Kim's Video

Name: Kim's Video
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 5, 2024
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Alex Ross Perry, Anna Thorngate, Clayton Patterson, Eric Hynes, Isabel Gillies

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Drafthouse Films | Release Date: April 5, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Ross Perry, Anna Thorngate, Clayton Patterson, Eric Hynes, Isabel Gillies, Lorry Kikta, Robert Greene, Ryan Krivoshey, Vittorio Sgarbi, Yong-man Kim

Summary: Physical media reigns supreme in Kim’s Video, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small and slightly dubious Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts as an homage to cinema quicklyPhysical media reigns supreme in Kim’s Video, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small and slightly dubious Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts as an homage to cinema quickly becomes a rescue mission to ensure the eternal preservation of the beloved video collection.… Expand

Director: Ashley Sabin and David Redmon

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Jan 22, 2023

Kim’s Video is so delightful because Redmon and Sabin have taken a subject that might have led to wistful dead ends and follow it through to such an extent that they wound up with a gold mine of material and a documentary that plays like a bold narrative feature. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Jan 22, 2023

Kim’s Video is endlessly entertaining, embracing the energy of the films that made Redmon, a kid from Paris, Texas, who loved movies and was thankfully able to escape to New York at the right time and find Kim’s. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 25, 2023

A rollicking tale of the inextricable bonds between life and art, and the value of ensuring that the latter remains preserved for future generations. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Jan 22, 2023

Many cinephiles are nostalgics at heart, and the story of how Kim’s Video was founded, lost and eventually found again seems to reflect a greater story about how the cinema, whether consisting of Palme d’Or winners or Z-grade slashers, has been pushed to the margins of popular culture — to be fondly remembered in documentaries like this. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Apr 4, 2024

Kim’s Video, co-directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin and narrated by Redmon, is less a retail history than a shaggy dog story. One that actually appears to be true. Go in knowing that and you might get a kick out of it. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Jan 22, 2023

If ever there was a case made that being on the right side of history, in the right place and with the right story isn’t enough to make satisfying non-fiction, Kim’s Video is it. Read full review

Collider Therese Lacson

Feb 3, 2023

I hope that someone else decides to tell the story of Kim's Video again one day, because Kim's Video by Redmon and Sabin is incomplete, and a little too self-obsessed to do such an interesting story justice. Read full review

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