Fall 2015

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Episode 14: Best Video / The 33

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Hank Paper (Lucy Gellman photo)

Hank Paper (Lucy Gellman photo)

How to Listen

First Segment

Guests: Hank Paper, Hank Hoffman
0:00 - 39:28 - interview with Best Video owners Hank Paper and Hank Hoffman

Second Segment

Guests: Allan Appel, Lucy Gellman
39:29 - 1:00:32 - review of THE 33

Description

On today's episode, host Tom Breen talks with Hank Paper and Hank Hoffman, the owners of the Hamden-based video rental store and performance venue Best Video. Tom then reviews the new movie THE 33 with Allan Appel and Lucy Gellman.

Video Links

Trailer for THE 33

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Episode 13: Travis Carbonella / Doris Zelinsky

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Travis Carbonella (Lucy Gellman photo)

Travis Carbonella (Lucy Gellman photo)

How to Listen

First Segment

Guest: Travis Carbonella
0:00 - 33:11 - interview with Travis Carbonella

Second Segment

Guest: Doris Zelinsky
35:50 - 52:05 - interview with Doris Zelinsky about People Forget, New Haven Remembers

Description

On the first segment of today's episode, Tom talks with Travis Carbonella, a local videographer whose many short promotional, documentary, and fiction movies offer a unique perspective on the people and places that make up the Elm City. They talk about a few of the subjects he’s trained his camera on to date; the differences between making a movie for hire and making one for oneself; and the challenges and benefits of being a New Haven-based filmmaker. For the second segment of the show, Tom talks with producer Doris Zelinsky about People Forget, New Haven Remembers, a new documentary about New Haven's Holocaust Memorial on Whalley Avenue.

Video Links

Travis Carbonella's video about the Westville Artwalk 2016

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Episode 12: Jennifer Abod / The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen

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Angela Bowen (left), Jennifer Abod, and poet Kitty Tsui (PHOTO BY ROSIE KAR, PHD)

Angela Bowen (left), Jennifer Abod, and poet Kitty Tsui (PHOTO BY ROSIE KAR, PHD)

How to Listen

First Segment

Guest: Jennifer Abod
0:00 - 52:33 - interview with director Jennifer Abod about THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS OF ANGELA BOWEN

Description

Deep Focus host Tom Breen sits down in the studio with Dr. Jennifer Abod, scholar, activist, feminist, and musician, to speak about her recent documentary "The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen."

Episode 10: The Martian / Bridge of Spies

Matt Damon in THE MARTIAN

Matt Damon in THE MARTIAN

How to Listen

First Segment

Guest: Allan Appel
0:00 - 18:31 - reviews of THE MARTIAN and BRIDGE OF SPIES

Description

Tom Breen and Allan Appel compare and contrast Ridley Scott's The Martian and Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies.

Video Links

Trailer for THE MARTIAN (2015)

Trailer for BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015)

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Episode 9: Home Movie Day / VHS

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Molly Wheeler (Lucy Gellman photo)

Molly Wheeler (Lucy Gellman photo)

How to Listen

First Segment

Guests: Brian Meacham, Molly Wheeler
0:00 - 27:01 - interview with local film archivists Brian Meacham and Molly Wheeler about Home Movie Day at the New Haven Museum

Second Segment

Guests: David Gary, Joe Fay
27:02 - 52:53 - discussion of the Yale library's new VHS collection and a VHS swap at Lyric Hall

Description

For the first segment of today's show, Tom Breen talks with film archivists Brian Meacham and Molly Wheeler about Home Movie Day at the New Haven Museum. For the second segment, he talks about the cultural and historical importance of the VHS with Yale librarian David Gary and Lyric Hall movie programmer Joe Fay.

Video Links

Trailer for the VHS documentary REWIND THIS

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Episode 8: Film Masterpieces / Black Mass

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How to Listen

First Segment

Guests: Dudley Andrew, David Bromwich
0:00 - 43:39 - interview with Yale professors Dudley Andrew and David Bromwich about the Film Masterpieces screening series

Second Segment

Guests: Allan Appel
43:40 - 54:09 - review of BLACK MASS

Description

Tom Breen talks with Professors Dudley Andrew and David Bromwich about how to classify a film masterpiece, and then reviews BLACK MASS with Allan Appel.

Video Links

Trailer for BLACK MASS (2015)

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Episode 7: 2015 Toronto International Film Festival / Grandma

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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 6: Yale Film Archive / The Diary of a Teenage Girl

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Brian Meacham (Lucy Gellman photo)

Brian Meacham (Lucy Gellman photo)

How to Listen

First Segment

Guest: Bran Meacham
0:00 - 33:52 - interview with film archivist Brian Meacham about the Yale Film Archive and the Treasues from the Yale Film Archive series

Second Segment

Guests: Allan Appel, Lucy Gellman
33:53 - 53:22 - review of THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

Description

Deep Focus host Tom Breen sits down with Brian Meacham, Archive and Special Collections Manager at the Yale Film Archive, to discuss films that will be showing for free at the Whitney Humanities Center this fall and winter. In the last 15 minutes, New Haven Independent reporter and WNHH Station Manager Lucy Gellman join in for a discussion of a new release, "Diary of a Teenage Girl."

Video Links

Trailer for THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

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Episode 5: Lesbian Film Fest / Alloy Orchestra

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Lesbian Film Series at Yale

Lesbian Film Series at Yale

How to Listen

First Segment

Guests: Ron Gregg, Lena Eckart-Erdheim
0:00 - 37:19 - interview with film studies professor Ron Gregg and Yale grad student Lena Eckart-Erdheim about the Lesbian Filmmaker series at Yale

Second Segment

Guest: Ken Winokur
37:20 - 59:55 - conversation with Ken Winokur about the Alloy Orchestra and the Man with the Movie Camera

Description

Tom Breen talks with professor Ron Gregg and Yale grad student Lena Eckart-Erdheim about the new film series that focuses on 6 groundbreaking lesbian filmmakers. He then talks with Ken Winokur of the Alloy Orchestra about their score for Dziga Vertob's THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA.

Video Links

Trailer for BOYS DON'T CRY