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Vintage Cinema Rewind

vintagecinemarewind

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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01:00:08

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

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

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

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

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

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

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

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

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

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

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

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

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

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

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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01:44:17

VCR at the 1975 Oscars Present: The Godfather Part II...

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/03/13

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 criminal element conspires to infiltrate his come. Can Michael salvage this broken empire? Can Blake lay

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50:47

VCR at the 1975 Oscars Present: The Godfather Part II...

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/03/06

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. Meanwhile, decades earlier, Blake flees Sicily to start a new life in America. However, his modest means

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01:16:41

VCR at the 1975 Oscars Presents: The Conversation...

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/02/27

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 prevent another brutal murder? Or should he just play his saxophone in his destroyed apartment in

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33:55

VCR at the 1975 Oscars Presents: The Conversation (1974)

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/02/20

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 the world’s greatest surveillance expert—there’s no whispers no matter how private, how inane—that he

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01:05:14

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Deep Dive

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/02/13

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 stalking him. Will Michael make it to his fated union atop the Empire State Building? Or will there

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26:15

Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Primer

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/02/06

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 shopping for a mail-order bride?Where to watch: Sleepless in Seattle - movie:

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55:05

Repo Man (1984) Deep Dive

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/01/30

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 threads continue to coil about their throats. Can Blake and Michael escape this life? Or should they

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29:23

Repo Man (1984) Primer

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/01/23

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 wing and show him the ropes? And what's with that mysterious Chevrolet Malibu snaking around

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51:00

Snatch (2000) Deep Dive

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/01/16

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: Snatch - movie: where to watch streaming online Follow us on Letterboxd:

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34:23

Snatch (2000) Primer

Vintage Cinema Rewind ·

2025/01/09

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 survive with their skulls intact? Or is this crime film about to become a

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