Vintage Cinema Rewind

Get a box of tissues ready on this week’s Vintage Cinema Rewind! In honor of Michael turning 34 (re: old), the boys decide to take a look back at The Fox and the Hound—Disney’s often-forgotten relic of a bygone age in animation. Michael is a young fox who gets taken in by a kindly old window. Meanwhile, Blake is a hunting dog adopted by a cantankerous old hunter with pelts on his brain. Despite th...

“If you could just go ahead and listen to this podcast… that’d be great.” Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Deep Dive on the silliest movie ever set in a cubicle farm: Mike Judge’s Office Space! Michael’s proverbial chickens have finally come home to roost. He’s inexplicably been handsomely rewarded for his cavalier attitude and brutal (re: shocking) honesty. But his sudden promotion comes...

“I believe you have my stapler.” We do indeed have that and more on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the boys are back with Mike Judge’s 1999 cult masterpiece: Office Space! Michael is a bored office drone who is routinely micromanaged and mistreated by Blake, his boss (write what you know!). But his eternal ennui is finally disrupted thanks to a particularly eventful trip to a hypnotherapist. No...

Things are as metaphysical as they’ve ever been on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the journey into the heart of the Zone continues with our Deep Dive on Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker! Blake, Michael, and the other guy have successful breached this strange, strange land. Now, all that awaits them is a road of baffling trials before they can reach the Room—a mythical chamber where all their greatest...

It's time to get philosophical on Vintage Cinema Rewind. After much anticipation, the boys are back with Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 Soviet-era masterpiece: Stalker. Blake is a down-on-his-luck infiltrator who specializes in sneaking people into the Zone--a magical realm where dreams come true. Meanwhile, Michael is a successful writer who wants to find inspiration through supernatural means. Will his...

Actress Month (mercifully!) concludes on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the boys are back with their Deep Dive on John Cassavetes's comic-neo noir extravaganza: Gloria! Michael's feet hurt. He and Blake's son have been running amok throughout New York City for days now, just barely avoiding the mob at every turn. But each street they turn down just seems to present them with more and more obsta...

The most emotionally exhausting watch of your life continues on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, they're back with a Deep Dive on John Cassavetes's oft-overlooked masterpiece: A Woman Under the Influence! Blake's mental health has collapsed around the household like a dark star. In response, Michael has him committed. But this has the unfortunate side-effect of leaving him with three kids he has...

Actress Month continues (prolongs itself?) on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the boys are back with another John Cassavetes feature: Gloria! Blake is an account who's just ratted on the mob. When his employers come knocking with his pink slip, he foists his youngest son onto Michael--a hard-drinking, sharp-tongued spinster who lives across the hall. The two are then forced on the run across the...

Get ready for the most AGONIZING viewing experience of your life! That’s right, it’s time again for Actress Month on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This time, Blake and Michael are covering Gena Rowlands—the Muse of indie darling John Cassavetes. Blake is a lonely housewife who struggles to fit in. Michael is a grumpy construction worker who struggles to relate to his nervous wife. Meanwhile, when Blake’s...

“It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, people were just constantly trying to conquer him in the Roman Empire.” That’s right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Deep Dive on Paul Thomas Anderson’s late nineties classic: Boogie Nights! By now, the lights have flicked back on the party is officially over. Blake has developed a debilitating addiction to cocaine that impacts his, um, performa...

“I like simple pleasures, like butter in my [REDACTED] and lollipops in my mouth.” Vintage Cinema Rewind is back for Paul Thomas Anderson’s grooviest period piece ever: Boogie Nights. Michael is a notorious porn producer with aspirations of creating genuine art. Meanwhile, Blake is a down-on-his-luck high school dropout with a can-do attitude and a certain endowment swinging between his thighs. Wh...

Things continue to unspool on Vintage Cinema Rewind. Blake and Michael are back with their Deep Dive on Robert Altman’s satirical masterpiece: Nashville! The whole city is in uproar as Barbara Jean’s mental health continues to deteriorate. Which is not to say that the rest of our cast of thousands is faring much better. Warnings are ignored. Affairs are plotted. Women are exploited. And all the wh...

It don't worry us on this week's episode of Vintage Cinema Rewind. Blake and Michael are back with Robert Altman's sprawling, musical-comedy-drama-extravaganza: Nashville! This movie strands us in the titular city with a cast of dozens. Some are at the top of their game. Others are desperately trying to break in. And still others are just trying survive in this chaotic city. But when singer Barbar...

The noose is tightening on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, they’re back with their Deep Dive on Terrence Malick’s stunning debut: Badlands! Blake and Holly continue to paint the countryside red. But as they leave a trail of carnage in their wake with no particular goal or destination in mind, a posse forms to hunt them down. Meanwhile, Holly begins to question both her relationship with herself...

"Boy, if I could sing a song like that. If I could sing a song about the way I feel right now... it'd be a hit." Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with Terrence Malick's maiden voyage: Badlands. Holly is a troubled teen with a dead mother and a father who just can't seem to relate to her. But her days of endless ennui are disrupted with the arrival of Blake--a handsome young greaser who reminds her of...

"Nothing more foolish than a man chasin’ his hat." Take a trip back to the Prohibition era with Vintage Cinema Rewind's Deep Dive on the Coen Brothers' neo noir classic: Miller's Crossing! Blake and Michael are on the outs after the former's love affair with Verna is revealed. This causes Blake to reconsider his priorities--and his job prospects. But in order to ingratiate himself to Johnny Caspar...

“Nobody knows anybody. Not that well.” Vintage Cinema Rewind is taking a trip back to the past in this, their Spoiler Free Primer of Miller’s Crossing—an oft-overlooked gem from the Coen Brothers. Blake is the concierge for Michael, the leader of the Irish-American mob during the Prohibition era. But rum running is the least of his problems. A rival crime lord has designs on Michael’s throne. What...

Things are getting Biblical on Vintage Cinema Rewind. And this week, they’re back with their Deep Dive on DreamWorks Entertainment’s dustiest vehicle, The Prince of Egypt. After years of dwelling in obscurity among his wife’s tribe as a simple shepherd, Blake stumbles across a burning bush. He’s then given a tall order: to return home and free his people. But this is hardly a victorious homecoming...

Get ready to wander into the sands of Egypt with Vintage Cinema Rewind. During this 2026 animation season, they’ve decided to tackle DreamWorks Entertainment’s maiden voyage: The Prince of Egypt! Blake and Michael are our titular royals, who spend most of their days running amok and challenging each other to obelisk-measuring contests. However, when Blake discovers his true heritage, he flees into...

As Michael Scott once said: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Vintage Cinema Rewind takes to the ice on this week’s Deep Dive on George Roy Hill’s Slap Shot! Our least favorite team has reached the end of its rope. Michael has discovered that despite their truly inspired buffoonery, the team is still going to fold. Heartbroken, he decides to end his career the only way he knows how: by...

"The good old hockey game is the best game you can name, and the best game you can name is the good old hockey game…” Paul Newman returns to Vintage Cinema Rewind with his greasiest role yet. That’s right, it’s time for Blake and Michael to take to the ice in George Roy Hill’s Slap Hot! Michael is a down-on-his-luck player-coach for perhaps the worst team in the league. And to his horror, he learn...

Get ready for some more X-rated action! This week, Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive on John Woo’s bullet-riddled cult classic: Hard Boiled! Blake has begun to unravel the vast and tangled conspiracy unspooling around him. Meanwhile, Michael has shot down his previous employer and has suffered a terrible price for his disloyalty. The two gunslingers then connect and concoct a pl...

Today's eggs are served in boiling water! That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with John Woo's cult 90s classic: Hard Boiled! Blake is a loose canon cop on the edge who doesn't play by the rules but gets results. Meanwhile, Michael is a top assassin associated with the old guard of the city's seedy underworld. But a new power is looming on the horizon. And though on opposite sides of the la...

The centre truly cannot hold on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the boys are back with their Deep Dive on John Boorman’s beautiful mess: Excalibur! Blake has discovered his wife’s adultery and has since renounced the mystical sword. As a result, both he and the realm are withering. He dispatches his Knights of the Roundtable to uncover the only thing that can restore them: the Holy Grail. But as...

What do you get when you cross King Arthur, psychedelics, opera, and more than a little nudity? You get John Boorman's Excalibur--the messiest, bloodiest, sexiest fantasy film of the previous century. Blake is a clumsy young squire with no idea of the magnificent destiny that awaits him. But little does he know that Michael--an aging druid--has been pulling the strings around him for generations n...