Coffee and Kurosawa
Do you like watching movies and want to know more about what makes them pop, but get lost in the jargon that film pros use to talk about them? Join film nerd Ben Filipkowski and film fan Farrah Sarpkaya as they talk about about scene composition, story beats, and so much more so you can learn about what goes into visual storytelling, and give you the vocab to talk about it like a genuine film buff . Made In Canada 🍁
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🎥 Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001): You Have to Make the Podcast Your Best Friend
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben investigate the beauty of messy stories in Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001). From colonization and privilage, to sex jokes and stoner humor, we make the best of Ben's current Diego Luna obsession to look closer at this "teen road trip movie" directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
TW: Discusions of sex, sexual coercion.
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🎥 Hundreds of Beavers (2022): [Chitters in Podcast]
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben try not to make a simple plot too complicated as they laugh their way through their admiration of the world building and comedic timing in Hundreds of Beavers.
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🎥 Strange Days (1995): "Time to Get Real, Not Podcast"
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben travel to the distant past of 1999 to talk about how the rich lore and dynamic use of perspective in Strange Days (1995) forces empathy upon us, and makes us question how so many things can change, and yet stay exactly the same.
TW: A segment of this film includes a graphic description of sexual assault. We limit our disc...
🎥 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben join the Circus to investigate Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: a different kind of spy movie, with a cast that just won't quit, and a masterclass in the power of perspective.
TW: Brief discussion of graphic violence.
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🎥 Mulholland Drive (2001)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah question reality, the purpose of art, and how much we love David Lynch's refusal to explain anything about anything – especially Mulholland Drive (2001).
TW: Violence.
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🎥 Wall-E (2008)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah wax poetic about Wall-E (2008) the power of tone, and the magic of a film without dialogue.
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In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, we take a pause to ask Ben what made him the film fanatic he is today, from the Empire Magazine that inspired it all and the importance of supporting local theatres and physical media, to his dream of being a Wookie in a Star Wars film.
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In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, we take a pause to ask Farrah what made her the film fan she is today, from the movies she had on repeat as a kid and her years working at Rogers Video, to her passion for voice acting and animation.
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🎥 What Dreams May Come (1998)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah attempt to parse paint from plot in the visually stunning, but potentially pretentious 1998 film starring Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra, and Cuba Gooding Junior.
TW: Child Death, Suicide.
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🎥 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah ask the question, how do you follow up the biggest blockbuster of all time? By pushing ahead at what you do best: building a world that spans galaxies, but maintains its focus on character-driven stories in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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🎥 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah carve out some time to ask the question, of all mediums, why (not) use stop motion to remake a classic movie about a puppet come to life, and how the medium and time period of its release impacts how the viewer interacts with and interprets Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022).
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🎥 High & Low (1964)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah stand above the rabble to examine how Akira Kurosawa uses blocking to show power, establish tension, and highlight the importance of community in High and Low (1964).
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🎥 Ocean's 11
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah take a closer look at the power of editing in Ocean’s 11 (2001), directed by Steven Soderbergh.
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🎥 Persepolis (2007)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah explore the art of adaptation in Persepolis (2007), an animated film based off the autobiographical graphic novels of the same name by Marjane Satrapi.
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🎥 The Holiday (2006)
In this holiday bonus episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah bring in their second halves to talk about the good, the bad, and aught romcom tropes in the romantic comedy, The Holiday (2006).
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🎥 Citizen Kane (1941)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah dive into perspective and breaking directorial ground in the movie at the top of almost every Top 100 movie list in the West, Citizen Kane (1941).
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🎥 Coraline (2009)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah visit the Pink Palace and crawl through a tiny door to discuss perspective and colour in the 2009 stop motion film, Coraline.
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🎥 Jurassic Park (1993)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah visit Costa Rica to talk mise en scene, animatronics, and the art of using CGI in the 1993 film, Jurassic Park.
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In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah visit the Neighbourhood of Make-Believe and talk framing, magical realism, and the problem with biopics in the 2019 film, Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood.
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🎥 Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)
Ben and Farrah dive deep into the first (chronologically, not canonically) of the most expansive IPs in this or any other galaxy (that we know of): Star Wars IV, A New Hope (1977).
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