And then there were none. Video Americain, possibly Baltimore’s last, and certainly best, video rental store, is on its way out. Barring some final-reel reprieve, the filled-to-the-rafters store in ...
TAKOMA PARK, Md. (AP) -- As the sun sets over Takoma Park, the customers start to arrive -- a mother and son looking for early "Seinfeld" episodes, an illustrator hoping to find a cult horror film on ...
The D.C. area’s best video store, Video Americain in Takoma Park, is closing after 18 years. “It’s been a long time,” says founding owner Barry Solan. “We’ve really loved it, but the numbers, ...
“Video killed the radio star,” The Buggles sang in 1979, at the birth of MTV. Three decades later, it appears that digital has killed a video star. The Video Americain store in Charles Village closed ...
Just about a year ago, fellow IndieWire blogger Anthony Kaufman wrote 2 pieces about Netflix and the video business, the first asked: “Did Netflix Kill My Local Video Store?” He shortly followed up ...