CineFile Video

Hey y’all. It’s time once again for the Cinefile Newsletter, where we here at Cinefile Video give you the rundown on what is new in our humble little store. It’s been a while since our last newsletter, but have no fear, we are still committed to bringing you the finest selection of video entertainment and enlightenment in all the land. Or at least Los Angeles, anyway.

Here’s what’s come in on DVD recently –

THE WRESTLER
VALKYRIE
TRUE BLOOD SEASON 1
S.DARKO
UNDERWORLD RISE OF THE LYCANS
TAKEN
WISE BLOOD (CRITERION)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D
JCVD
PASSENGERS
DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3
FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009)
GRAN TORINO
THE PRISONER
SPECIAL
NIGHTMARE CASTLE
CAPTIVE FACTORY GIRLS 1& 2
SONNY CHIBA’S YELLOW FANGS
LIFE TASTES GOOD
SKINS SEASONS 1& 2
THE SWEET PUSSYCATS
LITTLE BRITAIN THE THIRD SERIES
FINANCES OF THE GRAND DUKE
3 SECONDS BEFORE EXPLOSION
WILLIAM EGGLESTON PHOTOGRAPHER
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
DEBAUCHED DESIRES
WENDY AND LUCY
THE SHIELD SEASON 7
A SECRET
BILLY THE KID
SHINOBI NO MONO 4: SIEGE
PIGS, PIMPS & PROSTITUTES: 3 FILMS BY SHOHEI IMAMURA

Hey, you’ve heard about this cool Warner Brothers Archive, right? http://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.html
If you don’t already know, Warner’s is releasing tiny runs of some of their titles that have yet to be put on DVD. You can buy them yourself directly from Warners, but if you just feel like renting, you can do so here at Cinefile. We’re carrying a select run of titles, and we’re always looking to add more. If you see a title that you want and we don’t have, let a clerk know and we’ll get it for you.

Here’s what we have so far –

ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
ALL FALL DOWN
DREAM LOVER
THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING
THREE COMRADES
FREEBIE AND THE BEAN
THE 4 HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
ONE ON ONE
ONE TRICK PONY
THE RAIN PEOPLE
THE SERGEANT

The age of the BLU-RAY is upon us. We have chosen to embrace it with a wide range of titles, from the banal to the sublime. Of course we plan to stock what we can of CRITERION discs and director’s of note, but we’ve got some randomness thrown in there for good measure. So far, our modest collection looks like this –

THE DARK KNIGHT
CRANK
CINDERELLA MAN
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CYSTAL SKULL
CASINO ROYALE
DIRTY DANCING
PRETTY WOMAN
SAW V
ROCKY BALBOA
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
HOSTEL
SLEUTH
IDENTITY
QUARANTINE
PRIMEVAL
ICE AGE THE MELTDOWN
A CHRISTMAS STORY
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
PLANET EARTH
MIRACLE AT ST. ANN
STEALTH
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
GET SMART
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA
XXX
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION
CAMP ROCK
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
CRASH
JOHN LEGEND LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES
G.I. JANE
A CHRISTMAS STORY
DARK WATER
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
FANTASTIC 4 & FANTASTIC 4 RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
THE SENTINEL
X-MEN THE LAST STAND
THE PUNISHER
THE THING
CHUNGKING EXPRESS
BOTTLE ROCKET
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
THE THIRD MAN
THE GODFATHER TRILOGY
GOODFELLAS
THE DEPARTED
GANGS OF NEW YORK
2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY
THE SHINING
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
FULL METAL JACKET
STARSHIP TROOPERS
TOTAL RECALL
ROBOCOP
THE LAST EMPORER
THE LAST METRO

As always, we offer a selection of region coded imports for those of you with region-free players.  Some new selections include –

GOMMORAH
THE ESCAPIST
MUTANT CHRONICLES
THE IT CROWD
THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT
BALCANCAN
THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE
ABEL GANCE’S NAPOLEON
THE DEVIL, PROBABLY
THE GO-BETWEEN

Don’t have a region-free player? We’ve got ultra-reliable Philips region-free players for $120.00. Get one now before supplies run out.

By now you’ve seen or heard about our world famous Cinemetal shirts –

HERZOG/DANZIG
FASSBINDER/METALLICA
INGMAR BERGMAN/IRON MAIDEN
VON TRIER/VAN HALEN
BELA TARR/BLACK FLAG
SCORSESE/SCORPIONS
DE PALMA/DEF LEPPARD
OZU/OZZY

– available in small, medium, large, xlarge and xxlarge sizes for 24.95. Get yours straight from the source.

Wanna know what we’re watching right now? Follow us on Twitter –

https://twitter.com/cinefilevideo#/cinefilevideo

See you next month!

Your pals,
Cinefile Video
11280 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles CA, 90025
310-312-8836

Fred Kiko's "Old-Time Movie Show"

An evening of weird and bizarre 16mm film shorts. Animation, experimental, and
educational oddities from Fred Kiko's personal collection.

Presented on FILM in a video store!

We're turning Cinefile Video into a Micro-Cinema!

Fred Kiko has been working as a projectionist and collecting film for over 20 years.
Here's your chance at a glimpse into the lost world of 16mm films!

Sunday May 3rd, 2009
7pm
Free!
Feel free to bring a chair, pillow, bean bag, etc.

The following films will be shown along with many more:

"Camera Magic" 1946 : A Film by "Weegee" Usher Fellig. Demonstrates a vaiety of
camera techniques which can be used to produce special effects with an ordinary 16mm
or 8mm motion picture camera without employing special equipment. Circus clown
Emmett Kelly has a cameo. 

"Underground Film" 1971 : Documentary about underground, experimental and avante
garde film centering on filmmaker Chick Strand. 23 minutes

"The Concert" : Academy Award Nominee 1975: Best Live Action Short Film. Written &
Directed by Julian & Claude Chagrin. Both appeared in Blowup (1966) as mimes. Julian
Chagrin stars as a soloist who performs a concert outside The Royal Albert Hall in
London by "playing" the black & white stripes of a crosswalk. 12 minutes

"Leisure" : Academy Award 1976: Best Animated Short Film. Australian. Examines the
balance between leisure and work. 14 minutes

PLUS MANY MORE!

Join us this coming Wednesday night,  April 8th, when Josh Fadem hosts another comedy night featuring these hilarious performers with awesome credits:

Matt Dwyer

Duncan Trussell

Chelsea Peretti

Johnny Pemperton

Chris Fairbanks

Michelle Biloon

Nick Rutherford

Show Starts at 9:30!

Come join us this SUNDAY NIGHT at 7:00pm for FREE 16mm short films at the store.

This March 29th, we’ll be rolling out a carpet and lying on the floor to watch old films like a bunch of kindergarteners. Please join us. Popcorn and beverages will be served.

“There is something squalid about a video store. The people look furtive, like drug addicts, as they take them out in stacks of four or five. It’s like people who drink alone. It’s one thing to go into an assembly hall and watch big illusions, but it’s another to take them home in a little can.”

And with that quote from the recently departed John Updike, we welcome you to the all new CineFile Newsletter. We want to keep you, the treasured customer, abreast of all the wild goings on here at Los Angeles’s finest video store, from the acquisitions to special discounts and store events. We also welcome your feedback and suggestions, and long to see you in our clustered aisles, digging for that elusive nugget of video gold.

Here’s just a sampling of what’s new on DVD –

GENERATION KILL
DAVID LYNCH “THE LIME GREEN BOX SET”
SAVAGE GRACE
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON 4.1
FANFAN LA TULIPE (CRITERION)
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL
SWING VOTE
MIRRORS
BAGHEAD
TOWELHEAD
AMERICAN TEEN
MISTER LONELY
BABY MAMA
GHOST TOWN
RIGHTEOUS KILL
THE DUCHESS
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
EDEN LAKE
THE WACKNESS
CHAIN GANG GIRLS
BABYLON AD
SAVAGE STREETS
BANGKOK DANGEROUS
DRIVE-IN CULT CLASSICS #4
EUROPA (CRITERION)
MAN ON WIRE
COLD PREY
APPALOOSA
SAW 5
IGOR
CITY OF EMBER
SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (CRITERION)
CHRIS ROCK: KILL THE MESSENGER
MAX PAYNE
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF
REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
SKINS: VOLUME 1
THE SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL: SERIES 1
ROCKAROLLA
VICKY CHRISTIE BARCELONA
BIGGER FASTER STRONGER
42ND STREET FOREVER #4
PRIDE AND GLORY
WHITE DOG (CRITERION)
LE PLAISIR (CRITERION)
FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWD
THE ROCKER
THE VISITOR
TOKYO GORE POLICE
LAKEVIEW TERRACE
RUSS MEYER’S CLEAVAGE COLLECTION
SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO
LE DOULOS (CRITERION)
CHUNGKING EXPRESS (CRITERION)
CLASSE TOUS RISQUES (CRITERION)
THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… (CRITERION)
LA RONDE (CRITERION)

Our world-famous REGION CODED import section continues to evolve and mutate. Some recent titles –

[REC] (Remade in the US as QUARANTINE)
GOMORRAH
SUMMER TIMEMACHINE BLUES
SCOTT WALKER 30 CENTURY MAN
EARLY FILMS OF KIESLOWSKI
DONKEY PUNCH
BALCANCAN
HOW I WAS SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYED BY AN IDIOT
LADY OF THE NIGHT
MARKETA LAZAROVA

If you don’t have a REGION FREE PLAYER, what the hell are you waiting for? We’ve PHILIPS REGION FREE PLAYERS in stock for $89.99 plus tax. A bargain at any price!

Like the aforementioned Updike, VHS has been recently declared dead. But here at CineFile VHS lives on; we are always adding forgotten treasures of tape to our collection, which you can find on our featured VIDEO GOLD shelf. Some recent additions –

ZANDALEE
THE JAM: TRANS GLOBAL UNITY EXPRESS
SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA
OUR FRIEND, MARTIN
DEAD EASY
ROBOT HOLOCAUST
ZELLY & ME
and the 1984 Venice Film Festival award winner SINGLETON’S PLUCK, starring Ian Holm!

Lest you think we’re only living in the past, CineFile has recently started adding BLU-RAY titles for those of you whom have already taken the hi-def plunge. Our selection is modest at the moment, but growing with each passing week. Ever wanted to count the pores on Jack Nicholson’s nose? Want no more! We’ve got –

THE GODFATHER TRILOGY
GOODFELLAS
2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
GANGS OF NEW YORK
FULL METAL JACKET
THE THING
THE SHINING
THE DEPARTED
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (CRITERION)
CHUNGKING EXPRESS (CRITERION)
THE LAST EMPEROR (CRITERION)

Also new to CineFile are the works of famed documentarian FREDERICK WISEMAN. These comprehensive and historical docs come to us direct from Wiseman’s Zipporah films and needless to say will not be found at Blockbuster or Netflix. They include –

TITICUT FOLLIES
HIGH SCHOOL
STATE LEGISLATURE
ZOO
LAW AND ORDER
MANOEVRE
SINAI FIELD MISSION
CENTRAL PARK
CANAL ZONE
BASIC TRAINING
MODEL
LA COMEDIE-FRANCAISE
BALLET
THE STORE
NEAR DEATH
HOSPITAL
PUBLIC HOUSING
ASPEN
ADJUSTMENT & WORK
BELFAST, MAINE
MULTI-HANDICAPPED
BLIND
THE LAST LETTER

As a reminder, if you’re a frequent renter, you might want to join our MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM. For a one-time fee you can rent all month without the impending doom of late fees. You can choose from one of our 3 plans –

2 a day/60 rentals per month for $29.95
3 a day/90 rentals per month for $34.95
5 a day/150 rentals per month for $49.95

While out on the town stalking celebrities, you’ve probably noticed the hot new trend of DIRECTOR T-SHIRTS that originated right here at CineFile. Well, for only $24.99, YOU can look like a celebrity in one of our world-famous American Apparel T’s. Done in the style of your favorite rock bands, we’ve got –

HERZOG
SCORSESE
VON TRIER
BELA TARR
DE PALMA
FASSBINDER
OZU

Also at CineFile you’ll find EXCLUSIVE CD RELEASES! GENEVA JACUZZI’s KOOZE CONTROL for just $11.99 and BRONSON’s WASTE CREEPS for only $9.99! Even in these troubled economic times, you can’t afford NOT to buy them!

Last but not least, in honor of this inaugural newsletter, we’re having a GOLD CARD SALE. From now until the end of February you can get a gold card worth 10 rentals for just $30.00 — that’s $5.00 less than the normal price — or a card worth 40 rentals for just $100.00 — that’s $20.00 less than the normal price! And our gold cards never expire! All you have to do is go up to the counter and mutter something about “the newsletter” or “gold card sale” to the hapless clerk on duty.

See you real soon,
~your pals at CineFile

10 days before Christmas and there’s still enough time to purchase a Directors T-Shirt and give someone the COOLEST GIFT EVER!!! (Or at least one of the more clever solutions for last minute shoppers.) We will Priority Ship them to your destination in time for Christmas so it looks like you planned it.  If you live in the US, you have ’til about Thursday or Friday to place your order (possibly SAT. if you live in California.) We’ll be checking orders all week so we’re ready to ship them out as soon as they come in.  

One more thing!! There’s been a temporary hold on the Von Trier shirt. They should be coming in any day but there’s no guarantee so send us a quick email before your purchase and we’ll let you know when to expect delivery. 

Merry XXX,

CineFile Video

Dear Enthusiastic Manwoman,

Josh Fadem here.

I host a comedy/variety, “Josh Fadem’s Acid Reflux Hour”, every Sunday in the basement of the Ramada in Los Feliz.

THIS Sunday, August 31st, as an experiment I will be hosting it at Cinefile Video. (corner of Santa Monica & Sawtelle, 1 blk west of the 405)

930pm & FREE (you can bring something drink probably, we might have something)

I have a whole wad of hilarious people ready to perform loosey goosey comedy goodness before a wall of colorful video selections.  Look at see here:

Blaine Capatch

Denver Smith

Kerri Lendo

Carlos Ramos

Lizzy Cooperman

Rob Delaney

plus more more more that I haven’t told you about yet.

okay talk to you later.

lvjosh

Thanks to the genius of our friend Yuri, you’re now able to once again purchase T-Shirts.

Come and get it’!

This shirt idea was given to us by our MySpace friend known as Brian. I’ve never met Brian, however his MySpace photo displays not only a “Cloak and Dagger” movie poster, but also a replica of the Leg Lamp from the film “A Christmas Story” which makes him a man of impeccable taste. Our sincerest thanks to him for this suggestion and I hope everyone enjoys it as much a we do.