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Coffee and Kurosawa
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A film nerd and a film fan grab a coffee, and talk about scene composition, story beats, and so much more.

📽️ Updates Biweekly on Tuesdays 🇨🇦

🔗 https://coffeekurosawa.carrd.co
We're barely a week out from Christmas, and what better way to celebrate the season than with the finest adaptation of Dickens ever put to screen? Check out our latest on The Muppet Christmas Carol! #Podcasting #MadeInCanada

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December 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It’s almost Christmas and you know what that means: it’s time to watch 🎥 Die Hard (1988), the blueprint for high-concept action and extremely committed barefoot problem-solving.

🎧 Listen at coffeekurosawa.carrd.co

#DieHard #MoviePodcast #CanCon
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This week we’re talking 🎥 Die Hard (1988) the blueprint for high-concept action and extremely committed barefoot problem-solving.

🎙️🎧 Listen now → coffeekurosawa.carrd.co

#movie #film #podcast #CanCon 🇨🇦
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert 🎥 Die Hard (1988): Now I Have a Podcast... Ho ho Ho 🎄

We’re talking Die Hard: the blueprint for high-concept action, a masterclass in tension, and extremely committed barefoot problem-solving.

🎙️ Listen now → coffeekurosawa.carrd.co
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
David Lynch never tells you what anything “means,” and that’s exactly why 🎥 Mulholland Drive endures.

We talk about the beauty of unanswered questions, Naomi Watts’ devastating dual performance, and why art is most powerful when it refuses to explain itself.

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November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In “We Look Like a Podcast!”, we explored Akira Kurosawa's 🎥 Sanjuro (1962). 

A sequel that is more than, “Yojimbo, but bigger, badder baddies”, it forces us to ask why use violence when cleverness’ll do.

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#movie #film #podcast #MadeInCanada #CanCon
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In Phantom Thread (2017), tenderness often shows up as discomfort. In this episode, we dig into how Anderson’s film turns the “tortured genius” trope on its head, and gives us something rarer: the romance of learning to live with someone.

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#Movie #Podcast
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Two notes.

An iconic villain.

Jaws made waves in New Hollywood, and in this episode we wade through tension, and the power of perspective.

Listen to Coffee & Kurosawa wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

#jaws #movie #podcast #MadeInCanada 🇨🇦
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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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#podcast #movie #CanCon 🇨🇦
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🎥 The King's Speech (2010): You'll Make a Bloody Good Podcast

“The King’s Speech” isn’t just about finding a voice—it’s about what happens when fear and courage share the same room.

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#film #movie #podcast #MadeInCanada #CanCon 🇨🇦
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In “There Never Was a Podcast”, we hunkered down to talk untrustworthy narrators, literary foils, and spoiler culture alongside the 1996 legal thriller, 🎥 Primal Fear starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, and Edward Norton.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

#podcast #CanCon 🍁
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We recently explored the animated adaptation of Persepolis (2007), Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel, and unpacked one woman’s story on rebellion, resilience, and what it means to come of age under revolution.

Delve into our backlog and discover the beauty of universal stories.
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, we explore Akira Kurosawa's 🎥 Sanjuro (1962), from clever villains, moral inquiries into the violence of action heros, and what makes a truly great sequel.

Listen where you get your podcasts 🎙️

#movie #film #podcast #MadeInCanada #CanCon
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🚨New Episode Alert!

In 🎥 Sanjuro (1962): We Look Like a Podcast!, we explore this sequel that is more than, “Yojimbo, but bigger, badder baddies”, and we're forced to ask: why use violence when cleverness will do?

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
#film #podcast #MadeInCanada #CanCon
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🦈 “We may not need a bigger boat…” but we did need a bigger cup of coffee for this one. In this episode, we dive into Jaws, the film that invented the modern blockbuster. From malfunctioning sharks to New Hollywood artistry, we explore how a thriller about fear became a study in craft.
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In "You Have to Make the Podcast Your Best Friend", we investigate the beauty of messy stories in Y Tu Mamá Tambien (2001).

Get Coffee & Kurosawa wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

#podcast #movie #film #CanCon 🇨🇦
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In “It’s Not Your Podcast Anymore", we tumble down Mulholland Drive to ask one simple question: does it matter what a movie is about? We dive into David Lynch’s surreal dreamscape of Hollywood heartbreak, mystery, and meaning—or maybe the lack of it.

Listen where you get your podcasts! 🎙️
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In 🎥 Phantom Thread (2017), tenderness shows up as caretaking, boundaries, and even discomfort as we revel in the romance of learning to love each other just as we are.

Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

#movie #podcast #CanCon 🇨🇦🍿
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Intimacy isn’t always sexy. Sometimes it's just matching each others' weird.

We dive into framing narratives and domestic (dis)harmony in 🎥 Phantom Thread (2017): I Will Make You Podcast Again 🍄

Get it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

#Movie #Podcast #MadeInCanada
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Two notes.

An iconic villain.

🎥 Jaws made waves in New Hollywood, and we walk through tension, and the power of perspective.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🦈

#jaws #movie #podcast
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Even if you’ve never seen 🎥 Yojimbo (1961), we’re pretty sure you’ve seen parts of Yojimbo. Especially if you’ve played Ghosts of Yotei.

We chat Akira Kurosawa, style, and the joy of cultural cross pollination.

Get it where you get your podcasts 🎙️

#movie #podcast
October 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What makes a movie timeless? 🎥 The Mummy (1999) balances humor, horror, and heart with unshakable charm, while its genre-blending, chemistry and tactile filmmaking created something that still holds up after 25 years.

Listen now 🎙️ buff.ly/YASfeg9

#filmsky #movies #podcast
October 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🎥 New Episode Alert: The Mummy (1999)

In this episode of Coffee & Kurosawa, Ben, Farrah, and special guest Rachel talk tropes, charisma, chemistry, and the mix of practical effects with turn of the century CGI.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

#TheMummy #FilmPodcast 🍁
October 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We hunker down and talk untrustworthy narrators, literary foils, and spoiler culture alongside the 1996 legal thriller, 🎥 Primal Fear, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, and Edward Norton.

Get it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

#film #podcast 🍁
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
How much collaboration is too much? We talk Rogue One (2016), a film whose creation sparked almost as many analyses than it has references to the Star Wars IP.

The tradition of exploring theme through character continues, but can you tell a cohesive story with so many lead changes?

#StarWars
September 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM