News
July 16, 2025
Maxwell Street Days tomorrow!
Hello Video Angels,
Maxwell Street Days starts tomorrow! We’ll be selling used DVDs and Blu Rays in front of Le C’s Patisserie (411 State Street) from 9am to 6pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sunday. We want to remind everyone that our in-store hours will be 1pm to 5pm during Maxwell Street Days.
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July 09, 2025
Call For Volunteers & Maxwell Street Days Hours
Hello Video Angels,
We’re looking for volunteers to help us with setting up and taking down our tent on State Street during Maxwell Street Days, July 17th to 20th. If you’re interested, please contact us and we can fill you in on the details of when we’ll need people and what duties will entail.
We also want to remind everyone that our in-store hours will be 1pm to 5pm during Maxwell Street Days.
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May 08, 2025
Matt Farley at the Bartell!
Hello Video Angels,We’re very pleased to announce we’ll be hosting a double feature screening of Matt Farley’s LOCAL LEGENDS and LOCAL LEGENDS: BLOODBATH with Matt Farley of Motern Media live and in person!
Matt will also be singing some of his songs in between the movies!
Who is Matt Farley? He’s the most prolific songwriter of the modern era, who has written 26,000 songs and counting, from topics ranging from celebrities, cities and towns, musical criticism, and everyday scenarios. He’s the man who has cracked the code on how to get paid as an independent musician in the digital era. The first film we’ll be screening, LOCAL LEGENDS, details how he started this practice, while its new sequel, LOCAL LEGENDS: BLOODBATH, shows the consequences of fame going to your head.
The screening will be at the Bartell Community Theater on June 29th at 4pm. Tickets are $25 and you can buy them here!
We’ll see you there!Four Star Video
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April 02, 2025
WFF Starts Tomorrow!
Hello Video Angels,
The Wisconsin Film Festival starts tomorrow! Just a reminder that we’ll have shortened hours some days this week so our staff can attend screenings, which are listed in full at the bottom of this post.
On Friday at 1pm, you can listen to WORT FM for Lewis’ annual appearance on the Mel & Floyd Summer Replacement Show for some recommendations of what to check out at the festival, as well as interviews with director of operations Ben Reiser and filmmakers who will be appearing live at the festival!
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March 26, 2025
Wisconsin Film Festival Hours
Hello Video Angels,
We want to let you know that we’ll have shortened hours for some days during the Wisconsin Film Festival so our staff can attend screenings and work as volunteers for the festival. The hours will be:
Thursday April 3rd 12-7
Friday April 4th 12-7
Saturday April 5th 1-5
Sunday April 6th 1:30-5:30
Monday April 7th 12-5
Tuesday April 8th 12-5
Wednesday April 9th 12-7
Thursday April 10th 12-4
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Hours
12pm - 7pm Mon - Sun
in-store browsing and curbside
459 W Gilman Street, Madison WI
Coming Attractions
7/29
Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 2
Demons (Blu Ray)
Demons 2 (Blu Ray only)
Doomed! The Untold Story Of Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four
Falling Down (Blu Ray only)
Fight Or Flight
Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers By Alain Corneau (Police Python 357, Seire Noire, The Choice Of Arms)(Blu Ray only, 3 discs rented separately)
Love Crime (Blu Ray only)
A Million Ways To Die In The West (Blu Ray)
Nightmare At Noon (Blu Ray only)
Our House: The Wisconsin Capitol
The Phoenician Scheme (DVD & Blu Ray)
Thunderbolts (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Wind (‘86 Blu Ray only)
7/22
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
All We Imagine As Light (Criterion)
Ash
Barracuda
Black Christmas (‘06)
The Chatterley Affair
Claws
Dennis The Menace
Final Destination: Bloodlines
The Lego Movie (Blu Ray)
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor
Not Another Teen Movie
November Criminals
The People Vs George Lucas
Pixar Short Films Collection
Plastic/ Yamato (California) (Blu Ray only)
Play It Cool (Blu Ray only)
Rust
Thunderpants
Viva La Muerte! (Blu Ray)
7/15
The Actor (Blu Ray only)
Bonjour Tristesse (‘24)
Choose Me (Criterion Blu Ray)
Crumb Catcher (Blu Ray only)
Days Of Thunder
Hard Rock Zombies
Queens Of Drama
Rick Steves’ Europe: The 20-Year Anthology (9 discs rented separately)
Rick Steves’ Europe: The Specials Collection
Rick Steves’ Europe: Travel Skills
The Tragedy Of Man (Blu Ray only)
Varsity Blues
7/8
The Amateur (Blu Ray only)
Daughter Of The Sun
Eephus (DVD & Blu Ray)
Fallout: Season 1
The Frisco Kid
The Giant Claw/ Creature With The Atom Brain
Hell Of A Summer
Hit Man (‘23)
The Legend Of Ochi (Blu Ray only)
Let’s Start A Cult (Blu Ray only)
Maybe It’s Love (Blu Ray only)
The Muppets ('11 Blu Ray)
On Swift Horses
The Rule Of Jenny Pen
Shadow Force (Blu Ray only)
Sinners (DVD & Blu Ray)
Son Of The Sunshine
Until Dawn
Zombies Of Mora Tau/ The Werewolf
7/1
Absolute Beginners (Blu Ray only)
Death Of A Unicorn (Blu Ray only)
Dirty Work (Theatrical & R-Rated “Dirtier” Cuts, 4k Blu Ray & Blu Ray, 3 discs rented separately)
Eden And After (Blu Ray only)
Eureka (‘23)
Godzilla Vs. Biollante (Criterion Blu Ray)
Gradiva
L'Immortelle
La Belle Captive
Ne Zha
Novocaine ('25)
Palindromes (Blu Ray)
Scary Tales
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
The Sword and The Claw (Blu Ray only)
The Tale Of Oiwa’s Ghost (Blu Ray only)
Warfare (Blu Ray only)
Wild Wild West
Wonderful Paradise (Blu Ray only)
6/24
Blade: The Series
Breaking Glass (Blu Ray only)
The Cathedral Of New Emotions (Blu Ray only)
Courage The Cowardly Dog Season 1
The Cruise (Blu Ray)
The Fall Of The Louse Of Usher
Gwen and The Book of Sand (4k Blu Ray & Blu Ray)
I Married A Strange Person! (Blu Ray)
In The Spirit
A Minecraft Movie
The Monkey (DVD & Blu Ray)
My Love Affair With Marriage
Red Shift (Region 2 DVD)
Snow White (‘25)
The Soultangler
Spirit Riser (DVD & Blu Ray)
Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot!
A Working Man
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Lewis says:
trying to survive in America as an immigrant... trying to please someone who insists you're yelling at them when in fact they are yelling at you. Funny, cute, surreal style cushions the blows of what could've been a total bummer.
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