The Insider #17: Ed Guiney (Element Pictures)

On this week's Insider Podcast, we talk to Ed Guiney, who co-runs Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe. Element Pictures has grown to become Ireland's leading indigenous production company, spanning both film and television as well as running the prestigious Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151217.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 29:13

The Insider #16: PIXAR President Jim Morris

On this week's Insider Podcast, PIXAR President Jim Morris joins us to discuss his career as one of the head of film's most successful animation studios. Before PIXAR, Morris served as the general manager for Industrial Light And Magic, arguably the most well-known CGI studio in history and worked on such classics as Jurassic Park, The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151125.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 26:57

The Insider #15: Conor Maloney

On this week's Insider Podcast, we talk to Conor Maloney, an upcoming director whose proof-of-concept trailer Ayamé has become an overnight sensation and a viral hit. Already, the trailer has racked up an incredible number of views and there's early talks of a film on the way. We talked to Conor about how he funded the trailer, how John Hurt became involved and what lies ahead.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151112.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 22:26

The Insider #14: Director John Crowley

On this week's Insider Podcast, we talk to director John Crowley about his work on True Detective and the upcoming Oscar-potential drama Brooklyn. We also discussed his work in theatre, the complexities of shooting for television and film and working with Nic Pizzolatto and the rumoured contention on the set of True Detective's set.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151104.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 39:50

The Insider #13: Saoirse Ronan

On an extra special edition of this week's Insider Podcast, we talk to Saoirse Ronan about her new film Brooklyn and just how similar her character's story was to her own. We also discussed working with an Irish cast and, of course, the new Star Wars trailer which just broke as we recorded our podcast.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151103.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 8:14

The Insider #12: The Insider Live Podcast at entertainment.ie's Scream Screening

In this week's extra special Insider, we recorded our podcast live at the Sugar Club on Leeson St., Dublin ahead of our screening of Scream and talked about Wes Craven's legacy and the cultural impact of Scream as well as how it compared to Craven's other work.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151028.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 12:04

The Insider #11: Director Lisa Mulcahy

On this week's Insider Podcast, we talk to Lisa Mulcahy, director of The Legend of Longwood and TV3's Red Rock. Lisa is an experienced director who's been working in the Irish film industry for the past 25 years, working on some of well-known television productions including On Home Ground, The Clinic and Into The West. We talked to Lisa about her new film and the challenges of working in the industry today.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151021.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 22:48

The Insider #10: Director Kevin De La Isla

On this week's Insider, we talk to Kevin De La Isla O'Neill, director of new Irish thriller The Hit Producer, about how long the production took and how the film's unique funding structure came about. At the time, The Hit Producer was one of the first Irish films to used crowdfunding for its production budget. Kevin discussed how the process worked and some of the difficulties he ran into.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151014.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 23:50

The Insider #9: Director Brian Quinn

On this week's Insider podcast, we talk to Brian Quinn, one of the three directors who worked on this year's Filmbase Masters Programme film, Monged. Brian talked to us about his experiences on set, how the student film was financed and how they cast Love / Hate's John Conners in the film.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20151008.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 17:40

The Insider #9: Roger Garcia, director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival

On this week's Insider, we talk to Roger Garcia, director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival and respected authority on the cinema of Hong Kong and martial arts films in general. As part of DIFFPix's Hong Kicks series, Roger talked to us about the work of Bruce Lee and revealed some interesting observations on his legacy. Roger also discussed the current state of Hong Kong's cinema and where it's headed, as well as his opinions on the state of modern martial arts films.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150930.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 21:08

The Insider #8: Alex Fegan, director of Older Than Ireland

On an extra-special edition of The Insider, we talked to Alex Fegan, director of the upcoming documentary Older Than Ireland. Alex's previous work, The Irish Pub, garnered a huge response both nationally and internationally and off the back of that came Older Than Ireland. Alex talked about the characters in Older Than Ireland, what the common link between them was and how he managed to condense than over several hundred years of stories into a documentary feature.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150924.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 13:52

The Insider #7: Birch Hamilton, Executive Director of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

On this week's Insider Podcast, we talked to Birch Hamilton of Screen Directors Guild Ireland. As well as being a director herself, Birch is the Executive Director of SDGI. The organisation, set up in 2000, acts as a champion for Irish directors both home and abroad. Birch talked about her work with SDGI, how Ireland's community of directors is currently faring and a number of other issues as well.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150923.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 22:10

The Insider #6: Mountaineers Hannah Shields & Ian Taylor - how realistic is Everest?

We spoke to mountaineers Hannah Shields and Ian Taylor, both of whom climbed Everest in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Hannah narrowly reached the summit in 2003, however she returned in 2008 with a group of 22 climbers and took part in a six-week trek to the top. Ian was the youngest Irishman to reach the summit and did so after being told by professional climbers that he wasn't the right material.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150916.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 19:29

The Insider #5: Jesse Heiman

This week on The Insider we chat to the world's greatest extra, Jesse Heiman. Jesse has appeared on TV shows such as The Big Bang Theory, Glee, Heroes and his movie appearances include Old School, The Social Network and Transformers.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150908.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 19:57

The Insider #4 - Moe Honan, Irish film producer

This week on The Insider, we talk to Moe Honan, who's worked extensively in animation as a producer, dialogue director and more. Her latest film, Two By Two, is now Ireland's highest grossing film of 2015 and enjoyed a wide release in the US. She talked to us about Ireland's growing animation community, dealing with international distributors and her own experiences working in a male-dominated industry.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150902.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 27:06

The Insider #3 - Robbie Glick of ComicBooks.ie

On this week's Insider, we talk to Robbie Glick of ComicBooks.ie. Robbie is one of Ireland's foremost comic-book dealers and brokers, who specialises in selling investment-grade comics to collectors across Ireland and online. Selling comic-books is big, big business with some of Glick's collection fetching over €10,000 on the open market.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150826.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 14:34

The Insider with Brian Lloyd #2 - Gary Lennon

On this week's Insider Podcast, we talk to Gary Lennon, director of the acclaimed Irish documentary A Doctor's Sword. Following the true story of an RAF doctor who was gifted a samurai sword and survived the Hiroshima Bombings, Gary talks about how Manga influenced certain parts of the film, getting it made on a small budget and how he came to find the story in the first place.

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150818.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 18:46

The Insider Podcast #1

In our first episode, we kick off with a discussion about Fantastic Four's critical drubbing, the nature of backlashes, Miles Teller's future prospects after Fantastic Four and some of our worst and best interviews. Guest: Mike Sheridan, Senior Editor - entertainment.ie

Direct download: http://entertainment.ie/media/podcasts/theinsider20150807.mp3
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 22:46