SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- For video connoisseurs who were looking for an obscure documentary on punk rock or the complete works of Robert Altman, Vidiots on Pico Boulevard is the best place to go ...

When the Santa Monica video store Vidiots, which had become a local cultural institution, closed in February 2017, founders Patty Polinger and Cathy Tauber had their doubts as to whether the store ...

Vidiots, a holdover from the golden age of VHS, is staging a comeback as a community hub. By Nancy Kiu Nancy Kiu is a screenwriter based in Los Angeles. A companion to T’s 212 series about New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Vidiots is officially coming back! The iconic Los Angeles-based video store-turned-film nonprofit organization is set ...

It's not unusual to see a crowd of cinephiles wrapped around the block at Vidiots, even on a weekday. Since reopening its doors to Los Angeles in 2023, Eagle Rock's beloved video rental ...

LOS ANGELES — Friday night, mid-1990s, the suburbs of Houston, Texas: my mom and I get in her car, a run-down red Ford station wagon that will become mine at the age of sixteen. We drive to a run-down ...

The power of cinema has never been in dispute. But in an age of streaming and video on demand, the power of cinemas often is. Santa Monica stalwart Vidiots looks to change that with the ambitious ...

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Aubrey Plaza, the Duplass brothers, Karina Longworth, and Rian Johnson are among the supporters for the historic Eagle Theatre and video store. Los Angeles video store and non-profit film organization ...