Vintage Cinema Rewind

Stop us if you've heard this one before. The maiden voyage of the biggest ship ever constructed. A trip through iceberg-infested waters. People funneling to the lifeboats. That's right, before Jack and Rose and James Cameron's 1997 masterpiece, there was A Night to Remember--one of the first cinematic cracks at this particular disaster. Michael and Blake find themselves aboard the upper decks as t...

"These damn machines will be the death of us all some day!" It's a tale as old as time. Man versus Machine. Man versus Gravity. And Vintage Cinema Rewind versus the Airwaves. Blake and Jason (and Kelvin!) are back with a Deep Dive on the iconic Danish horror film: The Lift! As the elevator doors snap shut and darkness falls on our heroes, can they escape this coffin-shaped shoot in time? Or will t...

Vintage Cinema Rewind is back! And now, Blake and Jason are joined by the Debonair Darling from Denmark: Kelvin! This week's episode covers The Lift--an iconic 1983 science fiction film from the same country that combines everyone's two greatest fears: confined spaces and gravity. As an evil elevator terrorizes Amsterdam, can these three uncover the true culprit and stop this radioactive menace? O...

On this week's Vintage Cinema Rewind, Blake and Michael take a trip to the City of God: where divinity is in short supply. They meet all sorts of characters, including Rocket, a studious child with dreams of a better life, Li'l Zé, a young man with a precocious appetite for blood, and Benny, who is too kind and too charismatic for his particular line of work. Join them as they sit back and watch a...

Things continue to unravel on Vintage Cinema Rewind's Deep Dive of City of God. As the streets run red with blood, powerful forces continue to conspire against each other. In one corner, we've got Li'l Dice: the city's most sadistic criminal. In the other corner we've got Knockout Ned: a reluctant crime lord. And somewhere between the two stands Rocket, armed only with his camera. Can the city sur...

Have you ever stopped to consider the relentless onslaught of time? The inevitable death-march of the years? The ticking of the clock counting down towards to our own untimely demise? Well. Now that the mood has fully been soured, join Blake, Jason, and Michael as they share their Top 5 films of the half-dead 2020s (ugh, we know)! Regular and semi-regular listeners may notice some repeat offenders...

The adventure continues on Vintage Cinema Rewind's Deep Dive on Princess Mononoke! Tensions boil over between Iron Town and the old gods of the forest--leaving Blake caught in the crossfire. But as the curse spreads up his arm and he prevents the masked princess from assassinating the local warlord, he begins to questions where his true loyalties lie. But as Michael--the king of the boars--prepare...

String your bows and mount your red elks, because Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with of Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke! Blake's simple agrarian life as a prince is turned upside down after a chance encounter with a wild boar leaves him marked for death. He's sent into the mountains to seek a cure--but instead finds himself caught in a tangled web spun by many different spiders. Can he navigate...

DJANGO! Have you always... been an avid listener of Vintage Cinema Rewind: Your 47th (48th?) favourite film podcast. The stakes have raised and the die has been cast! As the rival bandit clans vie for control of the valley and the sack of Confederate gold, Michael and Blake enjoy the few moments of quiet to discuss the film's characters, themes, and the many, many movies it has influenced. Can the...

Don your dusters, stare down the sights of your six-shooters, and prepare to drag some coffins across the wastes--because it's time for Django: Sergio Corbucci's iconic 1966 spaghetti western! Michael is a lonesome drifter with steely eyes and a peculiar bundle looped about his shoulders. But when he's blown into a war-torn ghost town, he finds himself caught between a pair of rival bandit clans--...

Things have certainly looked better on Vintage Cinema Rewind. And yet, the Deep Dive on Akira Kurosawa's iconic crime thriller High and Low continues. Michael has been returned--safe and mostly sound--but the kidnapper made a speedy escape with Blake's sack of cash. Now, the investigators narrow their pursuit--ferreting out new leads and pressing old accomplices. Can they recover Blake's fortune?...

Hostile takeovers. Kidnapping. Foot fetishes? Vintage Cinema Rewind continues their Anything But American series with Akira Kurosawa's acclaimed crime thriller: High and Low. Blake is a no-holds-barred corporate executive at National Shoes with his eyes on the throne. But when his son's friend Michael is kidnapped by shadowy interlopers, both his future and his fortunes are put in serious jeopardy...

The end is near (nigh?). The rioters have soothed themselves. Crowds gather in the streets--awaiting the fated conclusion to the grim tragicomedy that is the entire human race. Everyone chooses to live out their final hours differently. Blake and Michael--for instance--crouch in the darkness and continue with their Deep Dive on Don McKellar's masterpiece: Last Night. They discuss the film's rich t...

It's six in the evening and the world is exploding at midnight. How would you spend your final hours? Would you resolve old grudges--or kindle some new ones? Would you keep your head down and keep toiling away--or live out your wildest dreams? Would you rage against the wretched designs of fate--or end everything off with a smile? This is a question Don McKellar 1998 masterpiece--Last Night--seeks...

Things continue to unravel on Vintage Cinema Rewind's Deep Dive of Francis Ford Coppola's iconic sequel: The Godfather Part II. Michael's quest for vengeance leads him across the ocean to Cuba, where more and more unrest continues to brew. However, his family's weakest link may be even closer than he anticipated. And half a century earlier, Blake finds himself caring for a young family while the c...

Prepare to be made an offer you can't refuse. Vintage Cinema Rewind continues their coverage of the 1975 Oscars with perhaps the most iconic sequel of all time: The Godfather Part II! Michael is still adjusting to his new role as the don--struggling to manage both his business and his increasingly fractured family. But an attempt on his life has him questioning the loyalties of those around him. M...

Audiophiles (and Blake) rejoice! Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Deep Dive in Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 neonoir masterpiece: The Conversation! The wheels in Blake's life are continually greased by old grudges, mysterious schemes, and treacherous plots. After deciding to destroy the tape to protect those involved, Michael arranges for the files to reach his waiting hands. Can Blake preve...

It’s that time of year again, folks! Hollywood’s various bedazzled luminaries gather to light up the night skies. Awards will be given. Legacies will be cemented. Hosts may or may not be slapped (is this joke too dated? Whatever.). And in honour of Francis Ford Coppola’s two-time nomination at the 1975 Oscars, Vintage Cinema Rewind is covering his oft-overlooked classic: The Conversation! Blake is...

It's (still) the most romantic time of the year And in honour (or begrudging acceptance) of Valentine's Day, Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive on Sleepless in Seattle. Michael has reluctantly started dating again, but Blake does not approve of his new flame or her annoying hyena laugh. He's determined to set him up with a woman who keeps writing him letters and is totally not st...

It's the romantic month of the year. And in honour of Valentine's Day, Vintage Cinema Rewind is covering the quintessential 90s romcom: Sleepless in Seattle. Michael is a recent widower whose heart is closed to love. But when Blake calls a radio psychologist expressing his need for a new wife, Michael suddenly finds himself flooded with offers. Can he find his destined soulmate? Or should he start...

Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive (Drive?) of 1984's campy B-movie blockbuster: Repo Man. Blake is growing disillusioned with his new life of repossessing cars. Michael also wants out--and has his sights set on a Chevrolet Malibu to earn his payout. But government conspiracies, a rival repossession company, a lobotomized mad scientist, Blake's old friends, and a dozen over threa...

Welcome to the world's most bizarre comedy-road trip-sci fi-Breakfast Club spinoff ever recorded in human history. That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is covering Repo Man! Blake is a troubled young punk trapped in the hellscape that is 80s LA. Meanwhile, Michael is a angry older man who specializes in repossessing cars from clients who've missed too many payments. Can Michael take Blake under his...

Prepare to turn subtitles on! Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive of Guy Ritchie's Snatch! When yet another cage fight goes awry, the noose tightens about Blake and Michael's necks. Can they escape the wrath of Brick Top? And wasn't their a diamond heist in this movie? And who's this Bullet-Tooth Tony character? Prepare for things to converge - disastrously.   Where to watch: Snat...

Vintage Cinema Rewind kicks things off with a diamond heist. That's right, it's time to unravel the many plotlines of Guy Ritchie's Snatch! When Blake and Michael's champion gets taken down in a bare-knuckle boxing match over a defective caravan (its complicated), they are forced to rely on an unruly fighter to settle a debt. Meanwhile, countless other forces conspire against them. Can they surviv...

We're two days into 2025, everyone! Have you kept to your New Years Resolutions (we haven't)? And now, to ring in the new trip around the sun, Vintage Cinema Rewind casts their bleary gazes backwards. Not at the previous half-decade, but at the previous millennium we're all rapidly trying to forget! Blake and Michael talk about their Top 5 pre-2000s movies they watched last year! You might see som...