THEY SHOOT FILMS
Does the world really need another movie 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 a curated collection of films that are truly worth talking about.
A PODCAST ABOUT FILMS THAT MATTER
Does the world really need another movie 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 a curated collection of films that are truly worth talking about.
Recent Episodes
July 22, 2025
Whiplash
Writer/Director Damien Chazelle’s Academy Award winning drama Whiplash was voted number 17 in the The New York Times reader’s poll of the top 100 movies of this century. Peers, critics, and other industry insiders ranked it f...
July 8, 2025
Marathon Man
Marathon Man , starring Dustin Hoffman and Lawrence Olivier as a Nazi war criminal, created a sensation when it was released in 1976. In this episode, Ken Mercer and FT Kosempa examine the film’s infamous dental torture scene...
June 24, 2025
The Sweet Smell of Success
The Sweet Smell of Success is now considered one of the classics of American cinema but was a critical and box office failure when it was first released in 1957. In this episode, Ken Mercer and FT Kosempa dive into the making...
June 10, 2025
The Master
The Master is considered one of director Paul Thomas Anderson‘s finest films. In this episode, Ken Mercer and F.T. Kosempa untangle the layers of hidden meaning that reward multiple viewings of this 2012 film. The movie stars...
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...
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