The Rewind Project

"The Rewind Project" is a podcast that celebrates the milestone anniversaries of some of your favorite movies.

1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley 05/04/2024

1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley Twenty-five years ago, a young opportunist went to Italy to convince a rich playboy to come home again, and well ... shenanigans ensued. If you don't know anything about THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, you've had a quarter century to get up to speed. But we won't spoil it here - just go watch the movie then come back to us and listen to the Rewinders (with special guest Joe Prince) discuss the talent and the ripples (hi there, Jude Law). #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/31124143

1999: South Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 04/13/2024

1999: South Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Twenty-five years ago, the most shocking and tasteless cartoon on cable television turned itself into an even more shocking and tasteless film about a shocking and tasteless cartoon that soon becomes an international incident, thanks to those adorable, shocking, tasteless little scamps Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman. It's SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT and we're gonna g*dd**mn f**king well talk about it. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/30809528

1999: All About My Mother 04/05/2024

1999: All About My Mother In a TRP first, the Rewinders are discussing film that isn't in English. Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 drama ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER was the winner of the Oscar for Best Foriegn Language Film, and the most-awarded film in the history of his native Spain. It's the story of a grieving mother, an HIV-positive pregnant nun, a transgender sex worker, a lesbian diva of the theatre, her heroin-addicted girlfriend, and getting by with a little help from your friends. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/30687478

1999: Election 03/31/2024

1999: Election Twenty-five years ago, there was a three way battle for leadership between a nerd with likability issues, and good-natured goofball, and a spoiler candidate who just wanted to sow chaos. No, we're not talking about Gore, Dubya, and Nader - we're focusing on Carver High in Omaha, Nebraska, where Tracy Flick is ready for her ascension to Student Council President and her biggest nemesis seems to be not her fellow candidates, but an English teacher set on thwarting her goals. Directed by Alexander Payne and starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, this ELECTION is actually fun to watch. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/30610583

1999: Fight Club 03/22/2024

1999: Fight Club We're starting our 1999 season off with a bang, if by "bang" you mean repeated punches to the head. Yes, it's David Fincher's tale of toxic masculinity and violence. We're not only going to talk about FIGHT CLUB, but we're going to spoil the hell out of it, so if you've never seen it before, you might want to give it a view before tuning into our show. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/30388243

1999 Preview 03/15/2024

1999 Preview In a week, The Rewinders are setting the way-back machine to 25 years ago, when we were on the precipice of a new millennium, and Hollywood was cranking out an amazing number of brilliant movies. We can only watch six of them for the show, however ... if you want to listen along, here's your homework. We're gonna party like it's 1999. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/30387988

Welcome to Season 6! 03/01/2024

Welcome to Season 6! We're baaaack!! And this year, we're looking at movies from 1999, 1974, 1949, and all the 4's and 9's in between. In case you want to watch along, we're pleased to present our slate of films for Season 6. Come along for the ride, and #BeKindRewind ... /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/30187698

1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 12/21/2023

1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre As the Rewind Project wraps up another year, we wanted to discuss a wholesome, heartwarming tale of greed, madness, murder, and revenge. It's basically THE SHINING in an isolated mountain range, starring Humphrey Bogart as a down-on-his-luck beggar whose evil side emerges when he thinks he strikes gold, and an Oscar-winning performance by Walter Huston as a plucky prospector (directed by his Oscar-winning son, John). THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE is dark and weird, so obviously we needed to talk about it. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/29183143

1948: The Snake Pit 12/08/2023

1948: The Snake Pit Seventy-five years ago, Olivia de Havilland starred in a film that humanized women struggling with mental health, and together with director Anatole Litvak, created a sensitive portrayal of a woman and one caring psychologist working in an overcrowded and often cruel system. Take our hand, we're walking into THE SNAKE PIT. It'll be okay. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28984563

1948: Easter Parade 12/01/2023

1948: Easter Parade Seventy-five years ago, MGM took one of the most beloved songs from Irving Berlin's HOLIDAY INN, and made a movie that has absolutely nothing to do with Easter. But! It has Judy Garland and Fred Astaire and Peter Lawford and Ann Miller and 16 more songs by Berlin. EASTER PARADE is an old-fashioned musical about a song-and-dance man and the girl he plucks from obscurity to become the toast of Broadway, and we're gonna put on our fanciest bonnets and talk about it. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28783663

1948: The Red Shoes 11/24/2023

1948: The Red Shoes In 1948, a movie was released that captured the hearts of dancers everywhere, centered on a young ballerina who falls in love, yearns to dance, and can't do both, thanks to the trash men in her life. Put on your tutus, it's time for THE RED SHOES. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28771738

1948: Rope 11/17/2023

1948: Rope Three quarters of a century ago, Alfred Hitchcock made a movie based on the infamous Leopold & Loeb. Known today primarily for filming with nothing but eight long takes and lots of gay subtext happening under the surface, ROPE is a murder plot to get tangled up in. Guest host Justin joins Matt and Eric to untie the knots. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28577558

1948: Call Northside 777 11/10/2023

1948: Call Northside 777 Seventy-five years ago, a movie about a cold case that was itself eleven years old, and the newspaperman who set an innocent man free. Jimmy Stewart and Lee J. Cobb star in CALL NORTHSIDE 777, and we're gonna talk about it. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28577493

1948: Sorry, Wrong Number 11/03/2023

1948: Sorry, Wrong Number Three quarters of a century ago, a rich and spoiled housewife was all alone in her four-poster bed when her telephone lines got crossed and she heard a couple of men planning a woman's murder. Unable to leave her home, she does what she can to save her, and begins to suspect that she might be the intended victim. This week, Ally, Eric, & Matt discuss Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster in 1948's SORRY, WRONG NUMBER. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28499396

1948 Preview 10/27/2023

1948 Preview We're back, and ready to dive into the films of 1948. It promises to be a wild ride, so hop on the Rewind Train, fasten your seat belts, and join us. In this preview, we'll be talking a bit about what was happening in the world 75 years ago, we'll discuss some of the films we won't be watching, and then diving into the seven movies we'll discuss over the next couple of months. If you're inclined to watch along, this is your homework. Or, if you just want to tune in and let us spoil the heck out of these classic films, that's okay too. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28443089

1953: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 10/13/2023

1953: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Seventy years ago, Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell got on a boat with the US Olympic Team and sailed right into movie history. Featuring the iconic song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" and fantastic comic performances, this is a fun, fizzy romp for the ages, and we're gonna talk about it. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28271210

1958: Vertigo 10/07/2023

1958: Vertigo Sixty-five years ago, Alfred Hitchcock went to the city by the Bay to make a trippy, twisty mystery about being dizzy. Starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak in a double (or is it?) role, VERTIGO is widely considered to be one of his finest achievements, but what did the Rewinders think? Tune in and find out. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28253141

1963: Cleopatra 09/16/2023

1963: Cleopatra Sixty years ago, Hollywood produced the most expensive movie ever made, starring Elizabeth Taylor as the Queen of the Nile, whose family tree didn't fork. Making this film was arguably more dramatic than anything on screen, and we're gonna talk about it. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/28051986

1968: Rosemary's Baby 09/01/2023

1968: Rosemary's Baby 55 years ago, Rosemary Woodhouse had a handsome husband, an enormous apartment in New York, and a baby on the way. What could go wrong? Well, when your husband is garbage, your apartment is in the middle of a coven, and your baby just might be the spawn of Satan ... a lot. Mia Farrow, John Cassavettes, and Oscar winner Ruth Gordon host a devil of a baby shower in ROSEMARY'S BABY. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27867969

1973: The Sting 08/18/2023

1973: The Sting Fifty years ago, Paul Newman and Robert Redford reunited on a film that would eventually win seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. THE STING is stylish, witty, and fun and we're gonna talk about it. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27792342

1973: The Exorcist 08/11/2023

1973: The Exorcist Fifty years ago, the devil went down to Georgetown, and he was lookin' for a soul to steal. He met sweet little Linda Blair, and the rest is cinematic history. Matt Baughman joins us for all things pea soup-flavored this week, as we battle the demons of THE EXORCIST. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27668949

1973: Mean Streets 08/05/2023

1973: Mean Streets A half-century ago, Martin Scorsese first made a name for himself with a gritty drama about small-time hoods in the Big Apple. MEAN STREETS stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro, and it stirred up some pretty strong feelings from the Rewinders. Hop in, we're gonna take a ride. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27668892

1973: Soylent Green 07/28/2023

1973: Soylent Green Spoiler Alert: Soylent Green is not derived from plankton. Fifty years ago, audiences watched a dystopian film set fifty years in the future. The weird thing is, they weren't that far off. Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson star in SOYLENT GREEN, people. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27538281

1973: The Way We Were 07/21/2023

1973: The Way We Were Fifty years ago, Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford starred in a movie about love and politics -- or so they thought. By the time the editing process was done, the politics had taken a real backseat. But THE WAY WE WERE is still seen as a classic movie romance, and we're here to break it all down. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27478482

1973: American Graffiti 07/14/2023

1973: American Graffiti Fifty years ago, before he took us to a galaxy far, far away, filmmaker George Lucas took us back a decade to examine the coming of age of folks who graduated high school in the early 60s. AMERICAN GRAFFITI is widely regarded as a classic by critics and film historians, featuring breakout performances by Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, and Oscar nominee Candy Clark. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27469110

1973: The Day of the Jackal 07/08/2023

1973: The Day of the Jackal A British sociopath is hired to kill French President Charles de Gaulle, and to catch him, the French Deputy Commissioner will have to think like a cold-blooded killer. Our first film in Season 5's "Golden" season about the films of 1973 is THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, starring Charles Fox and Michel Lonsdale. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27407562

1973 Preview 07/06/2023

1973 Preview We're turning the dial on the Rewind machine back 50 years, and these are the seven movies we'll be talking about in our 1973 season (and a few words about some other notable films that year that didn't make our cut). If you like to watch along, this is your assignment! #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27387123

1978: The Wiz 06/17/2023

1978: The Wiz Forty-five years ago, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Lena Horne eased on down the road in Sidney Lumet's ill-fated adaptation of the Broadway smash THE WIZ. Written by the guy who famously put nipples on the Bat-Suit, the film is now (arguably?) a "cult classic," and we're gonna break it all down. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/27182145

1983: Scarface 06/02/2023

1983: Scarface Forty years ago, Brian de Palma introduced the world to Tony Montana and his "little friend" in an epic about organized crime, machismo, gratuitous violence and lots of cocaine. Featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance by Al Pacino, SCARFACE ... is a trip. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/26980695

1988: Working Girl 05/19/2023

1988: Working Girl Thirty-five years ago, a Wall Street secretary impersonated her boss to land a deal and claim her spot in the rat race, and Hollywood's sweetest love letter to capitalism was born. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, and Sigourney Weaver star in Mike Nichols' WORKING GIRL. Let the river run. #BeKindRewind /episode/index/show/therewindproject/id/26889177

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