Rewind the Film is the eleventh studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 16 September 2013 by Columbia Records.

In a statement, the band announced, "(If) this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue, it's probably the sedate coming of age that was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours.

In February 2013, the band announced via Twitter, "MSP were in the great Hansa Studios in January with Alex Silva (who recorded The Holy Bible with us).

The Manics did not perform any new songs during this tour; bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire explained, [the new album is] kinda the exact opposite of what we're doing at the moment...

"[6] The song "Rewind the Film", featuring former Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley and based on A Little Girl Lost by David Axelrod, premiered online and on BBC Radio 6 on 8 July 2013.

"[8] The Manics revealed to the NME that the Rewind the Film track "30-Year War" is an anti-Margaret Thatcher song written long before the former Prime Minister's death in 2013.

James Dean Bradfield described "30-Year War" as the most "angry" track on the album, and Nicky Wire said, "It starts with the miners' strike and moves through Hillsborough, and it's a critique of the attack on the working classes over the last 30 years.

"[9] Nicky Wire provided a detailed track-by-track review of Rewind the Film for The Quietus, published online on 4 September 2013.

"[11] In July 2013, BBC Radio 6 revealed that the second album recorded by the Manics in 2013 is titled Futurology and has a tentative release date of June 2014.

The original inspiration for a Manic Street Preachers acoustic record came from Bruce Springsteen and his 1982 album Nebraska.

[13] Nicky Wire said of the song that the band were aiming for "something like [The Beatles'] White Album produced by Steve Albini".

The title track "Rewind the Film" originated from Wire singing over David Axelrod's "Little Girl Lost".

All live tracks were recorded at the Manics' "A Night of National Treasures" concert at The O2 Arena, London on 17 December 2011.

Also released from the same concert were live versions of "Let Robeson Sing" (as a free MP3 download on the Manics' website in June 2013), and "Tsunami" (as a B-side on the "Show Me the Wonder" single).

[15] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said that Rewind the Film is "achieving an appealingly woozy, early-hours-of-the morning vibe", giving the album a score of 4/5, concluding with "Occasionally, Nicky Wire's lyrics drift back toward free-floating angst – "my ecosystem is based on hatred" is a line that feels perpetually adolescent—but the combined effect of the sometimes tortured words and the gentle, never-conflicting currents of folk, anthemic rock, cinematic instrumentals, and mannered pop create a welcome impression of a group that acknowledges that they've entered a comfortable middle age but are happy to fight against complacency however they can.

Gareth James wrote, "After opening with the line "I don't want my children to grow up like me" free of any accompaniment, the electric guitar is banished, while Cate Le Bon and Richard Hawley guest elsewhere.

The biting nostalgia of middle age runs throughout the lyrics and the band's desire to produce something akin to Automatic for the People is largely fulfilled.

"[17] Awarding the album a 7/10 rating, Jamie Fullerton of the NME described it as "a subtle, satisfying record that showcases their continuing ability to soar, albeit without digging anywhere near as deep as their politico-punk-pop totems, 1992’s Generation Terrorists and 1996’s Everything Must Go.

"[24] The album hails the beginning of chapter 3 in the history of the band (the first having ended with Richey Edwards' disappearance, the second – with the National Treasures singles collection release and the December 2011 concert in The O2 Arena), according to Niall Doherty of Q.

"Rewind the Film emerges hazy and delicate, as if creators have just awoken from a long, deep sleep, distant memories of themselves coming back slowly in focus," the critic wrote, giving it a 4/5 rating.

[25] All tracks are written by James Dean Bradfield, Nick Jones, Sean Moore except where notedManic Street Preachers Additional musicians