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Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Culture Clash: Paper Cuts Combines Literature and Film
Indie bookstore pairs with indie cinema to celebrate the joy of interdisciplinary art and prioritizing community
"...first worked with Moreno at the now-defunct Austin pillar Vulcan Video, expresses the Alienated Majesty team’s excitement was palpable..."
June 14, 2024 Screens Feature by Gabrielle Hogan
Fifty Years of Movie Magic at the Alamo Village
Oldest operating theatre in town adds Vulcan Video rentals
"...home to rentable physical media with the opening of Video Vortex: Powered by Vulcan Video. While the enormous collection..."
May 16, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Alamo Drafthouse to Screen All 11 Star Wars Films at Village
Summer of Star Wars includes special trilogy screenings
"...lobby, and will become the home to the old Vulcan Video collection as the Drafthouse opens its newest Video..."
May 1, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Photographer Melinda Wickman Swearingen, Whose Images Defined Outlaw Country, Has Died
The Texan famously snapped Waylon, Willie, and more
"...Austin venues like the Armadillo World Headquarters, Threadgill’s, and Vulcan Gas Company, she captured artists including Bob Dylan, Janis..."
March 26, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson
A New Chapter for Austin’s Small Bookstores
From serving neighborhoods to serving wine, how innovative local booksellers are filling the shelves
"...an area that longtime Austinites remember as "where the Vulcan Video near campus was," and next to a perpetually..."
Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross
Scare Package
Horror-comedy anthology pays tribute to the golden age of VHS
"...for enthusiasts of C-level-and-below cinema; the era of Scarecrow Video in Seattle, Kim's Video in New York, and Austin's..."
June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Top 10 Austin Comedy Stories
New fests, new venues, and big returns
"...Battle, offering music-based comedy, comedy while on a treadmill, video-infused comedy, and experimental comedy beyond description. 9) Joe Rogan..."
Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez
AFS Cinema Programmer Jazmyne Moreno Wants to Challenge How We Watch Movies
Shades of gray on the silver screen
"...and got the first job she applied for, at Vulcan Video. While working at Austin's dearly departed film rental..."
April 29, 2022 Screens Feature by Ella Martin-Gachot
Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday Return to the Alamo!
Sorry about that exclamation point, citizen, but we’re excited af
"...October 6 with found-footage compilation The Lost & Found Video Mixtape...."
Sept. 15, 2021 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Tony Hinchcliffe's Stand-up Racism
Kill Tony host spews slurs at fellow comic Peng Dang
"...You can hear them yourself on a video that was shared by Dang on social media this..."
May 13, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Not So Funny Austin
"...there, Wanted to make you aware of this racist video circulating online from a comedy show at Vulcan Gas..."
May 12, 2021 Postmarks
Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2020
Big exits, big changes, and the pandemic make for big stories
"...6: "Vulcan Video Closes," April 7..."
Dec. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
New Documentary The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story Tunes in to the Channel That Changed TV
Shorts, Dudes, and Good Burgers
"...distinctive lurid orange VHS tapes on the shelves of Vulcan Video, including old episodes of The Adventures of Pete..."
Nov. 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
What Value is There?
"...Dear Alamo Drafthouse, Saving Vulcan Video and allowing free rentals is a nice apology..."
Oct. 17, 2020 Postmarks
Vulcan Video Lives in the Alamo!
Not a dream! Not a what-if! Video Vortex comes to South Lamar!
"...all been confirmed, just in time for International Independent Video Store Day: The Alamo Drafthouse will be the new..."
Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
I Luv Video Closes ... So What Next?
Owner/founder Conrad Bejarano on saving Austin's culture
"...I Luv Video may be gone, but Conrad Bejarano, who founded the..."
Sept. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
I Luv Video Closing
World's largest video rental store shuts up shop after 36 years
"...the dust. Last night, the owners of I Luv Video – the self-described biggest and oldest video store in..."
Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Last Day, Last Chance to Own a Bit of Vulcan Video
Final day of "social distancing" garage sale at the film mecca
"...Vulcan Video is gone, and soon so will be your..."
April 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Now Streaming in Austin
The Bob Zula, Lazer Team, “Skip Day,” “Vulcan Video: The Exit Interviews,” Friday the 13th
April 24, 2020 Screens Feature
Now Streaming in Austin: "Vulcan Video: The Exit Interviews"
New series looks back at the local movieloving institution
"...Losing Vulcan Video, a true Austin film culture institution, was a..."
April 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Vulcan Video Closes
Multiple staff members confirm end of beloved rental store
April 10, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Now Streaming in Austin: "Slow Creep"
As we say farewell to Vulcan Video, a last look inside
"...Today the Austin film scene said farewell to Vulcan Video, but at least we can have a little..."
April 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Vulcan Video Closes
Multiple staff members confirm end of beloved rental store
"...scene as staff broke the news via Twitter that Vulcan Video, the long-lived and beloved video rental store on..."
April 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Coronavirus and Cinemas: Who's Open, Who's Closed, and What We're Doing
As most cinemas close, we’ll still be here for audiences and filmmakers
"...I Luv Video: Good news for fans of physical media. It seems..."
March 20, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Show Goes On For SXSW-Selected Films
Cinemas step up to provide Austin screenings
"...Premiere: No word yet on what this is, but Vulcan Video promises an exclusive first look at a new..."
March 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Austin Movie Theatres
Film theatres scramble to add new programming and give SXSW filmmakers a shot at still getting their movies seen
"...Love Me by Austin filmmaker Karen Bernstein. Meanwhile both Vulcan Video and Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In have offered..."
March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
30 Years of “Best of Austin”
Some of the stories behind 10,484 awards
"...52 consumer video categories, mostly video stores, game rental, and DVD selection..."
Nov. 8, 2019 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro
Austin Film News: Linklater, Rodriguez, and a Case of Millennium Bugs
Production updates, new releases, and job opportunities
"...that recently wrapped shooting in Austin – including at Vulcan Video. Writer/director Alejandro Montoya Marín is a graduate of..."
Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker
Vulcan Video Gives Back to the Community with Taps and Tapes
The local movie rental store is preserving our shared VHS (and DVD and Blu-ray) heritage
"...Vulcan Video is a gateway to "Old Austin," that nostalgic..."
