Unkind Rewind

At the age of 9, a friend's dad traumatized his own son and Munch My Benson's own Adam Schwitters by gleefully letting them watch the darkly sexual and extremely messed up 1987 Mickey Rourke/Lisa Bonet/Robert De Niro gothic horror noir set in 1950s New York and New Orleans, Angel Heart. The first time Josh heard this, he was struck dumb at the notion that such a young child had been allowed to see such an ADULT movie, so when Unkind Rewind was born, there was absolutely no way that they weren't going to dive into Adam's FORMATIVE experience with such an age-inappropriate film.

Angel Heart is currently streaming on Hoopla, Kanopy, and PlutoTV.

Adam can be heard weekly alongside Josh on their Law & Order: SVU podcast Munch My Benson, which is 220 episodes in and counting: BlueSky, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter His personal social media accounts are: Twitter and BlueSky

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

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After Sean and Josh prepare you for the coming weeks without the podcast in the penultimate episode of Season 1, they welcome occasional Unkind Rewind co-host and full-time Munch My Benson co-host Adam Schwitters to the podcast. When Adam was a wee lad of 8, he saw a film that he was roughly ten years too young to see. The first time Josh heard this, he guffawed and when this podcast came into being there was absolutely no way that they weren't going to dive into Adam's FORMATIVE experience with next week's film.

Next week's film is currently streaming on Hoopla, Kanopy, and PlutoTV.

Adam can be heard weekly alongside Josh on their Law & Order: SVU podcast Munch My Benson, which is 220 episodes in and counting: BlueSky, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter His personal social media accounts are: Twitter and BlueSky

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

Tasha Crawford--half of the inimitable hosting duo of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit podcast SVU POD: Especially Heinous--joins us this week to expose to the possibility of ruination The Craft, a formative film she loved as a teen. How would this very 1996 film play in 2024? Would its racism both on and off camera shock? Would the form of feminism it purports to wield play today? Despite having the largest diving team in the country by more than a score of athletes, did it hew close enough to high school of the '90s to pass the smell test? Was the cringiest aspect of the film what Tasha expected, or did it come from a different area altogether? Most importantly, would The Craft still be a movie Tasha could enjoy in her [age redacted]?

The Craft is currently streaming on Max or can be rented on most VOD platforms for $3.99. Or you could just search for the film's name and full movie and find it pretty easily...

Tasha's podcast SVU POD: Especially Heinous can be found at their website and their Patreon along with the following social media pages: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan and Adam Schwitters can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd
Adam's Social Media: Twitter and BlueSky

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

After Sean and Josh talk about white stuff, namely Sox and buffaloes, the gents of Unkind Rewind are graced by the presence of Tasha Crawford, one of the inimitable hosts of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit podcast SVU POD: Especially Heinous. Tasha has some all-time great stories in addition to having a very fun movie from her youth of which we try to establish her memories. If you listen to one Qs and Tease installment of this show, listen to this one.

Next week's film is currently streaming on Max or can be rented on most VOD platforms for $3.99. Or you could just search for the film's name and full movie and find it pretty easily...

Tasha's podcast SVU POD: Especially Heinous can be found at their website and their Patreon along with the following social media pages: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan and Adam Schwitters can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd
Adam's Social Media: Twitter and BlueSky

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

Having rewatched the nightmare fuel that is 1985's Return to Oz, we sat back down with our special guest, Max Rieper, the managing editor for Royals Review, who contrary to his peers not only loved this film as a child but felt this film was superior to its predecessor The Wizard of Oz because it was more faithful to the L. Frank Baum books. That it was darker and bleaker didn't bother young Max, but how would its vision of the Land of Oz and its new traveling companions for a much younger Dorothy (played by a Fairuza Balk who enjoyed her 10th birthday while shooting this film) play to a grown-up Max? And if the test of time ended up being cruel to Return to Oz, how would it play to Max's memories of a very strange film? Was his recall on point or were there gaping holes in what he remembered the film being, having not seen it in more than 35 years?

Return to Oz is available to stream for free in the US on Disney+.

Max can be found at Royals Review and manages its social media accounts: Twitter, Facebook, BlueSky

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

After Sean tells of a harrowing trip to the cinema, we sit down with our very special guest for this week and next, Max Rieper, the managing editor for Royals Review, to take a trip down memory lane and discuss his childhood standing on an island loving this next film. That it was nightmare fuel didn't bother young Max, and its hewing close to its source material really meant something to him while his classmates just couldn't understand. 

Next week's main event is available to stream for free in the US on Disney+.

Max can be found at Royals Review and manages its social media accounts: Twitter, Facebook, BlueSky

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

Having rewatched the 1987 Jon Cryer star vehicle Hiding Out, we sit back down with our special guest, professor of modern Middle Eastern history Brian Mann to peer deep into the soul of eight-year-old Brian to divine what it was about this tale of a nearly 30-year-old stockbroker on the run from the mob embedding himself in a Delaware High School and doing everything he can to stop himself from bedding a high school girl who he ultimately follows to college. Tip your cap to the '80s? Strap in for a fun ride, and find out what Jon Cryer had to say about Josh having just seen this film when fate thrust them together in real life.

Hiding Out is currently available to stream for free in the US on Prime Video with Ads. 


Brian can be found on: Letterboxd

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

This week, Josh and Sean dig into the past of modern Middle Eastern history professor, Brian Mann, getting down to brass tacks on an entry in a certain star actor's canon who truly resonated with Brian when he was peaking in life in late elementary school. Brian tells of his childhood adoration of the star of next week's film and hopes upon hope that revisiting this cherished memory doesn't ruin the entirety of his childhood for the sake of content for this podcast. 

Next week's main event is available to stream for free in the US on Prime Video with Ads.

Brian can be found on: Letterboxd

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

You can find all of our information and episodes at our website: https://unkindrewind.com/

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

This week we jumped on The Beastmaster train with writer and musician Jeremy Steen and got a helluva ride. Did Jeremy's passion for this film influence his dietary practices? Does he still feel comfortable being known as a "Beastmaster guy" to anyone who's seen his framed Beastmaster poster? Has his shipment of body oil come in yet? Did this rekindle his love of ferrets so much that he'll be taking that love to a whole new level by bringing one of those cute little critters home to live with him?

The Beastmaster is presently available to stream for free in the US on Prime.

Jeremy can be found on: BlueSky and Letterboxd

Jeremy Steen's bands can be found here:

• Flesh Lights (Never See Snow LP, Muscle Pop LP, You're A Stealer EP, "No Longer" b/w "You Don't Know")
• Dry Guy
• Lung Letters

Jeremy was interviewed at Rejoinder Mag (5 Questions with Jeremy Steen), in conjunction with the publication of four short related pieces grouped as Not One Domino Shall Fall:

• The Worst and the Dullest
• Big Game
• A Reason to Believe
• Remember (Walking in the Sand)

His piece at the Oxford American about his experience on the set of Terrence Malick's divisive film Song to Song: Background Noise. Triptych at New World Writing Quarterly. The Surface of the Moon at Sublunary Review.

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.

In this latest foray into the Unkind Rewind, we get to know writer and musician Jeremy Steen. Way before he was fronting or playing bass in bands in Austin or having his work published at the Oxford American and various literary journals, Jeremy had a passion for a film which may or may not have influenced his dietary practices and which definitely instilled in him a love of a certain strange domesticated animal--a love we'll have to wait until after next week's episode and see if he'll be taking to a whole new level by bringing one of those cute little critters home to live with him.

Next week's film (you'll have to listen to discover what it is) is presently available to stream for free in the US on Prime. 

Jeremy can be found on: BlueSky and Letterboxd

Jeremy Steen's bands can be found here:

• Flesh Lights (Never See Snow LP, Muscle Pop LP, You're A Stealer EP, "No Longer" b/w "You Don't Know")
• Dry Guy
• Lung Letters

Jeremy was interviewed at Rejoinder Mag (5 Questions with Jeremy Steen), in conjunction with the publication of four short related pieces grouped as Not One Domino Shall Fall:

• The Worst and the Dullest
• Big Game
• A Reason to Believe
• Remember (Walking in the Sand)

His piece at the Oxford American about his experience on the set of Terrence Malick's divisive film Song to Song: Background Noise. Triptych at New World Writing Quarterly. The Surface of the Moon at Sublunary Review.

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan can also be heard on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd

Join the Munch Casts Discord: Just go here.

Questions, comments, concerns, and general feedback can be sent to: [email protected]

Or you can call in and leave a voicemail at (507) 479-6440 and have your message played on the show.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unkind-rewind--6119307/support.