🎥 Phantom Thread (2017): I Will Make You Podcast Again
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben examine how a story's framing can put a new spin on the tortured genius, and how real intimacy is just finding someone who matches your weird.
TW: High-level discussion of sexuality.
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🎥 The Mummy (1999): Podcasting... Is Only The Beginning
In this episode of Coffee and Kurosawa, Ben, Farrah, and special guest Rachel talk mummy and character tropes, cast charisma and chemistry, and the mix of practical effects with turn of the century CGI.
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🎥 Primal Fear (1996): There Never Was a Podcast
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah talk untrustworthy narrators, literary foils, and spoiler culture alongside the 1996 legal thriller, Primal Fear.
TW: this film deals with violence and sexual coercion. It is not central to our discussion, but they are mentioned at a number of points during our discussion.
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🎥 Rogue One (2016): Podcasts Are Built on Hope
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah ask how much collaboration is too much collaboration as they return to the Star Wars IP with Rogue One (2016): a film that continues the tradition of exploring theme through character, and might go just a little too far with fan service.
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🎥 The Thin Man (1934): What's That Man Doing in My Podcasts?
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben grab a drink (of coffee) and join Nick and Nora Charles for a dinner party with a side of murder, featuring pre-Hayes code humour, fantastic tropes, and the joy of seeing ladies with gumption.
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🎥 Yojimbo (1961) - He's Nothing Without His Podcast!
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben chat about Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), its influence on the filmmaking world, how it balances comedy and action, and why it actually takes a lot of effort to make something look effortless.
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🎥 Hook (1991): Is There a Podcast In Here?
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah find themselves past the second star to the right where they revisit childhood, rediscover magic, and remember the joy of wonder in 🎥 Hook (1991), directed by Steven Spielberg.
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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 discussion of this scene to 00:30:56 to 00:41:28.
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🎥 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.
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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).
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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.
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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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