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 ...

Izzy Custodio is the cinephile YouTuber making videos about how the Oscars are about more than just winning trophies.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's showtime at the Red Rooster Coffee House. Dan Cleberg, owner of the coffee shop, has organized a series of Be Kind Film Festivals in recent years. They're based on the movie "Be Kind Rewind," a ...

Director: Michel Gondry Screenwriters: Michel Gondry Starring: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz Running time: 100 mins Certificate: 12A Everybody at some stage in their life ...

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” ...