We go full TBS Dinner and a Movieâ„¢ Mode to discuss Takeshi Kitano's 'Sonatine' a film that forgoes the traditional bombast of crime stories in favor of patiently observed aimlessness that lays ba...
2023-01-13 05:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Los Angeles-based literary manager and producer Jarrod Murray joins the crew of the USS Hit Factory to discuss 'Under Siege', the 1992 action thriller starring Steven Seagal.
We discuss the ...
Critic, writer, and film historian Nora MacIntyre joins Aaron to discuss John Waters's 1994 satire 'Serial Mom' starring Kathleen Turner as the titular murderous matriarch.
Topics include Wa...
Hello Hit Factory Patrons,
As many of you who have personal relationships with us or follow along with us on social media already know, we lost Carlee's father earlier this month. We ha...
2022-12-19 23:10:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Host of Kino Lefter Evan MacDonald returns to the show to discuss the 1993 animated Batman adventure 'Mask Of The Phantasm', a gorgeous, noirish take on the caped crusader that marks a mature, nove...
2022-11-23 19:31:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Co-host of My Rifle, My Podcast and Me Seamus Turner-Glennon joins us to discuss 'The Rock', a slam-bang action thriller that transcends its patchwork of familiar tropes by way of three pitch-perfe...
2022-11-17 18:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Director/Programmer of Drunken Film Fest Oakland and co-host of Wiseman Podcast Arlin Golden joins Aaron to discuss Chris Smith's 1999 documentary 'American Movie', a story of artistic determinatio...
2022-11-13 05:22:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Film writer, YouTuber, and quality poster Comrade Yui joins Aaron to discuss 'The Bridges of Madison County', Clint Eastwood's astonishing romantic drama that showcases the actor/director at his mo...
2022-11-04 21:32:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer, actor, and fellow vampire hunter Jamell Moses joins us to discuss 1998's 'Blade', a Marvel adaptation that succeeds where others have failed due to its vision, ingenuity, and an immaculate ...
2022-11-01 21:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi returns to Hit Factory for her hat trick to discuss Robert Rodriguez's 'From Dusk Till Dawn', a rambunctious genre hybrid that blends elements of crime pictures, wester...
2022-10-29 20:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back after a brief hiatus with a very special Spooky Seasonâ„¢ pick: Guillermo del Toro's debut feature 'Cronos', a magnificent modern vampire fable as indebted to Universal monster stories a...
2022-10-24 14:41:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Film Twitter personality and fellow Mel Gibson stalwart Hard Mike joins Aaron to discuss Mel's 1995 Best Picture winner 'Braveheart' a sweeping epic about the legendary Scottish freedom fighter Wil...
2022-10-10 04:09:15 +0000 UTC View PostHello Hit Factory Family,
A brief update on the upcoming month and your membership to the Hit Factory Patreon.
We will be taking time off from the pod for the first half of October in o...
2022-09-30 21:01:24 +0000 UTC View Post
David Parsons from Nostalgia Trap Podcast joins us for a deep dive on Oliver Stone's maximalist 1994 thriller 'Natural Born Killers' starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis. We discuss the movi...
2022-09-23 15:02:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Molly Lambert, creator of HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story, joins us to talk the 1990 romantic comedy 'Pretty Woman'. We discuss the film's origins as a gritty tale of sex and drugs on the street...
2022-09-19 14:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back to talk about the peerless Jackie Chan in Lau Kar-leung's 1994 martial arts masterpiece 'Drunken Master II' released in the United States as 'The Legend of Drunken Master'.
T...
2022-09-13 00:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Film writer Veronica Phillips joins Aaron to discuss 'Trainspotting' Danny Boyle's restless adaptation of Irvine Welsh's tale of heroin addiction, reluctant camaraderie, and a generation's failure ...
2022-09-10 08:34:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We ascend to persicope depth for a conversation about 'The Hunt For Red October', John McTiernan's adaptation of Tom Clancy's debut Jack Ryan novel about a CIA analyst tasked with deciphering the i...
2022-08-27 21:34:20 +0000 UTC View Post
It's our 100th episode of Hit Factory! To celebrate, we recruit New York-based filmmaker Donald Borenstein to discuss one of the undersung greatest films of the 1990s, Martin Scorsese's 'Bringing O...
2022-08-21 04:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostHelp us pick our theme for November by voting. We are at an impasse in terms of which direction we want to go with it. Vote early, vote often.
Writer Matt Belenky joins us from New York in the midst of a heat wave to discuss Spike Lee's 'Summer of Sam', an exuberant survey of Outer Boroughs New York in the late 1970s as well as a chilling...
2022-08-12 15:08:24 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a new Predator movie getting dumped staright to Hulu this weekend. In anticipation of the franchise's dimishing returns, we revisit the overlooked sequel to the 1987 action classic, 'Predat...
2022-08-05 15:27:44 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back after a week off to discuss Anthony Minghella's 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' - another entry in the canon of 1999 films interrogating the myth of American prosperity at The End of Historyâ„...
2022-07-28 14:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Film writer and host of The Film Stage's Intermission Podcast joins us to discuss Nicolas Winding Refn's debut feature 'Pusher', a gritty, drug-addled urban crime thriller set against the backdrop ...
2022-07-15 16:48:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Prestigious podcaster and poster Grimm joins us to discuss two documentaries chronicling the 1992 presidential election cycle from very different perspectives.
First, we discuss Chris Hegedu...
Chicago-based academic and film lover Peter Raleigh joins us to discuss 'The Lost World', Steven Spielberg's oft-maligned, misunderstood sequel to smash hit 'Jurassic Park'. It's a movie with a bra...
2022-06-30 00:18:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer Brandon Streussnig joins us to discuss Olivier Assayas's 1996 postmodern masterpiece 'Irma Vep'. It's a revelatory metatextual exploration of creation, capitalism, and cinema - past, present...
2022-06-23 16:13:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer Lindsay Lee Wallace returns to discuss the underseen 1996 queer romantic comedy 'Late Bloomers'. It's a sweet lesbian love story about coming of age in middle age in a small Texas town. ...
2022-06-19 02:13:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss the 1993 box office sensation 'The Fugitive' a meticulously detailed and expertly crafted thriller without an ounce of fat on it. Topics include the film's unusual and effective narrativ...
2022-06-10 13:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We take a look at the brilliant 1992 thriller 'Unlawful Entry', starring Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe, and the recently departed Ray Liotta (RIP). We discuss the film's deceptively thoughtful scri...
2022-06-02 23:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post