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The Hip Pocket

by drewmcweeny

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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The Hip Pocket #403 - Corey Sherman

#20 trending · Film History

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 Mik

Sep 19
1 h 22 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

Sep 11
44 min

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 thin

Sep 4
1 h 57 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

Jun 27
58 min

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.

Jun 1
2 h 00 min

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

Jan 10
1 h 32 min

The Hip Pocket #309 - Kristen Lopez

Film critic Kristen Lopez joins us to talk about disability representation in film, and we discuss Freaks, Coming Home, and Me Before You, as well as Ukranian film The Tr

Dec 12 2025
1 h 54 min

The Hip Pocket #308 - Dan Fienberg

DAN FIENBERG has been the Chief Television Critic at The Hollywood Reporter for a decade now and hosts TV’s Top 5, a weekly television podcast for the trade. He also writ

Nov 21 2025
1 h 57 min

The Hip Pocket #307 - Akela Cooper

AKELA COOPER is a writer/producer who basically kicks a ton of ass. She is, after all, the writer of Malignant and M3GAN, and she has brought her exuberant nerd energy to

Oct 31 2025
1 h 48 min

The Hip Pocket #306 - Scott Derrickson

SCOTT DERRICKSON is a writer/director/producer whose latest film The Black Phone 2 opened last weekend at #1. His breakthrough film, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, was in 20

Oct 24 2025
2 h 24 min

The Hip Pocket #305 - Sarah Watson

SARAH WATSON is a writer/producer who is best known as the creator of The Bold Type, the author of a terrific YA novel called Most Likely, and for her work on the long-ru

Sep 26 2025
1 h 25 min

The Hip Pocket #304 - Phil Nobile Jr.

PHIL NOBILE JR. is the editor-in-chief of Fangoria magazine, which is kicking ass and taking name these days. Before this, you may have known him as part of the Birth. Mo

Sep 19 2025
1 h 19 min

The Hip Pocket #303 - Katie Rife

KATIE RIFE is a freelance writer and critic from Chicago who is best known for her deep focus on genre and exploitation fare. She was the news editor for The AV Club from

Sep 12 2025
1 h 29 min

The Hip Pocket #302 - C. Robert Cargill

C. ROBERT CARGILL was, of course, Massawyrm in his Ain’t It Cool days. He was also Carlyle over at Spill. Those are ancient credits, though. These days, he’s hard at work

Sep 5 2025
1 h 54 min

The Hip Pocket #301 - Nick Wiger

NICK “TIGER” WIGER is celebrating the tenth year of co-hosting Doughboys, where he and Mike review chain restaurants. He also co-hosts Get Played, a video-game podcast th

Aug 29 2025
1 h 38 min

The Deep Pocket - 32 SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD

Criterion reached out to me recently to talk about their new release of 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould. I was delighted to see them announce a 4K remaster of the film.

Jun 27 2025
1 h 14 min

THE HIP POCKET - Live! From the Chattanooga Film Festival

I’ve never met PETER FILARDI or had, to the best of my knowledge, any contact with him. I certainly know his work. Both Flatliners and The Craft were big movies when they

Jun 20 2025
1 h 11 min

The Hip Pocket #212 - Brian Duffield

BRIAN DUFFIELD is a writer/director who has been one of the most acclaimed (and busiest) screenwriters of the last decade. He has shown up on The Black List, the annual s

May 30 2025
2 h 30 min

The Hip Pocket #211 - Ben Hosley

BEN HOSLEY is more than just a podcast producer. He runs his own fashion line, and he produces an annual Christmas album that has become a cult sensation. He met the Blan

May 23 2025
1 h 21 min

The Hip Pocket #210 - Joe Lynch

JOE LYNCH has directed movies, TV, and music videos for almost 20 years now. With his long-time buddy Adam Green, he was the co-creator and co-star of Holliston, a truly

May 16 2025
2 h 02 min

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