Videodrome keeps brick-and-mortar rental experience alive with rare collection of cinematic gems

Atlanta's beloved video store Videodrome carries on the tradition of brick-and-mortar video rental stores with a carefully curated film archive.(Courtesy of Isadora Pennington)

For many film viewers, picking out something to watch often means scrolling indecisively through pages of algorithmically-filtered options on a streaming service at home. The days of Blockbuster Video are behind us, but a few true cinephiles are keeping the brick-and-mortar video rental experience alive. Matthew Booth is the owner of Atlanta’s beloved video store Videodrome, and he joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about how his store has remained a community fixture for so many years. 

Interview highlights:

The birth of Videodrome, inspired by the cinephile sensibilities of Atlanta’s bohemia: