Vintage Cinema Rewind

“If you could just go ahead and listen to this podcast… that’d be great.” Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Deep Dive on the silliest movie ever set in a cubicle farm: Mike Judge’s Office Space! Michael’s proverbial chickens have finally come home to roost. He’s inexplicably been handsomely rewarded for his cavalier attitude and brutal (re: shocking) honesty. But his sudden promotion comes with a cost—namely, his closest friends in the office are about to be axed. In desperation, they decide to cope the only way they know how: through corporate embezzlement. But do the ends justify the means? Can they truly claim the moral high ground for stealing from their own company? Only time will tell on this TPS-report infused episode.  

“I believe you have my stapler.” We do indeed have that and more on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the boys are back with Mike Judge’s 1999 cult masterpiece: Office Space! Michael is a bored office drone who is routinely micromanaged and mistreated by Blake, his boss (write what you know!). But his eternal ennui is finally disrupted thanks to a particularly eventful trip to a hypnotherapist. Now, it’s nothing but blue skies and smooth sailing for this guy. But can this bliss last forever? And how will the company’s ongoing downsizing efforts factor into this? Will Michael be rewarded for his new lease on life? Or will the whole building end up going down in flames around him?

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Things are as metaphysical as they’ve ever been on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the journey into the heart of the Zone continues with our Deep Dive on Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker! Blake, Michael, and the other guy have successful breached this strange, strange land. Now, all that awaits them is a road of baffling trials before they can reach the Room—a mythical chamber where all their greatest desires will be realized. But along the way, they’ve have to contend with all number of horrors, both within and without. Most significantly, can Michael survive the meat-grinder—a hallway which portends all manner of spiritual catastrophes?  

Actress Month (mercifully!) concludes on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the boys are back with their Deep Dive on John Cassavetes's comic-neo noir extravaganza: Gloria! Michael's feet hurt. He and Blake's son have been running amok throughout New York City for days now, just barely avoiding the mob at every turn. But each street they turn down just seems to present them with more and more obstacles. So one night at yet another flophouse, they decide to cut the head off the snake once and for all. Will their plan go off without a hitch? Or will these two end up taking one last walk? 

The most emotionally exhausting watch of your life continues on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, they're back with a Deep Dive on John Cassavetes's oft-overlooked masterpiece: A Woman Under the Influence! Blake's mental health has collapsed around the household like a dark star. In response, Michael has him committed. But this has the unfortunate side-effect of leaving him with three kids he has no business raising. Months later, Blake returns after some new medication and a round of shock therapy. Can these two lovebirds find their way back to each other? Or will the saddest f**king movie of your life just somehow turn even sadder?

Actress Month continues (prolongs itself?) on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This week, the boys are back with another John Cassavetes feature: Gloria! Blake is an account who's just ratted on the mob. When his employers come knocking with his pink slip, he foists his youngest son onto Michael--a hard-drinking, sharp-tongued spinster who lives across the hall. The two are then forced on the run across the sprawling urban jungle with the mob hot on their high heels. Can they escape the New York without being riddled with bullet-holes? Or will what's left of them be scooped into a designer handbag?

Get ready for the most AGONIZING viewing experience of your life! That’s right, it’s time again for Actress Month on Vintage Cinema Rewind. This time, Blake and Michael are covering Gena Rowlands—the Muse of indie darling John Cassavetes. Blake is a lonely housewife who struggles to fit in. Michael is a grumpy construction worker who struggles to relate to his nervous wife. Meanwhile, when Blake’s mental health begins to deteriorate, the family and society struggle to rally around her. Can this marriage be fixed? Or will we all wind up like so much spaghetti on the floor?

Trigger warnings for mental illness, self-harm, and sexual abuse!!!

“It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, people were just constantly trying to conquer him in the Roman Empire.” That’s right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Deep Dive on Paul Thomas Anderson’s late nineties classic: Boogie Nights! By now, the lights have flicked back on the party is officially over. Blake has developed a debilitating addiction to cocaine that impacts his, um, performances. Meanwhile, Michael has bent the knee to the rise of video and has resigned himself to churning out slop. But as bad as things are, when the two finally have a falling out, things only get worse. Can Blake find success outside of skin-flicks? Or will the prodigal son eventually come crawling back home?

“I like simple pleasures, like butter in my [REDACTED] and lollipops in my mouth.” Vintage Cinema Rewind is back for Paul Thomas Anderson’s grooviest period piece ever: Boogie Nights. Michael is a notorious porn producer with aspirations of creating genuine art. Meanwhile, Blake is a down-on-his-luck high school dropout with a can-do attitude and a certain endowment swinging between his thighs. When Michael discovers this talented young man, sparks fly and before long, their work is taking the industry by storm. But just how long can they escape the consequences of their own actions?