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May 27, 2022 • 1h 9min

Diggstown feat. Matt Christman

We're joined by one of the hosts of Chapo Trap House, Matt Christman to discuss Michael Ritchie's highly entertaining con-man/sports movie mashup 'Diggstown'. We explore the film's distinct 70s throwback appeal, set aside personal politics to make the case for James Woods as one of the finest actors of his generation, and yearn for a time when studio movies still permitted excessive perspiration.Follow Matt Christman on Twitter Get access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish. 
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May 22, 2022 • 5min

Citizen Ruth *TEASER*

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May 13, 2022 • 1h 46min

Happiness feat. 30 Years Later

We're joined by hosts of 30 Years Later Podcast, Ricky Camilleri and Chris Chafin, to discuss Todd Solondz's grimly funny ensemble comedy 'Happiness'. We discuss the writer/director's singular talent for handling "sticky" subject matter and characters, the film's remarkably prescient and timely themes of emmiseration and depravity in modern American existence, and why current media discourse and trends are especially averse to embracing the brilliance of Solondz's deeply nuanced portrayals.  Follow Ricky Camilleri on Twitter. Follow Chris Chafin on Twitter.Listen & Subscribe to 30 Years Later. Get access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish
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May 6, 2022 • 1h 6min

UNLOCKED: Jade

No new episode this week, so enjoy this unlocked Patreon epsiode...We explore a fascinating critical and commercial dud from the great William Friedkin: 1995's erotic thriller 'Jade'. Topics include the pitch perfect performance from Linda Fiorentino, the film's brilliant "bare essentials" approach to its genres, and its thematic relationship to a classic of the 70s neo-noir canon. We also talk some recent critical misreads of onscreen eroticism and explore a new paradigm of cultural myopia we like to call "The Smoothening".Read "The Sex Scene is Dead. Long Live the Sex Scene" from The New Yorker.Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish 
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Apr 30, 2022 • 1h 14min

The Fisher King

For the first time in Hit Factory history, we're recording from separate locales to discuss Terry Gilliam's 1991 fantasy drama 'The Fisher King'. We discuss the bevy of brilliant performances (including an Oscar-winning turn from the great Mercedes Ruehl), Gilliam's singular ability to effortlessly navigate his film's disparate tones, and the subversive empathy the film employs in its consideration of people who occupy the margins of society.Get access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish
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Apr 23, 2022 • 4min

Malice feat. Jack Wranovics *TEASER*

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Apr 15, 2022 • 1h 25min

Apollo 13 feat. Dadcore Cinema Club

Masters of the Middlebrow and hosts of Dadcore Cinema Club Podcast, Brandon & Charlie, join us to discuss the Space Race drama 'Apollo 13', a technically masterful ode to the patriotism & resolve of Cold War America released as Boomers were forced to reckon with the ideological drift of the 90s - Helmed by one of our most proficient journeyman, Ron Howard. The crew take to the LEM and avoid gimbal lock while discussing the film's blend of distinctive Dadcore characteristics, the invisible pleasures of a true journeyman director operating at peak performance, and Tom Hanks's career-long fascination with the act of urinating. Listen and subscribe to Dadcore Cinema ClubFollow Dadcore Cinema Club on TwitterFollow Brandon on TwitterFollow Charlie on Twitter.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish
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Apr 9, 2022 • 5min

Contact feat. Aaron Thorpe *TEASER*

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Apr 1, 2022 • 58min

PREVIEW: Secs, Guys and Videotapes #63 w/ Parents Just Don't Understand

**Our April Fools Episode** A special advance preview of Aaron & Carlee's new limited series, Secs, Guys, and Videotapes: an exploration of Steven Soderbergh's 1998 crime thriller 'Out Of Sight'...one second at a time. On this episode, the Hit Factory hosts are joined by Chris Woodward and Kurt Schiller of the excellent Parents Just Don't Understand Podcast to explore second number 63. It's a wide-ranging discussion that advances the theory of the Soviet Second (an interval roughly one half longer than the standard western equivalent), the direct lineage from 1971 cult classic 'Vanishing Point' to Dave Matthews Band, and a celebration of the rare "Split" Second in which a cut falls directly in the middle of a one-second interval.Follow Secs, Guys and Videotapes on Twitter.Follow Chris Woodward on TwitterFollow Kurt Schiller on TwitterListen to and subscribe to Parents Just Don't Understand....Series artwork by Hindle
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Mar 26, 2022 • 7min

Lone Star *TEASER*

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