THEY SHOOT FILMS
Does the world really need another film podcast? Recovering filmmakers Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa are apparently crazy enough to think so. Ken (a Left Coast Hollywood survivor) and Frank (an independent filmmaker from New York) share their bicoastal, idiosyncratic, and often hilarious takes on the ...
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May 27, 2025
The Departed
The Departed was the film that finally won Director Martin Scorsese his long overdue Academy Award. In this episode, Ken Mercer and FT Kosempa discuss the origins of the film, where it ranks in the pantheon of Boston films, a...
May 13, 2025
Chinatown (Part 2)
In part two, Ken Mercer and FT Kosempa continue to investigate the many mysteries of Roman Polanski's Chinatown . In part two of this special two-part podcast, Ken and FT pick their favorite scenes, favorite lines... and watc...
April 29, 2025
Chinatown (Part 1)
Ken Mercer and FT Kosempa investigate the many mysteries of Roman Polanski's Chinatown —a film so significant it needed two episodes. In part one of this special two-part podcast, Ken and FT explore the film’s origins, the co...
April 15, 2025
The Naked Kiss
Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa strap in for a look at director Samuel Fuller's cult classic The Naked Kiss. The 1964 film has influenced the aesthetic of countless modern film makers, including Quentin Tarantino.
April 1, 2025
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa take a trip back in time to 1969 to dive into Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The 2019 film stars Leonardo Di Caprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Al Pacino.
March 18, 2025
American Hustle
Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa dive into David O. Russell‘s American Hustle “from the feet up" (to steal a phrase from Christian Bale, who plays Irving Rosenfeld in the film.) The 2013 Academy Award nominated film also stars Amy...
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