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Dec 28, 2016 · 6. New York Public Library. While we’re on the subject of the lost art of renting movies, we’d be remiss not to mention the city’s public libraries, especially this one. It’s been amassing ...
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The original Kim's Video & Music franchise holds a special place in the hearts of film buffs and New Yorkers — especially Mondo Kim's, its flagship store in the East Village. "These bright yellow, sort of gaudy shelves were just walls and walls of DVDs and VHS tapes in hyper-specific categories," Prueher said. "There'd be a director you'd never hea...
While getting into the video rental market may seem like a bizarre strategy in the era of digital streaming, Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League says that by opening shop inside an existing theatre space, there's very little in the way of overhead. "For us, it's more about the brand and more about providing a service to our guests," League said. "I...
Prueher says he's found a lot of hidden gems and surprises while sorting through the collection — including, he says, "a lot of spider eggs" nestled inside the covers. "One thing that I loved is, you know, whenever a cover would go missing, the employees had a lot of downtime and would draw their own covers," he said. "So I found the DVD cover for ...
- VIDEO FREE BROOKLYN // BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. Established in 2002, Video Free Brooklyn offers a diverse selection of movies on DVD and Blu-ray, and also sells used DVDs.
- VIDIOTS // SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. Regularly cited as one of the best video stores in the Los Angeles area, Vidiots almost closed its doors for good after 30 years of business.
- SCARECROW VIDEO // SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. Since first opening its doors in 1988, Scarecrow Video has amassed a movie collection that includes more than 120,000 titles, including a number of rare, out-of-print, foreign, and independent films.
- FACETS // CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Facets. first opened its doors in 1975 as a local art house that screened movies in a church in Chicago. Over the years, it has branched out into education, distribution, and, of course, a video store, which offers a very large selection of independent, arthouse, classic, documentary, and experimental films from the likes of Bela Tarr, Jean-Luc Godard, and Miloš Forman.
The Battle For New York City’s Video Store Culture. By: Billy Mariscal. On: April 17, 2019. After thirty-three years, Videorama is closing. The store, standing at the corner of Dahill Road and 18th Avenue in Borough Park, was the first in its neighborhood. It’s possibly the last place in blue-collar Brooklyn to survive almost entirely on ...
Mar 7, 2018 · John Taggart for The New York Times. It was a quiet day at Video Room, the 500-square-foot independent video store on 80th Street and Third Avenue. But that was nothing new. Video Room is ...
Mar 23, 2023 · The antiquated but still beloved movie rental retailer has a live website – even though the company ceased most of its operations in 2014. Some fans believe that is evidence the company is ...
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Mar 31, 2022 · The store will initially offer some 20,000 physical movies for rent, sourced from a collection that was boxed up after the Kim’s Video flagship store, known as Mondo Kim’s, closed on St. Marks ...
