Rewind This!

Good stuff. There are countless documentaries about fandoms or whatever bizarre subject people are into, but the people in this managed to completely sell me on why VHS is actually important from an artistic and historical perspective. Worth a watch if you're into film in any capacity, but especially if you're a fan of b-movies and stuff that most people view as "trash."

Our (early to mid-thirtyish people) cultural development was based on a cartridge filled with flimsy magnetic tape. This movie explains why and how. Some fandom shit, but it isn't as creepy or "lookit these fuckin' dweebs" as other fandom docs; these are just people who like collecting and trading tapes. No complaints or excess praise, just a decent doc.

fun rundown of the glory days of vhs, with plenty of nostalgia to boot. gets a bit unfocused at times, but overall it's good. extra treats with plenty of faces from the cult film circuits interviewed about what vhs meant or still means for them.

Not just about the collectors but the political/economic impacts of the VHS. That one guy does need new fucking glasses tho, you're not Barney Martin.

Gets a tad preachy, unsurprisingly, with the segment on non-physical media, but otherwise a well-edited documentary on VHS media and nostalgia culture.

I am into this stuff!

Enjoyable and self-aware. I loved all the cheesy movie clips too.

In which programmers, exploitation filmmakers, and dorks offer a more interesting discussion of the political and philosophical implications of new media than the dozen-plus Hollywood heavies in SIDE BY SIDE, particularly in the crucial acknowledgment that the idea of current trends as an indication of *greater* democratization of media is precisely the ludicrous lie corporate gatekeepers are banking on your belief in.