REVIVING ROBIN (2026)

REVIVING ROBIN follows the recovery, restoration, and re-release of Robin (1979), a lost and little-seen independent feature, by the CT-based film preservation and distribution company, Vinegar Syndrome. Archive Director Oscar Becher oversees the process, sifting through the film’s original 35mm negative and outtakes, while uncovering the story of its production--a self-financed labor of love by set-designer turned writer/director Hank Aldrich.  Featuring interviews with the film's leads, Monica Tidwell and Lee Dorsey, and musician/composer Kip Carmen, REVIVING ROBIN is a tribute to auteur filmmaking at its most independent.  

But the film’s other focus is Vinegar Syndrome itself—the only company of its kind with both a dedicated film archive and a digital restoration lab.  Becher and his colleagues are safeguarding the analog photochemistry of the past and making it available to the public through the technologies of today.  To that end, REVIVING ROBIN is a snapshot of old school cinephilia in the digital age—something at once both oxymoronic and oddly romantic.

Directed, Edited & Photographed by

Peter Flynn

Produced by Oscar Becher & Peter Flynn

REVIVING ROBIN is available on Vinegar Syndrome's REVIVER 4 blu-ray.

Curated by Vinegar Syndrome’s Archive Director, Oscar Becher, the REVIVER blu-ray sub-label is dedicated to unearthing and preserving lost films housed within the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive.

REVIVER 4 was released in September 2026 and features both ROBIN (1979) and REVIVING ROBIN (2026).

The purchase the disc, visit the Vinegar Syndrome online store.

The profits from each Reviver release go directly to help fund the operations and upkeep of the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive.

ABOUT VINEGAR SYNDROME

Founded in 2012, Vinegar Syndrome is a boutique film restoration and distribution company with a focus on genre and exploitation films.  It is the only organization of its kind wth a dedicated film archive and digital restoration lab.

Visit vinegarsyndrome.com

Director/Editor: Peter Flynn

Producers: Oscar Becher & Peter Flynn

Light & Sound: Peter Flynn

FEATURING

Oscar Becher

Kip Carmen

Lee Dorsey

Joe Rubin

Monica Tidwell

Runtime: 80 mins

Format: 16x9, Digital/Blu-ray