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Vintage Cinema Rewind

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A podcast bringing old movies to new viewers. For the most part watching films from pre-2000, reviewing and discussing a variety of genres, years, directors, actors/actresses, and shedding light on some lost gems, as well as our personal favourites. Vote now for our upcoming Viewers Choice episode!

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28:28

Alphaville (France - 1965) Primer

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2025/08/07

It's August! You know what that means? Back to school shopping? No! A Canadian civic holiday? Surely not! Allergies? Nada. It's Actor Month! And this year, Vintage Cinema Rewinding is highlighting the iconic Danish and French queen of the silver screen: Anna Karina. And our first stop in the 2025 season takes us to Alphaville--a strange French dystopia ruled over by a sinister supercomputer. Blake is a cantankerous reporter searching for his latest scoop. But Michael--his erstwhile predecessor--has

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41:04

Cat City (1986 - Hungary) Deep Dive

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2025/07/31

Vintage Cinema Rewind continues their journey through a maze with no cheese at the end. Blake is making his way towards an ultimate weapon that will defeat the cats once and for all. Meanwhile, Michael is hoping to appease his boss by finally removing this thorn in their sides. But as planes crash and boats sink, it's anyone's guess where the chips will land. Can Blake free his people once and for all? Or is this the end of all mousekind?Where to watch: Cat City - movie:

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20:09

Cat City (1986 - Hungary) Primer

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2025/07/24

Get ready for the strangest film you've ever seen. On this week's Vintage Cinema Rewind, Blake and Michael tackle the iconic Hungarian animated movie: Cat City. Blake is a secret agent dispatched to take down their feline overlords. Michael is a supervillain intent on stopping his adversary. And he'll use any tool he can get his hands (paws?) on. Corporate espionage. Rat gangsters. Numerous cases of copyright infringement. Can Blake defeat the evil cats? Or has he grabbed the tiger by the

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01:02:25

Dead Ringers (1988 - Canada) Deep Dive

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2025/07/17

Things continue to deteriorate on Vintage Cinema Rewind's Deep Dive on David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. With Blake accepting a distant professor role and his girlfriend out of town on a shoot, Michael continues to spiral deeper and deeper into the warm embrace of drug addiction. Can Blake sober his better half up? Or is there another way for our erstwhile brothers to restore the balance?Where to watch: Dead Ringers - movie: where to watch streaming online David Cronenberg Interview: Dead

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22:51

Dead Ringers (1988 - Canada) Primer

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2025/07/10

Two bodies. Two minds. One soul. One middling podcast. Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Primer on David Cronenberg's oft-overlooked Dead Ringers. Blake and Michael are twins who share everything: an apartment, a practice, and sometimes even partners. But when a famous actress with a strange medical condition takes an interest in Michael, their delicate equilibrium is disturbed. Can the twins return to each other? Or is their bond better severed?Just Watch: Dead Ringers - movie: where to

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50:49

A Night to Remember (1958 - Britain) Deep Dive

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2025/07/03

Things have been better on Vintage Cinema Rewind. The iceberg has struck. The ship is sinking. The lifeboats are being boarded. As the clock ticks down and their time runs out, Blake and Michael commit their final hours to a Deep Dive of A Night to Remember. How does it resonate as a modern watch? How strong are the characters? And perhaps most significantly, how does it stack up against the much more beloved James Cameron version? Can they survive this ordeal? Or are our two hosts going down

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25:01

A Night to Remember (1958 - Britain) Primer

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2025/06/26

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 the ship begins to sink. How will they cope with their predicament? Can they manage to save people? Or

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42:24

The Lift (1983 - Netherlands) Deep Dive

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2025/06/19

"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 they be mangled so thoroughly and so completely that all three of them will fit into a Danish

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17:46

The Lift (1983 - Netherlands) Primer

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2025/06/12

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? Or are they all on a one-way trip to the ground floor?Full movie:

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01:25:33

The Top 5 Movies of the 2020s (so far)

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2025/06/05

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. But there may be a few dark horses in these stables! So give it a listen and drown out the existential

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01:00:08

City of God (2002 - Brazil) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

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2025/05/22

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 survive this tumultuous gang war? Or are we all just chickens fleeing the knife?

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26:42

City of God (2002 - Brazil) Pt. 1 Primer

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2025/05/15

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 as all these different stories and lives unfurl around them. Can these characters escape their bleak and

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50:12

Princess Mononoke (1997 - Japan) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

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2025/05/08

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--prepares one final charge, the noose tightens around the valley. Can Blake resolve this brutal conflict? Or

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27:13

Princess Mononoke (1997 - Japan) Pt. 1 Primer

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2025/05/02

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 these flashing limbs and purify himself before the curse spreads? And just who is this mysterious

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47:22

Django (1966 - Italy) Part 2 Deep Dive

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2025/04/24

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 they shoot their way out of this deadly snare? Or will they be caught with the gold

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27:35

Django (Italy - 1966) Pt 1. Primer

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2025/04/17

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--one of which is headed by Blake, a man he has a personal grudge with. Can he liberate this mud-spackled

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45:04

High and Low (1963 - Japan) Pt. 2 Deep Dive

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2025/04/10

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? Or will the cobbler's children have no shoes?Where to watch: High and Low - movie: where to watch

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28:22

High and Low (1968 - Japan) Pt. 1 Primer

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2025/04/03

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. Should he surrender his vast wealth in exchange for Michael's wellbeing? Or should he give this whole

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01:02:58

Last Night (1998 - Canada) Pt 2 Deep Dive

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2025/03/27

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 themes, inventive works of characterization, and incredible finale. Can they come to an agreement before

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30:27

Last Night (1998 - Canada) Pt 1 Primer

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/03/20

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 to answer. Join Michael and Blake as they make their way through this sublime comedy, knowing the end

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