The Rewind

Josh is joined by recurring guest John Pulice to talk all about Emerald Fennell's "Saltburn." They discuss how effective Fennell was in satirizing the 1%, which of the many shocking moments of the film worked for them, the performances from a cast that included Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan and Rosamund Pike and much more! Spoilers start at 21:30!

Josh is joined by David Fincher Correspondent Elijah Howard for a double feature. First (Beginning-1:04:42), they discuss "The Killer" and how Fincher managed to find new ground to cover in yet another movie focused on a murderer, the quality of the action scenes, how to think about the movie in relation to Fincher's career and reputation as a filmmaker and much more! Then (1:04:43-End), they travel back to the Napoleonic Era and talk about Ridley Scott's "Napoleon," including whether Scott asked the audience to have an opinion once way or the other as to Napoleon as a peron, the epic battle sequences, Joaquin Phoenix's performance and much more!

Josh is joined by Marvel Correspondent Maya to talk all about the newest entry into the MCU, "The Marvels." They discuss the centering of the film around three characters' whose powers become intertwined, if this was the right place for Marvel in the MCU's chronology to continue the story of Carol Danvers, how much they enjoyed seeing Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan elevated to the big screen, where they want to see the MCU go next and much more!

Josh is joined by The Rewind's resident teacher, Josh Brown, to talk all about Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers." They discuss how Payne and screenwriter David Hemingson managed to avoid common cliches in telling a teach-student story, why they enjoy boarding school as a setting despite not ever having stepped food in one, the performances from Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and newcomer Dominic Sessa and much more!

Josh is joined by Old Auteur Correspondent Josh Brown and first-time guest Matt Frias to break down the newest Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio collaboration, "Killers of the Flower Moon." They discuss the ways in which Scorsese and co-writer Eric Roth told the story of the 1920s murders of Osage Native Americans differently from how David Grann did in the book they were adapting and how those choices worked, the performances from the cast including those of DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro and Lily Gladstone, if the film looked as good as one should with a $200 million budget and much more!

Josh is joined by fellow Swifties Adam and Rachel Lichtenstein to break down Taylor Swift’s new concert film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.” They discuss their varied theater-going experiences for the film, which of Taylor’s Eras hit them differently in the film than they were expecting, Josh’s drunken escapades from when they saw the concert in person and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Elijah Howard and Holden Martinson to talk about the newest from John Carney, "Flora and Son"! They discuss how Carney made a story about a broken family and music feel different from his prior film, the quality of the music within the movie, the performances from the cast that included Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jack Reynor as well as newcomer Orén Kinlan and much more!

Josh is joined by Financial Services Industry Correspondent Fred Kolb to discuss Netflix's "Fair Play." The film has been marketed as an erotic thriller, and Josh and Fred discuss whether that billing was a bit misleading. They also get into how first-time writer/director Chloe Domont did in creating a tense workplace using dense financial terms, the quality of the lead performances from Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich and much more!

Josh is joined by Financial Services Industry Correspondent Fred Kolb to take a trip back to early 2021 as they talk about "Dumb Money." They discuss the ways in which the filmmaker showed the infamous short squeeze of GameStop stock from various perspectives, if the timing itself made sense to release a movie for an event that happened in the recent past, the performances from a cast that included Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson and America Ferrera and much more!

Josh is joined by first-time guest Monique Wilson and Rachel Sennott Appreciator Daniel Lima to talk about the newest film from Sennott and co-writer and director Emma Seligman, Bottoms. They discuss how Seligman and Sennott effectively satirized high school sex comedies by focusing on queer women starting a fight club, the bevy of fun performances from a cast that included Ayo Edebiri, former NFL star Marshawn Lynch and Kaia Gerber, which background jokes they were able to pick up on despite laughing at many jokes in the foreground and much more!

Produced and Edited by Daniel Lima.