On this episode of Deep Focus, host Tom Breen sits down with Connecticut filmmaker Mike Rhodes to discuss freelancing, music videos, and the benefits and challenges of making movies in the Nutmeg State. During the second part of the episode, Breen also talks to WNHH Station Manager Lucy Gellman about Jodie Foster's new flick "Money Monster," starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney.

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Higher Learning: Children of the Underground. Directed by Mike Rhodes.

MONEY MONSTER (2016) by Jodie Foster

Tom Breen

January 14, 2016

Local Filmmakers, Movie Reviews, Music and Movies, Interview

Episode 20: Gorman Bechard / The Revenant

Tom Breen

January 14, 2016

Local Filmmakers, Movie Reviews, Music and Movies, Interview

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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

Tom Breen

September 10, 2015

Film Festivals, Music and Movies, Interview

Episode 5: Lesbian Film Fest / Alloy Orchestra

Tom Breen

September 10, 2015

Film Festivals, Music and Movies, Interview

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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.

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Trailer for BOYS DON'T CRY