The pleasures of Be Kind Rewind do not extend far beyond the promise of its premise: Jack Black, magnetized and manic (yawn), erases every single videotape in the rental store where he hangs out and ...

Be Kind Rewind feels like an anachronism. A YouTube channel focused on classic Hollywood films, it features video essays that are smart, well scripted, and modern in tone, all while keeping both of ...

The new website for Be Kind Rewind has launched, BeKindMovie.com, where you can find these trailers and much more. I highly suggest you check out that website, it's pretty awesome. They "swede" the ...

Ah, Passaic, New Jersey! That crumbling, grumbling city across the Hudson from the gleaming skyline of New York, yet worlds removed from Manhattan magic. A place whose residents shiver in dour poverty ...

I hope by now you are familiar with sweding. If not, I'll remind you - it's the term used in Be Kind Rewind to define the new movies that Jack Black and Mos Def create from scratch. If you want to see ...

The act of “sweding” a Hollywood blockbuster in French filmmaker Michel Gondry’s new movie, Be Kind Rewind, involves the twin notions that technology should be subordinated to imagination and that ...

People who like their movies neat and orderly are going to have a hard time with Be Kind Rewind. Michel Gondry, who wrote and directed the film, approaches matters of story and character in a cracked, ...

Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry’s new movie, is a thematic sequel to his best film, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. In Eternal Sunshine, a mysterious brain-editing machine can erase your memories ...

It's a quick trip from whimsy to silliness in "Be Kind Rewind," a notably ephemeral work by Michel Gondry. After partnering with screenwriter Charlie Kaufman on his first two features, “Human Nature” ...

To call the narrative shambling and the acting amateurish is not wholly an insult, because Be Kind Rewind is determinedly unslick. Michel Gondry, like many French-born filmmakers, has the Big ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A strange combination of sci-fi imagination and low-tech wizardry has made all of Michel Gondry’s ...