News

May 08, 2025

Matt Farley at the Bartell!

Hello Video Angels,We’re very pleased to announce we’ll be hosting a double feature screening of Matt Farley’s LOCAL LEGENDS and LOCAL LEGENDS: BLOODBATH with Matt Farley of Motern Media live and in person! 

Matt will also be singing some of his songs in between the movies!
Who is Matt Farley? He’s the most prolific songwriter of the modern era, who has written 26,000 songs and counting, from topics ranging from celebritiescities and townsmusical criticism, and everyday scenarios. He’s the man who has cracked the code on how to get paid as an independent musician in the digital era. The first film we’ll be screening, LOCAL LEGENDS, details how he started this practice, while its new sequel, LOCAL LEGENDS: BLOODBATH, shows the consequences of fame going to your head. 
The screening will be at the Bartell Community Theater on June 29th at 4pm. Tickets are $25 and you can buy them here
We’ll see you there!Four Star Video

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April 02, 2025

WFF Starts Tomorrow!

Hello Video Angels,
The Wisconsin Film Festival starts tomorrow! Just a reminder that we’ll have shortened hours some days this week so our staff can attend screenings, which are listed in full at the bottom of this post.

On Friday at 1pm, you can listen to WORT FM for Lewis’ annual appearance on the Mel & Floyd Summer Replacement Show for some recommendations of what to check out at the festival, as well as interviews with director of operations Ben Reiser and filmmakers who will be appearing live at the festival!

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March 26, 2025

Wisconsin Film Festival Hours

Hello Video Angels,
We want to let you know that we’ll have shortened hours for some days during the Wisconsin Film Festival so our staff can attend screenings and work as volunteers for the festival. The hours will be:

Thursday April 3rd 12-7
Friday April 4th 12-7
Saturday April 5th 1-5
Sunday April 6th 1:30-5:30
Monday April 7th 12-5
Tuesday April 8th 12-5
Wednesday April 9th 12-7
Thursday April 10th 12-4

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December 23, 2024

Closing 2:30 on Christmas Day

Hello Video Angels,

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ll only be open from noon to 2:30pm on Christmas Day. We’ll still be open from noon to 7pm on Christmas Eve.

Thank you for your understanding,

Four Star Video

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November 27, 2024

Thursdays are back!

We’re very happy to announce that for the first time since 2022, we will be open 7 days a week! Starting this Thursday, December 5th, we’ll be open Thursdays our normal noon to 7pm hours

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Hours

12pm - 7pm Mon - Sun
in-store browsing and curbside

459 W Gilman Street, Madison WI


Coming Attractions

6/10

The Ballad Of Wallis Island (Blu Ray only)
Borderline
The Creep Tapes: Season 1
Dexter: Original Sin Season 1
Drop
The Friend
Gunslingers
Holy Cow
In The Lost Lands
Opus
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (Blu Ray only)
Sour Party
Sweet Dreams (Blu Ray only)
Themroc (Blu Ray only)
The Wedding Banquet (‘25)

6/3

Black Peter (Blu Ray only)
Bone Sickness (Blu Ray only)
The Cathedral (Short Film)
Experiments In Terror
Experiments In Terror 2
The Farmer (Blu Ray only)
Final Destination 3
Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths Parts 1, 2 and 3 (Blu Ray only, 3 discs rented separately)
Keanu & Co (Blu Ray only)
Park Lanes (Blu Ray only)
Rats! (Blu Ray only)
Tarpon (Blu Ray only)
Windsor

5/27

The Alto Knights
Bottoms (Blu Ray only)
The Canyons (Blu Ray)
The Colors Within (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Magazine Dreams
Memorial Valley Massacre (Blu Ray)
Portlandia Seasons 5 and 6
Queer (Blu Ray only)
Saint-Narcisse (Blu Ray only)
The Summer With Carmen (Blu Ray only)
The Visitor (‘24, Blu Ray only)
The Woman In The Yard

5/20

The Burning (DVD & Blu Ray)
Falling In Love (Blu Ray only)
Girl With A Suitcase (Blu Ray only)
Hackers (Blu Ray)
Haunting of The Mary Celeste
The Juniper Tree (Blu Ray)
The Oldest Profession (Blu Ray only)
Presence
A Tale Of Sorrow and Sadness (Blu Ray only)
There’s Nothing Out There (DVD & Blu Ray)
Village Of Doom
World of Giants: The Complete Series

5/13

The Belly Of An Architect (Blu Ray)
Better Man
Black Bag
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
Captain America: Brave New World (DVD & BD)
Dune Prophecy: Season 1
The End (Blu Ray only)
The Glass Web (3D Blu Ray)
High School Musical
Hiruko The Goblin (Blu Ray only)
Last Breath
The Last Showgirl (Blu Ray only)
Megalopolis (Blu Ray only)
Mickey 17 (DVD & Blu Ray only)
My Dead Friend Zoe
Viet and Nam

5/6

Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Cold Wallet
Dracula 2000/Dracula II: Ascension/Dracula III: Legacy
The Empire
My Twentieth Century (Blu Ray only)
No Address
The Octagon
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Blu Ray only)
V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal (Crime Hunter: Bullets Of Rage/ Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes The Bullet, Stranger/Carlos, Burning Dog/ Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat, The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses/ Danger Point: The Road To Hell, XX: Beautiful Hunter)(Blu Ray only, 5 discs rented separately)
The Walking Dead (‘36, Blu Ray only)


Staff Picks

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kink belongs at pride!!
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Lewis says:
the only movie directed by legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle. Memories in a dark bar, relayed in different languages and different senses. Sometimes the words get in a way of truly understanding...
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Luke says:
If you like Mike Mills and Ewan McGregor… then you’ve probably already seen this… so why not watch it again!
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