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Hit Factory

A podcast about the films of the 1990s, their politics, and how they inform today's film landscape. Exploring the output of a seemingly bottomless decade. America's first and only movie podcast.

Tv & Film Pop Culture Film Film Reviews Film History Arts Politics Movies
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
57 minutes
Episodes
248
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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UNLOCKED: Deep Blue Sea feat. Ryan Cartwright

UNLOCKED: Deep Blue Sea feat. Ryan Cartwright

Ryan Cartwright, formerly of the Ded Air podcast (RIP), joined us in the Hit Factory to take on the gleeful, smart-shark insanity of 1999's 'Deep Blue Sea'. We discuss some recent Joe Biden comments,…

01:17:43  |   Sun 21 Feb 2021
Se7en

Se7en

To celebrate Valentine's Day, we watched the most romantic film we could think of - David Fincher's grisly neo-noir thriller 'Se7en'. Aaron & Carlee discuss the false promise of 'The Middle' from las…

01:13:09  |   Sun 14 Feb 2021
Face/Off *TEASER*

Face/Off *TEASER*

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00:01:42  |   Sun 07 Feb 2021
There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary

It's officially Joe Biden's America™ and the resumption of The End of History. We took a look at one of the biggest comedies of the 90's, 'There's Something About Mary' to discuss the Farrelly Bros' …

01:15:25  |   Mon 01 Feb 2021
True Romance feat. Rich Pierceall *TEASER*

True Romance feat. Rich Pierceall *TEASER*

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00:02:58  |   Fri 22 Jan 2021
Evita feat. Sydney Urbanek

Evita feat. Sydney Urbanek

Culture writer and premiere authority on all things concerning pop divas Sydney Urbanek joins Aaron & Carlee to discuss the 1996 adaptation of the classic Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice musical 'Evita…

01:25:02  |   Thu 14 Jan 2021
Introduction to Hotels Not Hospitals feat. Edna Kozikaro

Introduction to Hotels Not Hospitals feat. Edna Kozikaro

This month, we are donating all of our Patreon proceeds to Hotels Not Hospitals, a project of organizers and activists working for the rights of unhoused people in San Francisco. This is an organizat…

00:22:12  |   Mon 11 Jan 2021
Men In Black *TEASER*

Men In Black *TEASER*

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00:04:37  |   Thu 07 Jan 2021
Dark City

Dark City

We close out 2020 with the cult favorite 'Dark City' - a film that definitely didn't influence The Wachowski's 'Matrix' films in any way whatsoever. Aaron & Carlee break down the film's genre-bending…

01:08:11  |   Thu 31 Dec 2020
The Muppet Christmas Carol *TEASER*

The Muppet Christmas Carol *TEASER*

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00:03:17  |   Thu 24 Dec 2020
UNLOCKED: Jumanji

UNLOCKED: Jumanji

Into the jungle we both wade // Another film from a bygone decade // First - Dr. discourse of a sort // is granted some undue import // For movie talk you'll have to wait // Until we cover the M4A de…

01:07:34  |   Wed 16 Dec 2020
Metropolitan feat. Evan MacDonald

Metropolitan feat. Evan MacDonald

Evan MacDonald from the Kino Lefter Podcast joins Aaron in the Hit Factory to discuss Whit Stillman's 1990 directorial debut 'Metropolitan'. We discuss the recent death knell for the movie theater ex…

01:10:59  |   Thu 10 Dec 2020
DOUBLE FEATURE: HOT ROCKS (Armageddon v. Deep Impact)

DOUBLE FEATURE: HOT ROCKS (Armageddon v. Deep Impact)

It's the summer of 1998, and a celestial rock is on a collision course for planet Earth. Our first ever double-feature episode explores the right-wing, explosive preposterousness of Michael Bay's 'Ar…
01:41:10  |   Sat 05 Dec 2020
The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

Thanksgiving. 1973. Or 1997. Or 2020. We revisit one of the unsung masterpieces of the decade: Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm". Aaron & Carlee discuss the film's once-in-a-generation cast, Mychael Danna's …
00:54:01  |   Thu 26 Nov 2020
Terminator 2: Judgement Day feat. Brendan Fay *TEASER*

Terminator 2: Judgement Day feat. Brendan Fay *TEASER*

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00:02:13  |   Sat 14 Nov 2020
You've Got Mail feat. Meagan Day

You've Got Mail feat. Meagan Day

Meagan Day is a staff writer at Jacobin and the coauthor of 'Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism'. Meagan joins Aaron & Carlee in the Hit Factory to discus…

00:53:40  |   Fri 06 Nov 2020
UNLOCKED: Bulworth

UNLOCKED: Bulworth

Election Day is nigh. To commiserate, we revisit Warren Beatty's overlooked, all-too-salient political comedy 'Bulworth'. Aaron & Carlee discuss the necrotic 2020 Presidential race, Jay Billington Bu…
01:08:04  |   Sat 31 Oct 2020
The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project

We kept all the lights on and watched the scariest film of the 1990's, "The Blair Witch Project". Aaron & Carlee discuss the film's legacy as a vanguard of viral marketing and found-footage cinema, i…
00:59:30  |   Sat 24 Oct 2020
Sleepy Hollow *TEASER*

Sleepy Hollow *TEASER*

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00:01:42  |   Fri 16 Oct 2020
The Craft

The Craft

It's officially Spooky Season! We kick it off (and go a little long) with the rebellious-older-sister of 90's Witch Cinema™: 'The Craft'. Aaron & Carlee gush over the peerless Fairuza Balk, extol the…
01:19:33  |   Fri 09 Oct 2020
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