Coffee and Kurosawa

By Ben Filipkowski and Farrah Sarpkaya

The friendliest film podcast!

Join film nerds Ben Filipkowski and Farrah Sarpkaya as they travel through their favourite films to discuss everything from scene composition and story beats, to classi... more

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January 14, 2025 Ocean’s 11 (2001): The Podcast Always Wins
🎥 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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December 31, 2024 Persepolis (2007): Then Stop Staring At My Podcast
🎥 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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December 24, 2024 [Special] The Holiday (2006): Something Slightly Resembling Podcasts
🎥 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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December 17, 2024 Citizen Kane (1941): You Provide the Prose Poems, I'll Provide the Podcast
🎥 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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December 03, 2024 Coraline (2006): Everybody Likes... Podcasts
🎥 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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November 19, 2024 Jurassic Park (1993): Podcasts, Uh... Find a Way
🎥 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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November 05, 2024 Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (2019): Please Won't You Be My Podcast
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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October 26, 2024 Star Wars IV, A New Hope (1977): This Is The Podcast You Are Looking For
🎥 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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October 22, 2024 Seven Samurai (1954): Again We Are Defeated. The Podcast Has Won.
🎥 Seven Samurai (1954)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah go way back to 1586 Japan – or, 1954 Japanese cinema – and talk making the most of their village pillage ROI, romance, honour and more in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

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October 08, 2024 North by Northwest (1959): Never Discuss Podcasts On an Empty Stomach
🎥 North by Northwest (1959)
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah prepare to laugh from the master of horror's classic 1959 comedy, North by Northwest. Learn more about comedic timing, absurdity, and the importance – or not – of coherent plot.

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