aaron from hit factory
@notoriouslightning.bsky.social
podcaster, occasional critic, film twitter small entity. co-host of america's first and only movie podcast, hit factory.
Had an awesome time talking about one of my favorite filmmakers, Clint Eastwood, and two thoughtful meditations on justice that conceal some remarkably subversive ideas beneath their handsome studio thriller facades.
Happy November!
This week we do things a little differently as we have a special Clint Eastwood-themed episode with a look at TWO movies, 1999's TRUE CRIME and 2024's JUROR #2.
Joining us this time is Aaron from the great podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
This week we do things a little differently as we have a special Clint Eastwood-themed episode with a look at TWO movies, 1999's TRUE CRIME and 2024's JUROR #2.
Joining us this time is Aaron from the great podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
1999: The Podcast #084 - True Crime (1999) and Juror #2 (2024)
Hit Factory co-host Aaron joins John and Julia to discuss "True Crime", "Juror #2", and Clint Eastwood's complex politics.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Had an awesome time talking about one of my favorite filmmakers, Clint Eastwood, and two thoughtful meditations on justice that conceal some remarkably subversive ideas beneath their handsome studio thriller facades.
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Happy November!
This week we do things a little differently as we have a special Clint Eastwood-themed episode with a look at TWO movies, 1999's TRUE CRIME and 2024's JUROR #2.
Joining us this time is Aaron from the great podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
This week we do things a little differently as we have a special Clint Eastwood-themed episode with a look at TWO movies, 1999's TRUE CRIME and 2024's JUROR #2.
Joining us this time is Aaron from the great podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
1999: The Podcast #084 - True Crime (1999) and Juror #2 (2024)
Hit Factory co-host Aaron joins John and Julia to discuss "True Crime", "Juror #2", and Clint Eastwood's complex politics.
www.cageclub.me
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy November!
This week we do things a little differently as we have a special Clint Eastwood-themed episode with a look at TWO movies, 1999's TRUE CRIME and 2024's JUROR #2.
Joining us this time is Aaron from the great podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
This week we do things a little differently as we have a special Clint Eastwood-themed episode with a look at TWO movies, 1999's TRUE CRIME and 2024's JUROR #2.
Joining us this time is Aaron from the great podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Rodriguez's THE FACULTY is a much smarter movie than suggested at first glance...a clever probing of capitalism's oppressive hierarchies and our inability to structure meaningful alternatives, all in the skin of fun teen sci-fi/horror riff.
HIT FACTORY HALLOWEEN // Trevor Strunk (@nocartridge.bsky.social) joins to talk Robert Rodriguez's teen Body Snatchers riff THE FACULTY, a deceptively sharp parody with plenty on its mind about social hierarchies, 90s monoculture, & neoliberalism's hold on our sociopolitical horizons. Links below.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Rodriguez's THE FACULTY is a much smarter movie than suggested at first glance...a clever probing of capitalism's oppressive hierarchies and our inability to structure meaningful alternatives, all in the skin of fun teen sci-fi/horror riff.
struggled with Kore-eda a little bit...a filmmaker i found stuck in a dispassionate and unfulfilling middle ground between slow cinema's formal discipline and a mawkish dramaturgy.
NEW HIT FACTORY // The fine gentlemen of @podcastyforme.bsky.social join to discuss Hirokazu Kore-eda's delicate, understated AFTER LIFE - a meditation on death and the hereafter as well as a treatise on artmaking itself; how cinema reflects and retains memory. Links below.
October 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
struggled with Kore-eda a little bit...a filmmaker i found stuck in a dispassionate and unfulfilling middle ground between slow cinema's formal discipline and a mawkish dramaturgy.
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NEW HIT FACTORY // The fine gentlemen of @podcastyforme.bsky.social join to discuss Hirokazu Kore-eda's delicate, understated AFTER LIFE - a meditation on death and the hereafter as well as a treatise on artmaking itself; how cinema reflects and retains memory. Links below.
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW HIT FACTORY // The fine gentlemen of @podcastyforme.bsky.social join to discuss Hirokazu Kore-eda's delicate, understated AFTER LIFE - a meditation on death and the hereafter as well as a treatise on artmaking itself; how cinema reflects and retains memory. Links below.
sorry, i'm confused...did you get a nazi tattoo because you were drunk with some marine buddies in croatia without knowing what it meant, or because you "used to say and believe things that today [you] find abhorrent"?
If they thought that any of this would stop us or deter us: they clearly don't understand our movement, and they don't understand Marines.
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
sorry, i'm confused...did you get a nazi tattoo because you were drunk with some marine buddies in croatia without knowing what it meant, or because you "used to say and believe things that today [you] find abhorrent"?
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if you've talked to me about movies any time in the past year+, then you know that i think FAILED STATE is one of the best American independent films of the decade. I'm thrilled to get the chance to watch it with you all and to talk to the immensely talented Chris Bell about his work. Tap in!
HIT FACTORY PRESENTS - Join us Thursday, November 6, 2025 for a virtual screening of Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer's FAILED STATE (2023) feat. a live Q&A w/ dir. Christopher Jason Bell. Hit Factory Patrons get access at no additional cost w/ RSVP. Buy your tickets below!
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
if you've talked to me about movies any time in the past year+, then you know that i think FAILED STATE is one of the best American independent films of the decade. I'm thrilled to get the chance to watch it with you all and to talk to the immensely talented Chris Bell about his work. Tap in!
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One of the best new films I’ve seen in a long while. You don’t wanna miss this!
HIT FACTORY PRESENTS - Join us Thursday, November 6, 2025 for a virtual screening of Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer's FAILED STATE (2023) feat. a live Q&A w/ dir. Christopher Jason Bell. Hit Factory Patrons get access at no additional cost w/ RSVP. Buy your tickets below!
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
One of the best new films I’ve seen in a long while. You don’t wanna miss this!
if you've talked to me about movies any time in the past year+, then you know that i think FAILED STATE is one of the best American independent films of the decade. I'm thrilled to get the chance to watch it with you all and to talk to the immensely talented Chris Bell about his work. Tap in!
HIT FACTORY PRESENTS - Join us Thursday, November 6, 2025 for a virtual screening of Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer's FAILED STATE (2023) feat. a live Q&A w/ dir. Christopher Jason Bell. Hit Factory Patrons get access at no additional cost w/ RSVP. Buy your tickets below!
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
if you've talked to me about movies any time in the past year+, then you know that i think FAILED STATE is one of the best American independent films of the decade. I'm thrilled to get the chance to watch it with you all and to talk to the immensely talented Chris Bell about his work. Tap in!
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HIT FACTORY PRESENTS - Join us Thursday, November 6, 2025 for a virtual screening of Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer's FAILED STATE (2023) feat. a live Q&A w/ dir. Christopher Jason Bell. Hit Factory Patrons get access at no additional cost w/ RSVP. Buy your tickets below!
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
HIT FACTORY PRESENTS - Join us Thursday, November 6, 2025 for a virtual screening of Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer's FAILED STATE (2023) feat. a live Q&A w/ dir. Christopher Jason Bell. Hit Factory Patrons get access at no additional cost w/ RSVP. Buy your tickets below!
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I really like what Aaron said when I asked him pointedly what he thought Magnolia was about: reckoning with the truth of life, that living is often being both a recipient of and a source of pain. Interestingly and typical of PTA, he doesn’t really offer an answer.
On our latest premium episode, we discuss the work of Paul Thomas Anderson and his ambitious, sweeping 1999 ensemble drama MAGNOLIA. We also contend with PTA skepticism, articulating the director's limitations as artist alongside his singular idiosyncrasies. Link below.
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I really like what Aaron said when I asked him pointedly what he thought Magnolia was about: reckoning with the truth of life, that living is often being both a recipient of and a source of pain. Interestingly and typical of PTA, he doesn’t really offer an answer.
THE BPM
a little boy in a black shirt is dancing on a street
ALT: a little boy in a black shirt is dancing on a street
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October 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
THE BPM
in which i attempt to answer carlee's extremely probing inquiry, "what the fuck is pta's deal, and why should i like him?"
On our latest premium episode, we discuss the work of Paul Thomas Anderson and his ambitious, sweeping 1999 ensemble drama MAGNOLIA. We also contend with PTA skepticism, articulating the director's limitations as artist alongside his singular idiosyncrasies. Link below.
October 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
in which i attempt to answer carlee's extremely probing inquiry, "what the fuck is pta's deal, and why should i like him?"
when this happened, everyone had to play coolly nonchalant, like they barely noticed it...but i got several follows/follows back from people on this list as it started making the rounds on the other place
We can rebuild her anew on a new platform.
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
when this happened, everyone had to play coolly nonchalant, like they barely noticed it...but i got several follows/follows back from people on this list as it started making the rounds on the other place
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We can rebuild her anew on a new platform.
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We can rebuild her anew on a new platform.
havent watched a horror movie yet this month
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October 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
havent watched a horror movie yet this month
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other site's so washed im getting fed shaun king tweets on the fyp
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
other site's so washed im getting fed shaun king tweets on the fyp
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you people have no idea the discourses we can bring to this app. you’re not ready
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
you people have no idea the discourses we can bring to this app. you’re not ready
why did everyone jump ship over here today?
October 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
why did everyone jump ship over here today?
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This mask always makes me laugh. i don't like to look at the other one..
June 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This mask always makes me laugh. i don't like to look at the other one..
this track absolutely fucking goes btw
me: Aaron please ... finish this movie so we can talk about it
@notoriouslightning.bsky.social: youtu.be/i7UHEFmW6EU
@notoriouslightning.bsky.social: youtu.be/i7UHEFmW6EU
ER Main Theme (Sindirilla Remix)
YouTube video by SindirillaOfficial
youtu.be
February 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
this track absolutely fucking goes btw
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me: Aaron please ... finish this movie so we can talk about it
@notoriouslightning.bsky.social: youtu.be/i7UHEFmW6EU
@notoriouslightning.bsky.social: youtu.be/i7UHEFmW6EU
ER Main Theme (Sindirilla Remix)
YouTube video by SindirillaOfficial
youtu.be
February 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
me: Aaron please ... finish this movie so we can talk about it
@notoriouslightning.bsky.social: youtu.be/i7UHEFmW6EU
@notoriouslightning.bsky.social: youtu.be/i7UHEFmW6EU
Great question! and gives me the chance to plug Chritsopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer's FAILED STATE. A film of bracing intimacy that feels gargantuan, poetic, devastating...will age better than 95% of all movies set during COVID.
January 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Great question! and gives me the chance to plug Chritsopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer's FAILED STATE. A film of bracing intimacy that feels gargantuan, poetic, devastating...will age better than 95% of all movies set during COVID.