The Rewind Movie Podcast pays our respects to the Beard, as we embark on a rewatch series of some of the highlights and lesser-travelled avenues of the career of arguably the most successful director in the history of the medium - Steven Spielberg.

Our starting point (having already lavished our praise on Jaws) is his self-penned, emotionally-charged, 1977 alien visitation blockbuster drama Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The freshly-minted star director utilised all of his newfound influence to bring a bombastic, visually resplendent, and grandly-scored vision of the after effects of a blue-collar suburban dad seeing a series of UFOs in the skies over Indiana.

Not yet 30, Spielberg mined his formative years for the film, loosely adapting an amateur 16mm feature he made as a 17-year-old, and investing this tale of a dissolving marriage with the messy verisimilitude of a young man still processing his own parents’ estrangement.

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If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com.

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It’s time… it’s time! It’s time for HalloRe’ewind 2025! Your spirit guides, Matt and Devlin, have returned with a specially selected triple bill each of seasonal tricks and treats.

Devlin conjured up a We Are Not Alone, We Are Fucked trio, with three-courses of intergalactic terror featuring PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES, LIFEFORCE, and GOD TOLD ME TO. Meanwhile, Matt made Lycomania! his hirsutely fearsome triumvirate of hairy-handed, wolfy goings-on with SILVER BULLET, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, and THE HOWLING.

Head to rewindmoviecast.com for an extended essay discussing our thoughts on each film, specially created poster art, videos, clips, and a stuffed casketful of other creepy delights.

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Big thanks to Mary for lending her voice to our introduction!

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"This isn't the f**king X-Files, goddammit!" No, this is a direct sequel to the surprise 1995 naked Natasha Henstridge sci-fi smash hit... it's Species II.

Gali and Devlin have a close encounter with awfully icky alien, as the sequels creators have gender-swapped the intergalactic sexual predator with unsurprisingly unpleasant results. Will a sloshed Michael Madsen, a checked-out Marg Helgenberger, and a regrettably 90s racially stereotyped astronaut-turned-sidekick take this story to strange new places, or will it all just peter out in an abandoned barn full of gunk?

Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, are available here.

If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com.

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