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🎥 Alita: Battle Angel (2019): The Lost Fighting Technique of Pod-Kunst
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Farrah and Ben visit Iron City to... play Motorball? Take down the uber-elite in a floating city? Fall in love? We talk the magic of balancing CGI and practical effects, world building, and how young women are peak action movie heroes.
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🎥 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993): What's This? There's Podcasts Everywhere!
In this (lost) episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, recorded in 2024, Ben and Farrah dive into the 1993 holiday (no, not the winter one) favourite The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick and starring Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, and the music of Danny Elfman. Beyond being a stop-motion classic, this film has become a major touchpoint for misfits and romantics everywhere - but what makes it special, and why has it become such a cult classic? We dig into all this and more this episode!
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🎥 The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992): And Tiny Tim, Who Did NOT Podcast!
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah dive into the 1992 holiday favourite The Muppet Christmas Carol, directed by Brian Henson and starring Sir Michael Caine, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, and Rizzo the Rat. This now-iconic retelling of the Dickens Christmas ghost story has us exploring the ins and outs of adapting great literature for the whole family, why a bit of spookiness is the perfect match for festive cheer, and what the deal is with the Muppets and the fourth wall (spoilers, it doesn't exist, don't worry about it, it's awesome).
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🎥 Die Hard (1988): Now I Have a Podcast... Ho Ho Ho
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah kick off the holiday season with the 1988 action classic Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan. Starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, and a chorus of goons and goodies, we ask: what is a high-concept action movie, and is Die Hard a great example? We also dig into the skill of building effective stakes and tension, and why the "is Die hard a Christmas movie?" question is so last season.
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🎥 The King's Speech (2010): You'll Make a Bloody Good Podcast
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah explore The King's Speech (2010), a film with an identity crisis: period piece, or character study? With clear visual themes, from framing to costuming, we explore the power of honesty, vulnerability, and bravery in the face of fear.
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🎥 Sanjuro (1962): We Look Like a Podcast!
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben and Farrah explore Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro (1962). A sequel that is more than, “Yojimbo, but bigger, badder baddies”, Sanjuro forces us to ask why use violence when cleverness will do?
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🎥 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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