Introduction to Hotels Not Hospitals feat. Edna Kozikaro

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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, its appeal to a greater sense of pre-millennium malaise, by Hit Factory

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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 hauntingly evocative score, and the cyclical nature of o by Hit Factory

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The Firm: The first episode. Aaron & Carlee break down Sydney Pollack's adaptation of the John Grisham thriller "The Firm" starring Tom Cruise. Rob Jarvilla's Joel Schumacher Obituary from THE RINGER: https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/6/22/21299608/joel-sch by Hit Factory

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Demolition Man: It's been a while...Sandrapalooza continues into September with Marco Brambilla's dystopian action banger 'Demolition Man'. We talk the film's fetishization of consumption, the liberal tendency towards maintaining hierarchies while sanitizing culture, and by Hit Factory

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True Romance feat. Rich Pierceall *TEASER*: Subscribe today for access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content. www.patreon.com/hitfactorypod by Hit Factory

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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' staring Madonna. We discuss the pop singer's efforts t by Hit Factory

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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 'Armageddon' alongside the competent, neoliberal eulogy tha by Hit Factory

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SCOTTEMBER VOL. I - Days of Thunder feat. Taylor Grimes: We kick off SCOTTEMBER with "the 'Chinatown' of racecar movies," and one of Tony's first films of the 1990s, 'Days of Thunder'. Taylor Grimes returns for his hat trick as we talk about the persistent popularity of NASCAR, Cole Trickle as a continuation of by Hit Factory

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Jurassic Park: We discuss Steven Spielberg's thrilling, technologically groundbreaking, sort-of-narratively-static "Jurassic Park", the underappreciated Bob Peck, and the follies of Disney World's inter-COVID reopening. kaptainkristian's "Jurassic Park - Pushing The Lim by Hit Factory

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While You Were Sleeping: Sandrapalooza kicks off with John Turteltaub's 1995 romantic comedy "While You Were Sleeping". We talk the film's underlying classism, Sandra Bullock's indefatigable charm, and the 90's tendency to treat generation-crippling medical debt with a profound by Hit Factory

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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, the utopian socialism of Charles Fourier, and the profoun by Hit Factory

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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 combination of plaid skirts with chunky boots, and diss by Hit Factory

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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' fascination with disability, the comforting appeal of si by Hit Factory

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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 Bulworth's IRL political counterpart, and survey the 90's by Hit Factory

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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. This is an organization spun out of the DSA SF Homelessness Working Group (Democratic Sociali by Hit Factory

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Men In Black *TEASER*: Subscribe today for access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content. www.patreon.com/hitfactorypod by Hit Factory

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Falling Down: We break down Joel Schumacher's critically misunderstood "Falling Down", talk Michael Douglas's hot 90's bod, and get a tad socialist in the process. by Hit Factory

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Ravenous feat. Matthew Monagle: Film writer and co-founder of Certified Forgotten Matthew Monagle enters the Hit Factory to discuss the cannibal horror 'Ravenous'. We discuss the film's onerous origins, its breathtakingly subversive score, and the wonders of an outsider's perspective on by Hit Factory

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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 discuss the anti-politics of Nora Ephron's 1998 romantic-comed by Hit Factory

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Mortal Kombat feat. Leslie Lee III: We test our might with Leslie Lee III, host of Struggle Session, and revisit the original (still the best) Mortal Kombat directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. We discuss the distinctive charm of a pitch-perfect video game adaptation, reflect on the property's by Hit Factory

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Cop Land feat. Trevor Drinkwater: Co-host of the We Need to Talk About Kevin podcast and contributor at Blood Knife digital magazine Trevor Drinkwater joins us to discuss James Mangold's 1997 police thriller 'Cop Land'. We discuss Sylvester Stallone's rutted career as a performer, the fil by Hit Factory

69 min listen

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 debate // On to Jumanji: the game, the status quo // And w by Hit Factory

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Close-Up feat. Roxana Hadadi: Pop culture critic Roxana Hadadi returns to discuss the landmark 1990 Iranian masterpiece 'Close-Up' directed by Abbas Kiarostami. We explore the film's multiple layers of artifice, the fundamental truths they conceal, and reflect on finding joy in Kiaros by Hit Factory

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