Vintage Cinema Rewind

Welcome to the second installment of Vintage Cinema Rewind’s five-part retrospective on Blake and Michael’s Top 100 Favourite Films. The clock continues to run down on the podcast. Our two cohosts have eked out some common ground, but will it be enough to keep their esteemed production alive? And what choices have truly shocked Blake and Michael? All this and more is revealed on this week’s episode.

Welcome to the first installment of Vintage Cinema Rewind’s five-part retrospective on Blake and Michael’s Top 100 Favourite Films. There comes a time in every fledgling podcast’s life when they have to reckon with the big questions. How many times will Michael go off on a random tangent? How many times will Blake say “um”? How many pointless arguments will they refuse to edit out? And what represents our two cohost’s all-time favourite films? Will there be any crossovers? Or will this be the final nail in their respective coffins?

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Actor Month continues on Vintage Cinema Rewind. And for the next two weeks, Blake and Michael will be touring the French countryside in Jean-Luc Goddard's surreal road movie: Pierrot le Fou. Blake is a disgraced television executive trapped in an opulent life he never really wanted. But when a chance encounter with an old flame rekindles his passions, he decides to strike out across the world with her. What follows is a steady stream of robberies, terrible plays, and betrayals. Can he find whatever it is he was looking for? Or will this road movie simply spin out?

Vintage Cinema Rewind is back Anna Karina's Actor Month! And their coverage of the the strangest, artiest sci-fi romp to ever grace the shadows of Paris continues. That's right, it's time for a Deep Dive on Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville! After Michael mysteriously (preposterously?) meets his end in the arms of a seductress, Blake is all alone in a city he doesn't understand. But with bizarre poolside executions and an even stranger voice in his head, can he unlock the secrets of this city? Or will he fail to protect those that weep? 

It's August! You know what that means? Back to school shopping? No! A Canadian civic holiday? Surely not! Allergies? Nada. It's Actor Month! And this year, Vintage Cinema Rewinding is highlighting the iconic Danish and French queen of the silver screen: Anna Karina. And our first stop in the 2025 season takes us to Alphaville--a strange French dystopia ruled over by a sinister supercomputer. Blake is a cantankerous reporter searching for his latest scoop. But Michael--his erstwhile predecessor--has gone missing. Can Blake navigate this strange new world and find his friend? Or will he end up submerged in a chlorine-filled watery grave? 

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Get ready for the strangest film you've ever seen. On this week's Vintage Cinema Rewind, Blake and Michael tackle the iconic Hungarian animated movie: Cat City. Blake is a secret agent dispatched to take down their feline overlords. Michael is a supervillain intent on stopping his adversary. And he'll use any tool he can get his hands (paws?) on. Corporate espionage. Rat gangsters. Numerous cases of copyright infringement. Can Blake defeat the evil cats? Or has he grabbed the tiger by the tail?

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Two bodies. Two minds. One soul. One middling podcast. Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with their Primer on David Cronenberg's oft-overlooked Dead Ringers. Blake and Michael are twins who share everything: an apartment, a practice, and sometimes even partners. But when a famous actress with a strange medical condition takes an interest in Michael, their delicate equilibrium is disturbed. Can the twins return to each other? Or is their bond better severed?

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