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Hit Factory Podcast
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America's first and only movie podcast. Hosted by Aaron (@notoriouslightning.bsky.social) and Carlee (@deepimpactcrier.bsky.social).
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SF BAY AREA - Hit Factory is hosting a screening of Heather Landsman's haunting archival film THE BEST OF ME at the fabulous 4-Star Theater TOMORROW 11/1 at 8:00pm PT. Tickets and info below.
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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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.
THE FACULTY (Robert Rodriguez, 1998) THE FACULTY (Robert Rodriguez, 1998) THE FACULTY (Robert Rodriguez, 1998) THE FACULTY (Robert Rodriguez, 1998)
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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AFTER LIFE (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998)
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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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.
AFTER LIFE (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998) AFTER LIFE (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998) AFTER LIFE (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998) AFTER LIFE (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998)
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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NEW PREMIUM HIT FACTORY // @aheartofgould.bsky.social joins to discuss Brian De Palma's masterful crime saga CARLITO'S WAY which sees the filmmaker at his most formally audacious, contemplative, and breathtakingly intimate. Link below.
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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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!
Failed State (dir. Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer, 2023)
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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MAGNOLIA (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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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.
MAGNOLIA (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) MAGNOLIA (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) MAGNOLIA (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) MAGNOLIA (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992)
December 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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NEW HIT FACTORY // Writer @robrubsam.bsky.social joins to discuss the career of the brilliant Terence Davies and his 1992 masterwork THE LONG DAY CLOSES - an impressionistic, elliptical journey through childhood memory both warmly nostalgic and mournfully ruminative. Links below.
The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992) The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992) The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992) The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992)
December 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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THESIS (Amenábar, 1996)
November 14, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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NEW HIT FACTORY// Filmmaker Pascal Plante (Red Rooms) joins us to discuss mediated violence, spectatorship, and the visceral thrills of Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's debut THESIS. Links below.
THESIS (Amenábar, 1996) THESIS (Amenábar, 1996) THESIS (Amenábar, 1996) THESIS (Amenábar, 1996)
November 14, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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NEW HIT FACTORY// Denzember kicks off with the return of
@bigblackjacobin.bsky.social to discuss the singular, totemic biopic MALCOLM X, a Spike Lee joint.

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December 5, 2023 at 3:23 AM
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💥HIT FACTORY PRESENTS💥

DENZEMBER...

A monthlong celebration of our greatest living actor, Denzel Washington. Featuring very special guests.

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Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's MALCOLM X [1992] Denzel Washington in Carl Franklin's DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS [1995] Denzel Washington in Mira Nair's MISSISSIPPI MASALA [1991] Denzel Washington in Penny Marshall's THE PREACHER'S WIFE [1996]
December 5, 2023 at 3:21 AM
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NEW HIT FACTORY // The fellas from the quintessential (clintessential?) Clint Eastwood podcast @podcastyforme.bsky.social join to discuss Nanni Moretti's charming, introspective personal essay/anthology film CARO DIARIO.

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Nanni Moretti riding his beloved Vespa in CARO DIARIO [1994] Jennifer Beals in Nanni Moretti's CARO DIARIO [1993] Nanni Moretti and Renato Carpentieri in CARO DIARIO [1993] Nanni Moretti enjoying his customary glass of water before breakfast in CARO DIARIO [1993]
October 8, 2023 at 8:15 PM
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NEW PREMIUM HIT FACTORY // We're solo for the first time in a while to talk the teen romantic comedy 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, the wonder (and tragedy) of Heath Ledger, & the reward of looking at natural teeth on a big screen.

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Julia Stiles and Laris Oleynik in 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU [1999] Heath Ledger, David Krumholtz, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU [1999] Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles in 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU [1999] Heath Ledger in 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU [1999]
September 23, 2023 at 8:57 PM
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NEW HIT FACTORY // @sorayaspaghetti.bsky.social joins for Atom Egoyan's breakout 1994 feature EXOTICA, a fascinating study of habit, performance, and the cycles people adopt to compartmentalize alienation and loss.

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Mia Kirshner in Atom Egoyan's EXOTICA (1994) Don McKellar in Atom Egoyan's EXOTICA (1994) Bruce Greenwood in Atom Egoyan's EXOTICA (1994) Elias Koteas in Atom Egoyan's EXOTICA (1994)
September 19, 2023 at 6:18 PM