Madison Art Cinemas owner Arnold Gorlick in Toronto.
Description
On today's episode of Deep Focus, host Tom Breen and Madison Art Cinemas owner Arnold Gorlick recap their favorite films from the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Episode 103: Best Movies of 2017
LADY BIRD (2017)
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On today's episode, host Tom Breen is joined by New Haven movie blogger Dan Heaton and Madison Art Cinemas owner Arnold Gorlick to talk through their top 10 movies of 2017. The episode also features over a dozen voicemails from friends, listeners, and former guests on the show with their picks for the best of the year.
Episode 90: 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Description
On today’s episode of the show, host Tom Breen is joined by Madison Art Cinemas’ founder and owner Arnold Gorlick to talk about their experiences at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which ran from September 7th to September 17th and featured almost 340 movies, many of which were making their world premieres.
Episode 71: 1984 National Event Day Screenings
Michael Radford's 1984 (1984)
Description
On today's interview-only episode of the show is about an event that over 190 art house and independent movie theaters throughout the United States and Canada will be participating in next week that will see coordinated screenings, lectures, and community conversations around 1984, the 1980s big screen adaptation of English author George Orwell's legendary mid-century dystopian novel.
Host Tom Breen talks with Adam Birnbaum of the Avon Theatre in Stamford, Arnold Gorlick of Madison Art Cinemas, and Leana Hirschfeld-Kroen of the Yale Film Colloquium about why these coordinated screenings and conversations will be taking place, the resonance of 1984 and its nightmarish vision of totalitarian government today, and the role of art house and independent movie theaters in the Trump era.
Links
Avon Theatre in Stamford: http://www.avontheatre.org/films/462/national-event-day-screening:-1984-(1984)
Madison Art Cinemas: http://madisonartcinemas.com/page/5633/1984
Yale Film Colloquium: http://www.yalefilmcultures.com/screenings/#/film-against-fascism-spring-2017/
Episode 69: David Sikora / I Am Not Your Negro
David Sikora
Description
On the first segment of today's show, host Tom Breen talks with local freelance cinematographer David Sikora about two films that have helped shape his love of cinema: Oliver Stone's 1994 blood-soaked satire Natural Born Killers and Darron Aronofsky's 2000 hallucinogenic drama Requiem for a Dream. For the second segment, Breen talks with Madison Art Cinemas director Arnold Gorlick about the new James Baldwin documentary, I Am Not Your Negro. For a complete archive of Deep Focus episodes, go to deepfocusradio.com.
Episode 61: Best Movies of 2016
Moonlight (Courtesy of TIFF)
Description
Today's episode is all about the best movies of 2016. Host Tom Breen is joined by New Haven movie blogger Dan Heaton and Madison Art Cinemas owner Arnold Gorlick to go through their top 10 movies of the year. The episode also features a number of voicemails from Deep Focus guests, friends, and listeners, sharing their picks for the best movies of 2016.
Top 10 Picks
TOM'S PICKS
10. Fences by Denzel Washington
9. Krisha by Trey Edward Shults
8. After the Storm by Hirokazu Kore-eda
7. Green Room by Jeremy Saulnier
6. The Fits by Anna Rose Holmer
5. Hunt for the Wilderpeople by Taika Waititi
4. The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos
3. Moonlight by Barry Jenkins
2. Hail, Caesar! by Joel and Ethan Coen
1. O.J.: Made in America by Ezra Edelman / 13th by Ava DuVernay / Weiner by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
ARNOLD'S PICKS
10. LBJ by Rob Reiner
9. Florence Foster Jenkins by Stephen Frears
8. I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
7. The Innocents by Anne Fontaine
6. La La Land by Damien Chazelle
5. Indignation by James Shamus
4. Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan
3. Lion by Garth Davis
2. Jackie by Pablo Larrain
1. Moonlight by Barry Jenkins
DAN'S PICKS
Most Puzzling Film to Find on So Many Best Of Lists
Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade
Best Film Made Unnecessary by a Vastly Better Film on the Same Story
Florence Foster Jenkins by Stephen Frears
Best Rape Romance
Elle by Paul Verhoeven
The Film That Most Made Me Want to Attack Everyone Involved with a Ball-peen Hammer
The Light Between Oceans by David Cianfrance
Best Kiwi Film with Lots of Haikus
Hunt for the Wilderpeople by Taika Waititi
The Best Entry in the Horror Renaissance
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Best Documentary Whose Title Is Unnervingly Part of the Joke
Weiner by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
Best Musical Whose Stars Neither Sing Nor Dance Well
La La Land by Damien Chazelle
The Film With the Highest Ratio of Laughter Provided to Laughter Expected
Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan
The Film Most Disserved by the Glib Characterization: "A Black, Gay Film"
Moonlight by Barry Jenkins
GUEST PICKS
Allan Appel - Loving by Jeff Nichols, and The Witch by Robert Eggars
Lucy Gellman - The Handmaiden by Park Chan-wook
Brian Slattery - The Witch by Robert Eggars
Betsy Kim - Eye in the Sky by Gavin Hood
Brian Meacham - Hunt for the Wilderpeople by Taika Waititi
Dudley Andrew - Moonlight by Barry Jenkins, and Kaili Blues by Gan Bi
Russ Martin - Captain America: Civil War
Episode 48: Arnold Gorlick / 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
Arnold Gorlick and Thomas Breen (Lucy Gellman photo)
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00:00 - 50:49 -- interview about Toronto International Film Festival with Arnold Gorlick
Description
On today's episode, host Tom Breen talks with Madison Art Cinemas owner and operator Arnold Gorlick about the 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival, which they both attended earlier in September. They talk about their favorite movies, surprises, disappointments, and key takeaways from this year in Toronto.
Guests
Arnold Gorlick
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Episode 19: Best Movies of 2015
SPOTLIGHT by Todd McCarthy
How to Listen
First Segment
Guests: Dan Heaton, Arnold Gorlick
0:00 - 53:22 - discussion of the top 10 movies of 2015
Description
Host Tom Breen talks through the top 10 movies of 2015 with Madison Art Cinemas' Arnold Gorlick and New Haven movie blogger Dan Heaton.
| Dan Heaton | Arnold Gorlick | Tom Breen |
| 10. Trainwreck | 10. Inside Out | 10. Son of Saul |
| 9. It Follows | 9. Red Army | 9. What We Do in the Shadows |
| 8. Love & Mercy | 8. Phoenix | 8. Chi-Raq |
| 7. The Diary of a Teenage Girl | 7. The End of the Tour | 7. Tangerine |
| 6. Amy | 6. Wild Tales | 6. 45 Years |
| 5. Clouds of Sils Maria | 5. Love & Mercy | 5. Carol |
| 4. Spotlight | 4. Room | 4. Ex Machina |
| 3. White God | 3. Spotlight | 3. It Follows |
| 2. 45 Years | 2. The Revenant | 2. The Duke of Burgundy |
| 1. Inside Out | 1. Brooklyn | 1. Spotlight |
Video Links
Trailer for Inside Out
Trailer for Brooklyn
Trailer for Spotlight
Episode 7: 2015 Toronto International Film Festival / Grandma
How to Listen
First Segment
Guest: Arnold Gorlick
0:00 - 34:39 - interview with Arnold Gorlick about the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Second Segment
Guests: Arnold Gorlick, Allan Appel, Lucy Gellman
34:40 - 47:29 - review of GRANDMA
Description
Host Tom Breen talks with Madison Art Cinemas's Arnold Gorlick about the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, and then reviews the new movie GRANDMA.
Video Links
Trailer for GRANDMA (2015)
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Episode 1: 48hr Film Project / Irrational Man
Kelly Bigelow Becerra and Ben Hecht (Lucy Gellman photo)
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First Segment
Guests: Trish Clark, Kelly Bigelow Becerra, Ben Hecht
0:00 - 30:15 - interview about the 2015 New Haven 48 Hour Film Project
Second Segment
Guests: Arnold Gorlick, Lucy Gellman
31:07 - 57:46 - review of Wood Allen's "Irrational Man"
Description
On the first episode of Deep Focus, host Tom Breen interviews members of New Haven's 48 Hour Film Project, looking at what did and didn't work for them during a cinematically crazy 48 hours. He also speaks with Arnold Gorlick of Madison Art Cinemas about the newest Woody Allen release, "Irrational Man."
Video Links
Trailer for IRRATIONAL MAN by Woody Allen