Gali’s pick takes us to dark places this time out, as we follow trainee FBI Agent Clarice Starling to the cell of the brutal man-eater Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 OSCAR-winning classic The Silence Of The Lambs. As she follows the clues laid by one monster in order to catch another and save the life... Continue Reading →
Episode 3: Predator 2 (1990)
Devlin has reached way back in to his childhood to revisit Predator 2.In this sweat-soaked big city sequel to the Arnie classic, Danny Glover (?!) and his overmatched team of LA cops are faced with a familiar ugly motherfucker who has come to town to take on the city's local drug gangs, comprised entirely of... Continue Reading →
Episode 2: Scarface (1983)
This time out, Gali has picked Brian De Palma's classic 1983 gangster movie, SCARFACE. Al Pacino inhabits one of his most iconic roles as the ambitious Cuban immigrant Tony Montana. We follow as he scales the drug trade in Miami, from lowly enforcer to gilded kingpin. Put on your dancing shoes, turn up the neon,... Continue Reading →
Episode 1: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
With the first pick, Devlin chooses Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Hot on the heels of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we examine this ostensibly faithful adaptation (hence the authorial namecheck!) in the mini 1990s Universal Monster revival.Genius young physician-in-training Victor Frankenstein (Branagh himself) uses a personal tragedy as the catalyst for his quest to defy death... Continue Reading →
Episode 0: Welcome to the Rewind Movie Podcast!
Drawing on a decade-plus friendship whose roots stretch back to our film-obsessed student days, Gali and Devlin cast an eye backwards to the movies that kickstarted our love of film.Introducing our Throwback series, where each of us will take turns picking a title that we consider seminal to our youth, and watch it again to... Continue Reading →
