and Alex Towers from When Irish Eyes Are Watching discuss the week in film news. We may all have been sneaking out to catch Zodiac at the Lighthouse, so it's a fast-paced discussion this week. Highlights include chance encounters at a midnight screening of Michael Mann's Heat, trying to make sense of The Sisters Brothers, and the bizarre premise that is Monkey Shines.

In terms of film news, the big news of the week is given over to the announcement of the Academy Awards nominations and the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival launch, along with the passing of Jonas Mekas.

The top ten:

1. Glass
2. Mary Queen of Scots
3. Stan and Ollie
4. Mary Poppins Returns
5. The Upside
6. The Favourite
7. Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
9. Bumblebee
10. Bohemian Rhapsody

New releases:

• Bergman - A Year in a Life
• Destroyer
• A Dog's Way Home
• The Mule
• On Her Shoulders
• Second Act
• Vice

Scannain Podcast - #2 - 2019

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle and Jay Coyle discuss the week in film news. But first, we talk about the films that we've watched this week, and what a bumper selection that runs the gamut from Wim Wenders' Trick of the Light to films like Gotti and United Passions. There's also an extended chat about the impact and legacy of Cloud Atlas, and the work of the Wachowski Sisters in general.

It's also a bumper week for film news, with the looming Oscar nominations, the Screen Ireland 2019 production slate, the American release of Maze, the South by Southwest premiere of Extra Ordinary, the announcement of Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters sequel, and the Dublin International Film Festival Fantastic Flix lineup.

The top ten:

1. Mary Poppins Returns
2. Stan and Ollie
3. The Favourite
4. The Upside
5. Bumblebee
6. Aquaman
7. Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
9. Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet
10. Creed II
    

New releases:

• Beautiful Boy
• Glass
• Mary, Queen of Scots