Another Tiny Nail In The NYC Coffin: Evergreen Video Closing

i was impressed with the noir selection at film noir video on bedford near manhattan ave (right by the nassau g station). it's an odd little store, run by a nice polish hipster guy, with a modest selection of new releases and the rest of the space devoted to noir and horror/exploitation. not in evergreen's league, but if the location is at all convenient to you then you should check it out.

I still haven't found a replacement for tLA. Looks increasingly like gotta be Kim's. Do they have a memb fee?

it's been a long time since i got my membership there, but i think the fee is in the form of a hold on your credit card.

(which, i think, is how tla operated.)

Except that TLA could run debit cards as well. Kim's cannot: you need a credit card unattached to a bank or $150 cash deposit.

bigger nail in NYC coffin: cops on segways.

Yeah, when I found out about this I couldn't find the bricks and mortar video thread either so by some bizarre logic I revived the Coliseum Books thread and posted on there. I loved Evergreen Video, my biggest Evergreen 'events' being renting the complete Heimat I and II from them.

I never made it through Heimat. :/

Most bizarre thing about the Kim's membership: after I stopped working there and had to get a proper membership, I tried to put down a cash deposit using a debit card, and was told that wasn't possible. And I explained, you know: I'm not trying to start the membership on this card; I just want you to charge the cash deposit off of it; I know you can do that, because I pay for purchases/rentals here with a debit card all the time. And yet ... no, not possible?

On the plus side, Mr. Kim's film would appear to available at Kim's locations now. And once you've seen Mr. Kim, it's difficult not to be curious about his film.

Thanks for the recommendation upthread, Lauren. Unfortunately, W'Burg's not local for me + I work a block from Evergreen. Still sad...

i didn't know the TLA had closed. man, i am so lucky that the flagship store has been 5 minutes from my parents' house since i was 6.

I'm pretty sure they're still open in Philadelphia--they just closed the New York store.

http://www.greencine.com

Netflix with more obscure selections.

Let's face it: movies were meant to be seen in theaters.

no, I know they're still open in Philly. people around here swear by it. all the other stores have gone out of business, for the most part. in fact, i'm going to roll a j and go there this afternoon to pick up Apocalyto and some other selections.

is the one in san fran still open? maybe the super gay selection there would keep it more afloat in such a city.

cinema is meant for theaters, movies are base you cretin

If you want to profit from this, you can buy their new Criterions at a slight discount.

http://karagarga.net

haha Segway cops!! those guys BOOK

They've purged the VHSs and are selling (mostly recent) DVDs for $10.

So all that's left now is Kim's?

http://home.earthlink.net/~asena/images/champagne.jpg

;-)

Or was Kim's closed a while back too, due to legal issues

I finally joined Kim's.

I think I may have to go back after a long hiatus.

I guess I used to belong to the one on Bleecker Street.

two good stores still in greenpoint: photoplay and film noir. the former moved recently into a new, larger space which is nice to see what with other indie stores folding.

another one bites it. This was my go-to place for stuff like that early-00s Japanese film Eureka:

http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2012/03/world-of-video.html

NOW what's left?

I do not know you, old man.

thx i will check in 20 mins if they have Chimes at Midnight

Cool. Right now I'm a few feet away from a guy whose mother was Orson Welles' cook for a while

paid by the pound?

clerk at WoV said they already sold a quarter of the stock.

i had a membership there for a year; staff were always very nice

increasingly my friends are the only thing i miss about nyc

I always hoped we would see more of your great two man trivia team, The Ale and Quail Club

I thought that was yours?

No, it was you two. Laurel, Dave and I were Mr. Atoz's Bookmobile.