One Heat Minute Productions
Blake Howard
ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS began with film journalist Blake Howard examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT chronologically, in 60-second increments, in the aptly titled "One HEAT Minute." The finale featured the legendary mastermind director, screenwriter and producer behind the film Michael Mann.The show continues with:“Fun City Cinema” and “A Very Good Year,” hosts Jason Bailey and Mike Hull proudly present a new podcast, “GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC”. The premise? Once every two weeks, we invite a guest (filmmakers and actors, critics and historians, comedians and musicians) who loves movies to join us on our crusade through our film-by-film rundown of Danny Peary’s beloved 1986 movie guide.THE LINE UP is a physical media podcast to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases. Alexei Toliopoulos and Blake Howard (and others) host them.TOO MUCH MOVIE is a show lost in 90s movies that are "too much" in the best possible way. Rob Belushi, Chris Candy and Blake Howard host it.Completed series: THE LAST (12 minutes) OF THE MOHICANS A TWELVE-EPISODE LIMITED PODCAST SERIES FOCUSING ON THE CLIMAX OF MICHAEL MANN'S 1992 EPIC THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. INCREMENT VICE, Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, a scene at a time. Hosted by Travis Woods ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MINUTES is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. JOSIE AND THE PODCATS is a limited podcast series diving into the history, the production, the music, the legacy, and the fandom surrounding the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats. Maria Lewis hosts it.ZODIAC: CHRONICLE a 24-part investigation into David Fincher's 2007 genre-altering masterpiece Zodiac.POD THOMAS ANDERSON: A nine-part miniseries on the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. The series is written by the author of The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha, Ethan Warren and produced by Blake Howard.PODCASTER AND COMMANDER: An audio documentary podcast series about the sea-faring classic - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The series will be an oral history of the film's conception and production, a discussion of the film’s critical reception, and the increasing resonance in the now 19 years since its release. Hosted by Blake Howard'MIAMI NICE is a "Modern Mann" campfire podcast that pours over every loveable morsel of Michael Mann's misunderstood masterpiece Miami Vice (2006). The show's expanding catalogue frequently strays into the world of other contemporary Mann productions like Collateral (Collateral Confessions), Tokyo Vice (Tokyo Nice) and Blackhat. Hosted by Katie Walsh and Blake HowardROMIN: Join host Blake Howard and a handpicked team of film experts as they ambush John Frankenheimer’s RONIN (1998). Over 12 episodes, they'll explore the mysteries of the briefcase MacGuffin, praise co-writer David Mamet’s tough, balletic dialogue, and break down the film’s iconic action and chase sequences. Tune in because, as Sam says, 'Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. That's the first thing they teach you.
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Mar 30, 2026 • 23min
ONE HOT TAKE: The Plague w/ Jen Johans
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE.What Polinger gets most right is the emotional texture of that age. Every difference feels dangerous. The film understands that for kids like these, survival often means invisibility until, one day, it doesn’t.Synopsis:A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiralling into psychological turmoil over the summer.Jen Johans3-time national award-winning writer & full-time walking movie encyclopedia Jen Johans of FilmIntuition.com delivers a steady stream of great movie recommendations, thoughtful career deep dives, & first-rate conversations with critics, authors, actors, journalists, filmmakers, and more on Watch With Jen.™️TWITTER: @FILMINTUITIONPODCAST: PATREON.COM/FILMINTUITIONWEBSITE: FILMINTUITION.COMOne Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 29, 2026 • 50min
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: "Billy Jack” with Nathan Rabin
AV Club alum and “Happy Place” proprietor Nathan Rabin joins us to discuss his wonderful new book “The Fractured Mirror,” cataloging all of the movies *about* movies, as well as one of his strangest cultural obsessions: Tom Laughlin’s immensely profitable, culturally ubiquitous, and completely forgotten small-town martial arts social drama “Billy Jack.”Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 29, 2026 • 26min
ONE HOT TAKE: PROJECT HAIL MARY w/ Katie Walsh
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE.What lands most is the feeling — that old, almost unfashionable idea that people might come together, across distances and differences, to solve something bigger than themselves. Synopsis:A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun and that an unexpected friendship may be the key.Katie Walsh is a Los Angeles-based film critic, journalist, podcast host, and moderator. She reviews weekly film releases for the Tribune News Service, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent guest host of the Maximum Fun podcast Switchblade Sisters. Her writing has been published in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Playboy,The Playlist, Nerdist,Slate, The Hairpin, indieWIRE, Women and Hollywood, Town & Country, Movieline, CAP the Magazine, and Nonfics, and she frequently contributes film reviews to KCRW’s Press Play with Madeline Brand. She has covered many international film festivals as a critic and reporter, and has moderated dozens of Q&As with filmmakers and actors around LA.Check out Rotten Tomatoes for links to recent reviews.One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 26, 2026 • 33min
ONE HOT FEST: JIMPA w/ Sophie Hyde, Aud Mason Hyde, Daniel Henshall and Kate Box
ONE HOT FEST – ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions, diving into Australia’s most charismatic celebration of cinema. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Adelaide Film Festival — from filmmaker interviews and festival dispatches to reviews and discussions with guests and critics — relaying the energy, stories, and spirit that make it one of Australia's most electric film events.In this episode, we bring you a chat with Sophie Hyde, Aud Mason Hyde, Daniel Henshall and Kate Box in the wake of the Australian premiere of JIMPA at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2025.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 24, 2026 • 48min
DISCS AROUND THE CORNER #3: STRANGER THINGS TO PHYSICAL MEDIA, CUTTER'S WAY 4K, LUST CAUTION and more
Blake Howard and Drew Taylor (Light the Fuse) co-host our all-new fortnightly physical media show charting the world’s best labels and titles. In this episode, we discuss:NEWS: Stranger Things to physical media from Arrow & One Battle After Another Steelbook announcement. CRITERION COLLECTION: KILLER OF THE FLOWER MOON 4KRADIANCE: CUTTER'S WAY 4KIMPRINT FILMS (ASIA): LUST, CAUTIONIMPRINT FILMS (ASIA): CITY ON FIRE 4KIMPRINT FILMS (ASIA): FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE 4KIMPRINT FILMS: THE LAWNMOWER MAN 1 & 2IMPRINT FILMS: ALLIGATOR 1 & 2Support: JOIN THE ONE HEAT MINUTE PATREON FOR AS LITTLE AS $1 A MONTHFollow Drew:Twitter: @drewtailoredInstagram: @drewtailoredPodcast: Light the FuseOne Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 16, 2026 • 42min
DISCS AROUND THE CORNER #2: EXCALIBUR, NO ESCAPE, ANGEL'S EGG and more
Blake Howard and Drew Taylor (Light the Fuse) co-host our all-new fortnightly physical media show charting the world’s best labels and titles. In this episode, we discuss:NEWS: K-POP Demon Hunters coming to Criterion Collection ARROW: EXCALIBURUMBRELLA: NO ESCAPEUMBRELLA LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDIUMBRELLA ANGEL'S EGGSupport: JOIN THE ONE HEAT MINUTE PATREON FOR AS LITTLE AS $1 A MONTHFollow Drew:Twitter: @drewtailoredInstagram: @drewtailoredPodcast: Light the FuseOne Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 15, 2026 • 1h 1min
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: “Splendor in the Grass” with Aisha Harris
“Pop Culture Happy Hour” co-host Aisha Harris was herself a confused teen when she first watched Elia Kazan and William Inge’s confused-teen tale “Splendor in the Grass”; she joins us to discuss the timelessness of its conflicts, the mastery of Kazan’s direction, and the absolutely scorching chemistry of leads Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 13, 2026 • 26min
ONE HOT TAKE: Hamnet w/ Katie Walsh
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE.What makes Hamnet ultimately work is the force of its climax, a devastating convergence of Jessie Buckley's magnificent performance, memory, and grief-stricken belated recognition. Synopsis:After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.Katie Walsh is a Los Angeles-based film critic, journalist, podcast host, and moderator. She reviews weekly film releases for the Tribune News Service, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent guest host of the Maximum Fun podcast Switchblade Sisters. Her writing has been published in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Playboy,The Playlist, Nerdist,Slate, The Hairpin, indieWIRE, Women and Hollywood, Town & Country, Movieline, CAP the Magazine, and Nonfics, and she frequently contributes film reviews to KCRW’s Press Play with Madeline Brand. She has covered many international film festivals as a critic and reporter, and has moderated dozens of Q&As with filmmakers and actors around LA.Check out Rotten Tomatoes for links to recent reviews.One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 8, 2026 • 48min
THE DECADE PROJECT: TOM AT THE FARM (2015) w/ Garth Franklin
The Decade Project is an ongoing One Heat Minute Productions Patreon exclusive podcast looking back at the films released ten years ago to reflect on what continues to resonate and what’s ripe for rediscovery. The third year being released on the main podcast feed is the films of 2015. To hear a fantastic chorus of guests and I unpack the films of 2016 in 2026, subscribe to our Patreon here for as little as $1 a month. In the latest episode - the man-machine behind DarkHorizons.com, my dear friend Garth Franklin - and I talk about the peak of the French-Canadian enfant terrible, Xavier Dolan's TOM AT THE FARM.Garth FranklinInternet Movie News TrailBlazer, editor in chief of Dark Horizons Dot ComThank you so much for the ongoing support!One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 15min
THE DECADE PROJECT: MISSISSIPPI GRIND (2015) w/ Dan Mecca + Conor O'Donnell
The Decade Project is an ongoing One Heat Minute Productions Patreon exclusive podcast looking back at the films released ten years ago to reflect on what continues to resonate and what’s ripe for rediscovery. The third year being released on the main podcast feed is the films of 2015. To hear a fantastic chorus of guests and I unpack the films of 2016 in 2026, subscribe to our Patreon here for as little as $1 a month. In the latest episode, I catch up with The B-Side at the Film Stage boys - Conor O'Donnell and Dan Mecca - about the excitement for an Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck flick in the wake of HALF NELSON.Dan MeccaTWITTER: @DJMECCAWEBSITE: HTTPS://THEFILMSTAGE.COM/PODCAST: THE B-SIDE PODCASTConor O'DonnellTWITTER: @SCRUFFYL00KINWEBSITE: HTTPS://THEFILMSTAGE.COM/PODCAST: THE B-SIDE PODCAST (@TFSBSIDE)Thank you so much for the ongoing support!One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPodsMERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
