Film chosen and introduced by Matt I was a terrible sleeper as a kid. I’d often only drop off if I was watching TV downstairs, or had my dad read to me. A clunky old television soon changed that. When my grandparents finally bought a new living room telly, their old box (and I mean... Continue Reading →
Episode 53: The Big Lebowski (1998)
Film chosen by Joe, introduced by Matt The Coen Brothers’ pot-heady, mistaken identity picture and ode to the unemployed, adopts and adapts the specificity of film noir's dialogue to create a colourful, highly quotable, stoner-noir. It's as if our fall guy, The Dude - a clueless dropout, has been dragged into the swirling dramatic plot... Continue Reading →
Episode 52: The Misfits (1961)
Film chosen and introduced by Devlin It's now 60 years since this film was released. In the ebb and flow of pop culture, especially in cinema, it's possible this film feels, to a lot of viewers, like a relic of a distant and unknowable past. I mentioned within the episode the strange juncture in movie... Continue Reading →
REWIND CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Episode 51: Part I – The Naughty List & Part 2 – The Nice List
Merry Christmas Rewinders! This festive season, we have not one but TWO chats where we each discuss our perennial must-watch movies. True to form, those grumpy Grinches Devlin and Matt have picked subversive, somewhat dark 1980s twists on some traditional stories in what we're calling The Naughty List. First, Devlin talks about his love for... Continue Reading →
Episode 50: BARGAIN BIN #9 Hard Target (1993)
Film chosen by Gali and Devlin (sort of), introduced by Devlin We have, somehow, reached a half-century of episodes of this little ramblepod. And while this round of Throwbacks was due to be my choice of The Misfits, there was a feeling in the air that perhaps an elegiac, monochrome monument to the decaying embers... Continue Reading →
Episode 49: Point Break (1991)
Film chosen by Gali, introduced by Devlin Among the many, many pleasures of Point Break, one major standout has to be that it contains one of the defining performances of Full Busey. Gary Busey is a very strange man. From his early breakthrough in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and his garlanded turn as bespectacled nerd rock... Continue Reading →
Episode 48: Candyman (1992) HALLORE’EWIND SERIES
Film chosen and introduced by Patrick I hear you’re looking for Candyman… bitch. So was I, back in 1997, drawn into the urban legend along with my other impressionable classmates… we were 11 years old. Little Jake (DeJaun Guy) in the film was smarter than us, he knew to steer clear of the Candyman as... Continue Reading →
Episode 46: The Fly (1986) HALLORE’EWIND SERIES
Film chosen by Gali https://youtu.be/5P4QM8GEXbI Listen on SpotifyListen on iTunesListen on Google PodcastsListen on BreakerListen on RadioPublicListen on CastBoxListen on StitcherListen on Overcast
Episode 45: The Crow (1994) HALLORE’EWIND SERIES
Film chosen and introduced by Devlin "Victims...aren't we all." I probably watched The Crow in around 1995 for the first time. But it was probably a few years after this that I donned my dad's old leather duster that he had heretofore never mentioned owning, cut some bullet holes in a long-sleeve black top that... Continue Reading →
Episode 44: From Dusk till Dawn (1996) HALLORE’EWIND SERIES
Film chosen and introduced by Matt When did you first hear the words “Quentin” and “Tarantino?" The Tarantino explosion of ’96/’97 (for me anyway - most older people were aware of him much sooner, but I was only ten when Reservoir Dogs came out, so give me a break) was a multiple film initiation, as... Continue Reading →
