Writer Emma Berquist joins us to explore the eugenic dystopia of Andrew Niccol's 'Gattaca', a film that the smart folks at NASA once placed at the very top of a list of the most plausible realities...
2021-12-01 17:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
We're joined by film writer and filmmaker Jonah Koslofsky to go long on the 1997 neo-noir mindbender Lost Highway, a turning point in the career of David Lynch which would lay the stylistic groundw...
2021-11-26 04:43:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Toronto-based writer/filmmaker and host of Junk Filter Podcast Jesse Hawken returns to discuss Alan J. Pakula's 1993 John Grisham adaptation 'The Pelican Brief'. We defend the film as an enjoyable,...
2021-11-19 04:16:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We're guestless first the first time in a while to discuss Wes Anderson's feature directorial debut, 'Bottle Rocket'. We detail the film's turbulent origins from a 16mm short film that played Sunda...
2021-11-12 14:10:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Author and writer Jacob Bacharach enters the Hit Factory to discuss James Cameron's spy thriller-cum-screwball comedy 'True Lies' starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton and a...
2021-11-04 06:42:17 +0000 UTC View Post
What's your favorite scary movie? Culture writer Lindsay Lee Wallace joins us to revisit Wes Craven's slasher-reinvention "SCREAM" as it nears its 25th anniversary. We discuss the film's sensationa...
2021-10-26 16:51:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We recently joined our friends Forrest Miller and J. Andrew World on their livestream podcast Movie Night Extravaganza to revisit the 'The Blair Witch Project'.
In this audio of our liv...
2021-10-23 18:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer Bill Ryan joins us to discuss William Peter Blatty's underappreciated masterpiece 'The Exorcist III' starring George C. Scott, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller, and Ed Flanders. We discuss the film...
2021-10-21 07:54:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Mattie Lewis is a St. Louis-based writer and co-host of The PodHand - a podcast delving into Kentaro Miura's Berserk, dark fantasy, horror and all things grimdark. She joins us to discuss a singula...
2021-10-14 05:43:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer and host of Podside Picnic Karlo Yeager Rodríguez returns for a Spooky Season™ Double Feature to discuss Barry Sonnenfeld's twin forays into the lives of the altogether ooky family - 'The...
2021-10-07 14:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post
SCOTTEMBER concludes with Tony's brilliant naval submarine action thriller 'Crimson Tide' featuring near-best performances from two titanic actors: Gene Hackman & Denzel Washington. Film writer...
2021-09-30 06:12:11 +0000 UTC View Post
SCOTTEMBER continues with Trevor and Ted from We Need to Talk About Kevin joining us to discuss the Tony-directed, Shane Black-penned buddy action thriller 'The Last Boy Scout'. We discuss the meri...
2021-09-24 04:48:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer and podcaster Guz Lanzetta joins us to discuss Tony Scott's prophetic surveillance technothriller 'Enemy of the State', starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman. We talk the who's-who ensemble o...
2021-09-16 03:33:11 +0000 UTC View Post
SCOTTEMBER continues with Tony's take on the dark side of America's favorite pastime, 'The Fan' starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes. Valerie Faye joins us to discuss the movie's take on toxic...
2021-09-08 15:02:45 +0000 UTC View Post
We kick off SCOTTEMBER with "the 'Chinatown' of racecar movies," and one of Tony's first films of the 1990s, 'Days of Thunder'. Taylor Grimes returns for his hat trick as we talk about the persiste...
2021-09-01 15:32:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Our conversation with Owen Morawitz from our latest free episode on Roland Emmerich's 'Stargate' ran nearly 3 hours before the final cut! Here are some extra snippets, anecdotes, and asides from ou...
2021-08-25 19:12:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sarah Jaffe is a reporting fellow at Type Media Center and the author of ...
2021-08-15 16:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Apropos of "nothing", we revisited the 1997 Harland Williams vehicle RocketMan (not the Elton John biopic), to discuss legendary buffoons going to space. Hijinks ensue!
2021-07-30 01:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Neo-noir is in the air! To commemorate, we watched John Dahl's sultry, erotic thriller, 'The Last Seduction' starring Linda Fiorentino as the ultimate femme fatale. We discuss the film's rare, unap...
2021-07-17 03:12:22 +0000 UTC View Post
It's our Hit Factiversary! We celebrate by cobbling together an episode following technological catastrophe. We briefly praise the new Soderbergh film "No Sudden Move", before examining the career ...
2021-07-03 18:09:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Some more thoughts on The Matrix following our conversation with Della Duncan of Upstream Podcast.
Read Emily Va...
2021-06-22 21:57:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Renegade economist and host of Upstream Podcast Della Duncan joins us to discuss the Wachowskis' groundbreaking sci-fi actio...
2021-06-17 15:48:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Kurt Schiller and Chris Woodward from the 2021-06-04 01:18:31 +0000 UTC View Post
We assembled an emergency panel of friends Chris Clayman, Brianna Zigler, and 2021-05-27 04:17:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Film writer Zach Vasquez joins Hit Factory to discuss the David Mamet-penned wilderness survival thriller 'The Edge' starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin. Topics include the film's relationshi...
2021-05-21 14:02:12 +0000 UTC View Post
A special birthday episode for Aaron means Carlee finally had to watch Hayao Miyazaki's 'Princess Mononoke' alongside friend of the pod Rasheed Allahar. The gang discuss their early adventures in a...
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2021-05-05 18:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post
We had some bad pizza at the company retreat, stayed up all night, and rewatched Cameron Crowe's gooey, one-liner-riddled love letter to neoliberalism 'Jerry Maguire'. Topics include the evolution ...
2021-04-22 18:03:08 +0000 UTC View Post