Dec 16, 2022
Seventy-five years ago, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT took home Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress. A scathing indictment of anti-Semitism in America, the film features Gregory Peck as a reporter who pretends to be Jewish so he can write about prejudice as something other than a casual...
Dec 9, 2022
In 1947, Orson Welles, in desperate need of studio cash, made a dark, cynical, and deeply weird thriller - the only film he ever made with his wife, Rita Hayworth. He's a sailor way in over his head, and she's THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI. Come on in, the water's fine. #BeKindRewind
Dec 2, 2022
A mere seventy-five years ago, one of the most iconic holiday films ever made was released ... in May. But whatever, it's all about childlike wonder and letters to Santa Claus and learning to believe in something, and it's a straight-up Christmas delight. Yes, kittens, this week the Rewinders are headed back to...
Nov 25, 2022
Someone has been killed, and the identity of the killer seems obvious. Maybe a little TOO obvious? That's the set-up for 1947's CROSSFIRE, which is ostensibly about a murder but ends up being more about the motive. One of Hollywood's first serious examinations of prejudice as a social issue, we're here to break it all...
Nov 18, 2022
Seventy-five years ago, Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney starred in a gothic romantic comedy (??) about a British widow who moves to the seaside with her American daughter and falls in love with the ghost who is haunting her new home. George Sanders pops in to prove that all living men are trash. It's 1947's THE GHOST AND...