aaron from hit factory
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podcaster, occasional critic, film twitter small entity. co-host of america's first and only movie podcast, hit factory.
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.
looked a *little* rough, but we got 5x315lb
January 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
looked a *little* rough, but we got 5x315lb
3x315lb achievement unlocked
January 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
3x315lb achievement unlocked
worked with a guy who would tape one of these to the under part of his wrist/forearm and cover it with a sweatband to do basically that
January 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
worked with a guy who would tape one of these to the under part of his wrist/forearm and cover it with a sweatband to do basically that
hit 305lb today. ten pounds away from previous 5x squat pr.
January 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
hit 305lb today. ten pounds away from previous 5x squat pr.
with the caveat that there are (by my last count) at least two dozen more features that i would have liked to see before finalizing this list, here are my 25 favorite films of 2024:
January 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
with the caveat that there are (by my last count) at least two dozen more features that i would have liked to see before finalizing this list, here are my 25 favorite films of 2024:
hadn't heard much on lisandro alonso's EUREKA, so imagine my surprise to discover a favorite film of 2024 in its waning days. traverses genre and form to reveal the disquieting resonances of capitalist/colonial violence perpetually shaping indigenous realities. mesmerizing.
December 29, 2024 at 9:42 PM
hadn't heard much on lisandro alonso's EUREKA, so imagine my surprise to discover a favorite film of 2024 in its waning days. traverses genre and form to reveal the disquieting resonances of capitalist/colonial violence perpetually shaping indigenous realities. mesmerizing.
gonna keep posting these here where i have a smaller audience than the other place. working back up to 405lb pr. made it to 5x365lb today.
December 29, 2024 at 2:18 AM
gonna keep posting these here where i have a smaller audience than the other place. working back up to 405lb pr. made it to 5x365lb today.
nearly back up to previous pr. one more week then onward, upward, etc.
December 27, 2024 at 4:42 AM
nearly back up to previous pr. one more week then onward, upward, etc.
finally caught up w/ GOOD ONE. hinges on a moment so abrupt, yet finely executed that it left me breathless. patiently charts the topography of middle-aged discontent before shifting to account for its wreckage, all captured within the wonderful lily collias' attuned performance. a major work!
![Good One dir. India Donaldson [2024]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g5mm3sbrvafzsyygzb2zxgmv/bafkreibc2p63n5p3z34gmci6b3phin776g54qi37sc2dgmvoxnnj444s24@jpeg)
December 26, 2024 at 11:33 PM
finally caught up w/ GOOD ONE. hinges on a moment so abrupt, yet finely executed that it left me breathless. patiently charts the topography of middle-aged discontent before shifting to account for its wreckage, all captured within the wonderful lily collias' attuned performance. a major work!
carlee got me the new criterion 4K of HAPPINESS, which has yet to be delivered...she drew this by hand and wrapped it at approx. 2am last night and thinks it's not very good despite being perfect. i would have recognized it even without the text.
December 25, 2024 at 9:42 PM
carlee got me the new criterion 4K of HAPPINESS, which has yet to be delivered...she drew this by hand and wrapped it at approx. 2am last night and thinks it's not very good despite being perfect. i would have recognized it even without the text.
Commercialism v artistry. Entertainment v. exploitation. Keep your eyes peeled for the hack film professor who insists "giving the audience what it wants" is the highest responsibility of artists & bears a resemblance to a certain blockbuster director who was at his peak in the mid-90s.
November 15, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Commercialism v artistry. Entertainment v. exploitation. Keep your eyes peeled for the hack film professor who insists "giving the audience what it wants" is the highest responsibility of artists & bears a resemblance to a certain blockbuster director who was at his peak in the mid-90s.
Beyond this, THESIS also reflects on the state of Spanish film as an industry and the emerging capitalist impulses of a post-Franco society. In a deliberate piece of casting, Ana Torrent plays our heroine, who you may recognize from Victor Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive.
November 15, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Beyond this, THESIS also reflects on the state of Spanish film as an industry and the emerging capitalist impulses of a post-Franco society. In a deliberate piece of casting, Ana Torrent plays our heroine, who you may recognize from Victor Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive.
Like Plante's latest RED ROOMS, Amenábar's THESIS (1996) has much to say about emerging technologies as empathy killers that derealize our corporeal experiences, diminish our discernment, and produce a flattened equivalency of violent images across screens. real & unreal merge into one.
November 15, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Like Plante's latest RED ROOMS, Amenábar's THESIS (1996) has much to say about emerging technologies as empathy killers that derealize our corporeal experiences, diminish our discernment, and produce a flattened equivalency of violent images across screens. real & unreal merge into one.
Yourself and Yours (Hong, 2016)
November 14, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Yourself and Yours (Hong, 2016)
Fat Girl (Breillat, 2001)
November 14, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Fat Girl (Breillat, 2001)
The Double Life of Veronique (Kieślowski, 1991)
November 14, 2024 at 5:58 AM
The Double Life of Veronique (Kieślowski, 1991)
Rouge (Kwan, 1987)
November 14, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Rouge (Kwan, 1987)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Peckinpah, 1973)
November 14, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Peckinpah, 1973)
Marnie (Hitchcock, 1964)
November 14, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Marnie (Hitchcock, 1964)
Rancho Notorious (Lang, 1952)
November 14, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Rancho Notorious (Lang, 1952)
Cat People (Tourneur, 1942)
November 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Cat People (Tourneur, 1942)
City Lights (Chaplin, 1931)
November 14, 2024 at 2:38 AM
City Lights (Chaplin, 1931)