Lost Weekend Video

11/04/2024

Terrible news for all my streetbeaters out here. Quincy Jones, Rest In Producer.

Quincy JonesYou've Got It Bad Girl1973

09/24/2022

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An L.A. couple with a love of obscure video tapes is bringing a dead medium back to life again.

06/19/2021

Watch this movie.

04/06/2021

Henrietta and Henry — Elaine May and Walter Matthau — in May’s brilliantly sweet black comedy A New Leaf (1971). Now streaming on the Criterion Channel. LWV Staff Pic!

02/22/2021

I reached out to Vidiots in LA to see if they need some rare films on VHS. This is what I had laying around the sci-fi/horror pile:

01/22/2021

What Would Bernie rent?

03/01/2018

Nice article about how Netflix's business basically phases out movies in favor of "classic" original content like "Fuller House". It also shouts out video stores as the last haven for a true range of movie availability. Wouldn't you rather watch "A Boy and His Dog" over John Stamos and his hairpiece coughing up "Kokomo" for the hundredth time?

As was pointed out in our Newswire about FilmStruck’s acquisition of the Warner Archive streaming catalog yesterday, the metaphor of the streaming service as digital-age video store is imperfect at best, given that the most well-curated streaming service can’t compete with even a mom-and-pop vid...

10/27/2017

Come RENT a horror movie at Lost Weekend Video. We have thousands you can't find online. P**s on streaming.

A love letter to video stores, horror films, and the AIDA Advertising Method that made the artwork on their VHS covers so effectively grotesque and memorable...

09/18/2017

Oh yeah, and Adam closed out Lost Weekend Day at RiotFest with this little ditty:

09/17/2017

Don't forget Hannah Lew and Cold Beat!

09/17/2017

Lost Weekend Day Pt 2: Richard Baluyut & Versus!

09/17/2017

It's Lost Weekend Day at RiotFest! Dave Hawkins rocking the Main Stage & the Jumbotron!