BONUS: Red Rooms
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Thesis feat. Pascal Plante
Filmmaker Pascal Plante (director of Red Rooms, one of our favorite movies of the year) joins to discuss Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar's 1996 debut, Th...
2024-11-18 05:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostJFK feat. Sami Gold
George Washington University ungergrad and Liberal Currents contributor Sami Gold just informed us that there's an election coming up in the good ol' US of A, so we decided to discuss a foundationa...
2024-11-04 21:18:31 +0000 UTC View PostWes Craven's New Nightmare
An impromptu decision to do something "Halloween-y" led us to 1994 meta-slasher Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the seventh installment in the long-running A Nightmare on ...
2024-11-04 21:09:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Jackal feat. Ben Clarkson
Justice Warrior Ben Clarkson returns to discuss the 1997 action thriller The Jackal, starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final film role. Ostens...
2024-10-22 15:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostVive L'Amour feat. Xuanlin Tham
Writer, curator, and author of the upcoming book Revolutionary Desires: The Political Power of the Sex Scene, Xuanlin Tham joins us to discuss the work of Taiwanese New Wave director ...
2024-10-15 00:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS: The Substance
We take a moment away from the 90s to share our thoughts on Coralie Fargeat's latest brash body-horror festival darling The Substance, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qua...
2024-10-14 19:24:52 +0000 UTC View PostBuffalo '66 feat. John Semley
Writer, researcher, and fellow podcaster John Semley joins the program to discuss Buffalo '66, directed, written by, and starring the ever-controversial Vincent Gallo and ...
2024-10-09 14:09:30 +0000 UTC View PostHackers feat. Gus Lanzetta
Twitter-banished Brazilian Gus Lanzetta makes a long-awaited and triumphant return to discuss Iain Softley's sexy, stylish Hackers. Impressively researched and committed t...
2024-09-30 07:23:09 +0000 UTC View PostMod Fuck Explosion feat. Zach Clark
Independent filmmaker Zach Clark joins to discuss the work of punk auteur legend Jon Moritsugu and his 1994 cult favorite Mod Fuck Explosion. A riff on classic Hollyw...
2024-09-24 23:01:53 +0000 UTC View PostJohnny Mnemonic feat. Séamus Malekafzali
Journalist and writer Séamus Malekafzali returns to the program to discuss Johnny Mnemonic. Directed by artist Robert Longo and adapted by William Gibson from his own sho...
2024-09-24 22:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe Double Life of Veronique
You voted for it, we watched it.
We discuss the winner of our Patron Poll, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Veronique - <...
2024-09-06 06:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostPATRON POLL - Choose Our Next Film!
Hey Hit Factory Patrons,
We've got a Premium patron-exclusive episode dropping next week on 8/30/2024, and we'd like you all to decide what film we'll be discussing on said epis...
2024-08-24 01:53:20 +0000 UTC View PostCruel Intentions feat. Vera Drew
Director, co-writer, and star of The People's Joker (one of our2024-08-23 15:29:15 +0000 UTC View Post
BONUS: Upstream Podcast - Sex, Desire, and the Neoliberal Subject
No new episode this week, but we do have a special BONUS episode from our friends at Upstream Podcast who recently cove...
2024-08-16 22:05:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sixth Sense (+ TRAP) feat. Juan Barquin
Writer, programmer, and filmmaker Juan Barquin joins to explore the work of M. Night Shyamalan and his breakout feature, The Sixth Sense. Now somehwat underrated in S...
2024-08-06 18:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Cold of the Night feat. Fred Barrett
Writer, critic, and editor of the Electric Dreams newsletter Fred Barrett joins the show to discuss the neon-drenched, saxophone-laden, softcore erotic thrills of Nico Mastorakis' In th...
2024-08-06 18:33:18 +0000 UTC View PostPresumed Innocent feat. Katie Stebbins
Film lover and zine-er Katie Stebbins joins to discuss Alan J. Pakula's smart, understated legal thriller Presumed Innocent featuring Harrison Ford in one of his finest pe...
2024-07-28 00:37:48 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS: A Conversation with Repo Man Director Alex Cox
We sat down for a brief conversation with Alex Cox, the director of Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Walker, and many more to talk about the state of filmmaking today, the sens...
2024-07-28 00:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Thin Red Line feat. Chadd Harbold
Producer and filmmaker Chadd Harbold returns to the show to discuss Terrence Malick's awe-inspiring WWII epic The Thin Red Line. The film marked Malick's return to the dir...
2024-07-28 00:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostDream Lover
Another solo Aaron & Carlee episode as we dig into an oft-forgotten erotic thriller of the early 90s, Nicholas Kazan's Dream Lover, starring James Spader and a po...
2024-07-15 05:29:03 +0000 UTC View PostLa Cérémonie feat. Jesse Hawken
Hit Factory's Chief Canadian Correspondent and host of Junk Filter Podcast Jesse Hawken is back to discuss the work of French genre provocateur Claude Chabrol and his 1995 thriller 'La Cérémonie'...
2024-07-15 05:27:02 +0000 UTC View PostHit Factory's Mid-Year Review
We've reached the halfway point of 2024, which means it's time to sit down with the joint CEOs of Hit Factory LLC and discuss some of the best films of the year, recent finds, and new additions to ...
2024-06-30 01:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostBreaking the Waves feat. Liam Billingham
Producer and co-host of Die Hard On A Blank Podcast and recovering Lars Von Trier superfan Liam Billingham joins to discuss enigmatic Danish provocateur Lars Von Trier and his breakout Cannes award...
2024-06-24 01:02:44 +0000 UTC View PostBlack Robe feat. Scout Tafoya
Filmmaker, critic, video essayist and author Scout Tafoya joins the show to discuss the work of undersung journeyman Bruce Beresford and his brilliant 1991 film 'Black Robe', a story of faith, the ...
2024-06-24 00:33:19 +0000 UTC View PostForrest Gump feat. Jared Bailey
Filmmaker, producer, writer, and podcast guest extraordinaire Jared Bailey joins to discuss one of the iconic texts of 90s popular cinema, 'Forrest Gump' directed by Robert Zemeckis and winner of t...
2024-06-24 00:30:44 +0000 UTC View PostBabe: Pig in the City (+ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) feat. Phil Iscove
Mad Max maestro George Miller has a new film in theaters, so writer/producer/co-creator of Fox's 'Sleepy Hollow' & co-host of Podcast Like It's... Phil Iscove joins to discuss the work of the v...
2024-05-28 22:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace feat. Neil Bahadur
Filmmaker, writer, and dude with an insanely high midi-chlorian count Neil Bahadur joins to discuss George Lucas's return to the Star Wars saga with the prequel trilogy kickoff 'Star Wars: Episode ...
2024-05-22 18:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostCenter Stage feat. Jason Miller
Writer, critic, and Hit Factory Discord all-star Jason Miller returns to the show to discuss Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan's 'Center Stage', an experimental biopic exploring the life and work of ...
2024-05-11 16:54:21 +0000 UTC View PostTo Die For feat. Daniella Mazzio
Writer, comedian, and Lydia Tár's former publicist Daniella Mazzio joins to discuss Gus Van Sant's sharp, pitch-black satire of media, true crime, and a patently American brand of late 20th Centur...
2024-05-11 16:52:02 +0000 UTC View Post