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aaron from hit factory

@notoriouslightning.bsky.social
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podcaster, occasional critic, film twitter small entity. co-host of america's first and only movie podcast, hit factory.

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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
An excellent, vital film. A extremely cool and thoughtful filmmaker. And a Q&A moderated by yours truly. If you're in the Bay Area, you should come to this.
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Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema @marvelousdeath.com · 06/02/2026
We got @notoriouslightning.bsky.social of @hitfactorypod.bsky.social on the pod to talk The Fabelmans, a movie about how making movies basically ruined Steven Spielberg’s life, but it's also the only way he knows how to process everything bad that's ever happened to him. LINK BELOW
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Hit Factory Podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
NEW PREMIUM HIT FACTORY // Something new for our faithful Patrons: "What Have You Watched with Me Lately?" A conversation about all the movies, new and old, that we've been enjoying this past month not covered elsewhere on the show. See below.
28 Years Later - The Bone Temple (dir. Nia DaCosta, 2026)Starred Up (dir. David Mackenzie, 2013)Joy Ride (dir. John Dahl, 2001)Magellan (dir. Lav Diaz, 2025)
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
i really enjoyed OBAA, a movie that invites - even necessitates - consideration of its political propositions, and is made more essential by acknowledging its material contradictions.
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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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1999: The Podcast @1999thepodcast.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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!
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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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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
not a joke. lock in.
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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.
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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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Hit Factory Podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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)
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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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Deep Impact Crier @deepimpactcrier.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
One of the best new films I’ve seen in a long while. You don’t wanna miss this!
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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 Podcast @hitfactorypod.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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)
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
third eye blind catching strays 😔
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Deep Impact Crier @deepimpactcrier.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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.
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
THE BPM
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a little boy in a black shirt is dancing on a street
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
in which i attempt to answer carlee's extremely probing inquiry, "what the fuck is pta's deal, and why should i like him?"
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
(sorry)
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
the ratio of ball to shaft is just right ✅️
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
they are correct tbh
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
your star's been on the rise since this happened. when i tell you that i was SHOCKED we were on this list lol...
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Nicole “loose critic” Veneto @kuntsuragi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We can rebuild her anew on a new platform.
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
☝️☝️ we are all HF nation
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
gotta start posting some Opinions™️...get a lather going
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
for the ladies? do they even want it??!
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
they always find a new hustle
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
havent watched a horror movie yet this month denzelhighest2lowestfingergun.gif
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
like all the worst people, he seems to be thriving
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
other site's so washed im getting fed shaun king tweets on the fyp
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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
you people have no idea the discourses we can bring to this app. you’re not ready
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
looking into this
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
why did everyone jump ship over here today?
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
vindicated!!!
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This mask always makes me laugh. i don't like to look at the other one..
Illustration of the comedy and tragedy masks, with the crying one blurred out
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
who's that?
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
this track absolutely fucking goes btw
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
im here. i love you, and i will finish it this weekend 🥺
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
i agree! i liked it a lot
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
let's fucking go
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
👆👆
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aaron from hit factory @notoriouslightning.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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.
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