Hit Factory

Pop culture critic Roxana Hadadi returns to discuss the landmark 1990 Iranian masterpiece 'Close-Up', directed by Abbas Kiarostami. We explore the film's multiple layers of artifice, the fundamental …

Renegade economist and host of Upstream Podcast Della Duncan joins us to discuss the Wachowskis' groundbreaking sci-fi action benchmark 'The Matrix'. We illuminate the film's bracing anti-capitalist …

Industry insider and returning guest Rich Pierceall joins us to discuss the pulpy Hollywood send-up 'Get Shorty'. We talk the resurgent success of Elmore Leonard adaptations in the 90s, Hollywood's e…

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Film writer and co-founder of Certified Forgotten Matthew Monagle enters the Hit Factory to discuss the cannibal horror 'Ravenous'. We discuss the film's onerous origins, its breathtakingly subversiv…

We assembled an emergency panel of friends Chris Clayman, Brianna Zigler, and Chris Woodward to discuss one of our favorite films starring the late Charles Grodin (RIP), 'Clifford', also starring Mar…

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Freelance film writer Brianna Zigler joins us to discuss David Cronenberg's 1999 VR body-horror extravaganza 'eXistenZ'. We talk the film's position in the cinematic landscape of the late nineties, i…

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We test our might with Leslie Lee III, host of Struggle Session, and revisit the original (still the best) Mortal Kombat directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. We discuss the distinctive charm of a pitch-p…

San Francisco District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston is the first Democratic Socialist elected to local office in over 40 years. He joins Hit Factory to discuss national and local developments within the…

Co-hosts of the premier sci-fi & fantasy podcast Podside Picnic, Karlo & Pete, joined us to watch the 1997 cinematic adaptation of Todd McFarlane's signature comic creation, 'Spawn' - A film that rem…

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Catherine Liu is the author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class. She joins us to discuss Todd Hayne's 1995 masterpiece 'SAFE'. Topics include the director's razor-s…

Our April Fool's Day episode. Friends of the pod Taylor Grimes and Travis Snyder join Hit Factory to discuss Good Burger starring the consummate Nickelodeon comedic duo Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchel…

Co-host of the We Need to Talk About Kevin podcast and contributor at Blood Knife digital magazine Trevor Drinkwater joins us to discuss James Mangold's 1997 police thriller 'Cop Land'. We discuss Sy…

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Aaron & Carlee enter the Hit Factory to discuss Carl Franklin's riveting neo-noir crime saga 'One False Move'. Along the way we discuss the corporatization of sexual wellness, the awards season's ble…

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Pop culture critic Roxana Hadadi joins the Hit Factory crew to discuss the unsung masterpiece of the teen movie genre, 'Pump Up the Volume'. We talk hard about Christian Slater's indelible charm, the…