Episode 24: Unsung Heroes / The Lady in the Van

LADY IN THE VAN

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First Segment

Guests: Rebecca Abbott, Frank Mitchell
0:00 - 32:08 - interview about Unsung Heroes

Second Segment

Guests: Allan Appel, Lucy Gellman
32:09 - 54:31 - review of The Lady in the Van

Description

Tom speaks with filmmaker Rebecca Abbott and historian Frank Mitchell about their 2001 documentary "Unsung Heroes: The Music of Jazz in New Haven." During the second segment, Tom discusses the latest Alan Bennett screen adaptation, "The Lady in the Van," with WNHH hosts Lucy Gellman and Allan Appel.

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Clip from Unsung Heroes by Rebecca Abbott and Frank Mitchell

Episode 23: Karyl Evans / Hail, Caesar!

Karyl Evans (Phil Holt photo)

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First Segment

Guest: Karyl Evans
0:00 - 33:02 - interview about Letter from Italy, 1944: A New American Oratorio and other movies by documentary filmmaker Karyl Evans

Second Segment

Guest: Allan Appel
33:03 - 53:57 - review of Hail, Caesar!

Description

Tom speaks with North Haven filmmaker Karyl Kreizinger Evans, director of "Letter From Italy, 1944: A New American Oratorio" and discusses Coen-brother comedy "Hail, Caesar!" with Allan Appel.

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Trailer for Letter from Italy, 1944: A New American Oratorio by Karyl Evans

Trailer for Hail, Caesar! by the Coen brothers

Episode 22: Life Ends at 30 / Anomalisa

ANOMALISA by Charlie Kaufman

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First Segment

Guests: Michael Field, Trish Clark
0:00 - 37:32 - interview about the web series Life Ends at 30

Second Segment

Guests: Allan Appel, Lucy Gellman
37:33 - 55:59 - review of Anomalisa

Description

On this episode, WNHH host Tom Breen talks to writer-director Michael Field and producer Trish Clark , creative team on "Life Ends at 30" webseries. During the latter half of the episode, he talks to New Haven Independent reporter and WNHH station manager Lucy Gellman about new film "Anomalisa."

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Trailer for Anomalisa by Charlie Kaufman

Episode 21: Dan Vieira / Debby Evans

Dan Vieira (Lucy Gellman photo)

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First Segment

Guest: Dan Vieira
0:00 - 34:33 - interview about Youth Rights Media

Second Segment

Guest: Debby Evans
34:34 - 53:47 - interview about contemporary African cinema series

Description

Host Tom Breen welcomes New Haven-based freelance videographer Dan Vieira to talk about his work with Youth Rights Media and foray into independent filmmaking, and Westville resident Debby Evans about her three-part African cinema series.

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Trailer for Labeled by Youth Rights Media

Trailer for Munyurangabo by Lee Isaac Chung

Episode 20: Gorman Bechard / The Revenant

Gorman Bechard (Thomas Breen photo)

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First Segment

Guest: Gorman Bechard
0:00 - 40:21 - interview about Who Is Lydia Loveless? and other rock documentaries

Second Segment

Guest: Lucy Gellman
40:22 - 51:03 - review of The Revenant

Description

Tom Breen talks with local filmmaker Gorman Bechard about rock docs, animal rights, and New Haven film culture.

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Trailer for Who Is Lydia Loveless? by Gorman Bechard

Trailer for The Revenant

Episode 19: Best Movies of 2015

SPOTLIGHT by Todd McCarthy

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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

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Trailer for Inside Out

Trailer for Brooklyn

Trailer for Spotlight

Episode 18: Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens

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Guests: Brian Slattery, Shafiq Abdussabur, Leo Slattery
0:00 - 50:23 - review of the latest STAR WARS entry with Brian Slattery, Shafiq Abdussabur, and Leo Slattery

Description

WNHH host Tom Breen speaks to fellow hosts Brian Slattery and Shafiq Abdussabur, as well as Slattery's nine-year-old son Leo, about what the newest Star Wars movie means for the franchise, and for viewers.

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Trailer for STAR WARS EPISODE VII

Episode 17: Jeremy Rumas / Chi-Raq

CHI-RAQ by Spike Lee

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First Segment

Guest: Jeremy Rumas
0:00 - 26:48 - interview with filmmaker Jeremy Rumas about his new surf documentary HANGS UPON NOTHING

Second Segment

Guests:Shafiq Abdussabur, Allan Appel
26:49 - 57:11 - review of Spike Lee's CHI-RAQ

Description

Host Tom Breen talks with Jeremy Rumas, director of the new surf movie "Hangs Upon Nothing." For the second segment of the show, Tom talks with Allan Appel, Shafiq Abdussabur, and Lucy Gellman about Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq."

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Trailer for HANGS UPON NOTHING

Trailer for CHI-RAQ

Episode 16: Elihu Rubin / The New Haven Trilogy

Elihu Rubin (Lucy Gellman photo)

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Guest: Elihu Rubin
0:00 - 41:48 - interview with filmmaker and architectural historian Elihu Rubin about his New Haven Trilogy of documentaries

Description

On this week's episode, WNHH host Tom Breen speaks with Elihu Rubin, the author of Insuring the City: The Prudential Center and the Postwar Urban Landscape (Yale University Press, 2012).

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Clip from ON BROADWAY (2000)

Episode 15: Stephen Dest / Spotlight

Stephen Dest (Lucy Gellman photo)

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First Segment

Guest: Stephen Dest
0:00 - 38:03 - interview with filmmaker Stephen Dest

Second Segment

Guests: Allan Appel, Lucy Gellman
38:04 - 51:33 - review of SPOTLIGHT

Description

WNHH host Tom Breen interviews local filmmaker, writer and director Stephen Dest, then discusses the film "Spotlight" with NHI reporters Allan Appel and Lucy Gellman.

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Trailer for Spotlight (2015)