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The Hip Pocket is a relaxed and inviting conversation about movies that we carry with us for whatever reasons, hosted by Drew McWeeny & Aundria Parker. Our bandleader, Craig Ceravolo, joins us each week as we have guests on who each bring a triple-feature of titles they love for us to discuss.
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- 2 days ago1h 34m
The Hip Pocket #405 - David Lawson Jr.
Indie producer David Lawson Jr. joins us with an '90s kid's dream line-up: RAD, GLEAMING THE CUBE, and AIRBORNE, and we pick BMX BANDITS as our response title. Plus BAD NEWS BEARS enters the HPHoF!
- 1 weeks ago1h 5m
The Hip Pocket #404 - The LA Episode
Drew, Aundria and Craig each pick a film that represents Los Angeles to them. Aundria's choice is the Denzel Washington showcase TRAINING DAY. Craig's choice is Jon Favreau's influential '90s indie SWINGERS. Finally, Drew's choice is the Hal Ashby/Warren Beatty classic SHAMPOO.
- 2 weeks ago1h 22m
The Hip Pocket #403 - Corey Sherman
Filmmaker COREY SHERMAN joins us to discuss a fistful of independent visions. We kick it off with RUBY IN PARADISE, discuss the anime OCEAN WAVES, and wrap it up with Mike Leigh's caustic CAREER GIRLS. Our response film is Jennifer Jason Leigh in GEORGIA, and we continue that theme with RUSH, which is added to the Hip Pocket Hall of Fame.
- 3 weeks ago44 min
The Hip Pocket #402 - The Soft Episode
Drew, Aundria, and Craig decided to each pick a comforting, relaxing favorite in a special SOFT EPISODE. Craig picked the Kenny Rogers comedy SIX PACK, Aundria picked the beloved John Hughes holiday favorite, PLANE TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, and Drew picked the gentle French fable PETITIE MAMAN.
- Sep 4, 20261h 58m
The Hip Pocket #401 - John Gholson
JOHN GHOLSON is an actor and an artist and an all around good egg. He was one of the stars of the recent indie horror hit MAN FINDS TAPE, and you've seen his face in things like the recent Netflix series BAD THOUGHTS as well. He's joining the Hip Pocket crew to kick off season four with some esoteric picks. Peter Jackson's BRAINDEAD, Eric Schaeffer's IF LUCY FELL, and the indie documentary masterpiece AMERICAN MOVIE are his picks, and our response title is the Canadian cult gem HARD-CORE LOGO. In addition, we discuss Roman Coppola's CQ for the Hip Pocket Hall of Fame.
- Jun 27, 202658 min
The Hip Pocket #313 - Mike Dougherty @ Chattanooga Film Festival
For the second year, we were lucky enough to be asked to do a live Hip Pocket for The Chattanooga Film Festival! Our guest for this hybrid video audio podcast was hybrid animator, producer, writer and director Michael Dougherty. He wrangled GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS and made KRAMPUS annual viewing for horror geeks, not to mention birthed Halloween icon Sam, the burlap-headed bastard from SEASONS GREETINGS and TRICK ‘R TREAT. We went all in on Mike’s career and his picks, plus AI, media literacy…and screw worms. Mike brought us NETWORK, THEY LIVE, and IDIOCRACY, and we replied with MINORITY REPORT. Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts, but also! you can watch the conversation on YouTube.
- Jun 1, 20262h 0m
The Hip Pocket #311 - Jonathan Penner
Writer/actor/producer Jonathan Penner joins us to talk about his picks RRR, The Fly, and The American Friend, and we pick Repo Man and Into the Night in response.
- Jan 10, 20261h 32m
The Hip Pocket #310 - Jeff Roland
Shout Factory producer Jeff Roland joins us to discuss Hip Pocket titles including LIFEFORCE, BETTER OFF DEAD, and FURIOSA, and we also discuss JOE VS THE VOLCANO and TO LIVE & DIE IN LA.
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