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May 13, 2026
Hello Video Angels,
We’re presenting Deadly Prey Gallery in Madison! On Saturday, May 30th, head over to Next Wave Studios (4713 Helgesen Drive) for the one night only pop-up of hand painted Ghanaian movie posters!
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May 06, 2026
WINTER HYMNS at Flix
Hello Video Angels,
One of our missions to is support independent film, especially Wisconsin independent film, so we’d like to bring your attention to a 100% Wisconsin-made production that’s playing in Madison right now: Nathan Deming's Winter Hymns. You may recall seeing this title in the 2026 Wisconsin Film Festival program, and it’s playing now at Flix Brewhouse in East Towne Mall. Screenings are selling out and it’s now been extended into a second week, with daily evening screenings through May 13th! Get tickets here! Check out the trailer!
“A palliative care doctor (APT’s Colleen Madden) meets with a series of dying patients on a cold winter’s day in Wisconsin. Also starring Tara Mallen, Brian Huskey, and Chike Johnson.”
If you’re looking for film that prompts you to contemplate mortality, appreciate the expressive power of the human face, AND chuckle in recognition when it namechecks Epic, head over to Flix this week!
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April 29, 2026
Closed 5/1 for general strike
We’ll be closed Friday, May 1st in solidarity with the national Mayday general strike.
We’re also switching credit card processors, and will give subscribers the chance to store their card info digitally and renew your subscription as an automated charge. We’ll be offering this as an opt-in service, so if you want to take advantage of it, please let us know.
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April 08, 2026
Wisconsin Film Festival hours
Hello Video Angels,
We’ll be shortening our hours slightly on Sunday, April 12th, to 1pm to 6pm, so our staff can attend screenings at the Wisconsin Film Festival. We’ll be open 12pm to 7pm other days of the festival, with the exception of Thursdays, April 9th and 16th, where we’ll still be closed. See you at the festival!
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March 15, 2026
Closed Thursdays
Hello Video Angels,
We’ll be closed on Thursdays starting on March 12th.
Thanks,
Four Star Video
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Coming Attractions
5/26
Arco (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Blade: The Anime Vol 1&2
Dreams (‘26)
Ella McKay (Blu Ray only)
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (Blu Ray only)
The Freakmaker (Blu Ray only)
Hair High (Blu Ray only)
Heel
K-Pops
Looking For An Angel (Blu Ray only)
Micro Budget (Blu Ray only)
The Napa Boys (DVD & Blu Ray)
Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Roundup: Outlaws
Sentimental Value (Criterion, DVD & Blu Ray)
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse (4K Blu Ray)
The Ugly
5/19
Abuse Of Weakness
The AI Doc: or How I Became An Apocaloptimist (Blu Ray only)
Avatar: Fire & Ash (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Bride!
Confessions Of A Police Captain (Blu Ray only)
Daddy And Them
Fallout Season 2
Five Guns West
Krakatit (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
The Legend Of Hei 2 (Blu Ray only)
Romancing In Thin Air (Blu Ray only)
Scarlet (Blu Ray only)
The Temple Woods Gang (Blu Ray only)
Twinless (Blu Ray only)
UFOria (Blu Ray only)
Welcome To LA (Blu Ray only)
The Yeti
5/12
Cold Storage
Cuddly Toys (Blu Ray only)
Diary Of The Dead
Evening
The Guard From Underground (Region B Blu Ray only)
It: Welcome To Derry Season 1
The Moment
Naked Weapon (Blu Ray only)
Nouvelle Vague (‘25)
Office Killer (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Peter Hujar’s Day (Criterion)
The Prisoner Of Shark Island
A Real Young Girl
Redux Redux
River ('23, Blu Ray only)
Scent Of A Spell (Region B Blu Ray only)
Sudden Death
A Traveler’s Needs (Blu Ray only)
5/5
Dracula: A Love Tale (‘25)
Dust Bunny (4K Blu Ray only)
Faces Of Death ('78, Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Habit
Massacre Mafia Style (DVD & Blu Ray)
Mistress Dispeller
No Other Choice (Blu Ray only)
Obex
Snowy Bing Bongs Across The North Star Combat Zone (Blu Ray only)
Solo Mio
Stray Dog (Criterion Blu Ray)
Tiger On The Beat I & II (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray, 4 discs rented separately)
Wuthering Heights (DVD & Blu Ray)
4/28
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (Blu Ray only)
Dan Curtis’ Classic Monsters (Blu Ray only)
Go On
Humane (Blu Ray only)
Private Life
Sliders: The Complete Series
Snow White: A Tale Of Terror
Someone’s Watching Me (Blu Ray only)
Summer School Teachers
War On Education (DVD & Blu Ray)
4/21
25 Cats From Qatar
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (DVD & Blu Ray)
Christy
City Hunter
Die My Love (DVD)
Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die
A Horrible Way To Die
Jimpa
Nighty Night (Blu Ray only)
Noriko’s Dinner Table (Blu Ray only)
Point Blank (Criterion Blu Ray)
Primate
Resurrection (Criterion, DVD & Blu Ray)
Sanatorium Under The Sign Of An Hourglass (Blu Ray only)
Send Help
The Strangler (Blu Ray only)
Task Season 1
Trouble In Paradise (Criterion Blu Ray)
Staff Picks
Alex says:
Labor action can get pretty gnarly
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Asher says:
I don't know the secret to happiness but avoiding being a scab is probably part of it
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Lewis says:
who gets to set the watch? or are we all just gears in the human drama?
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Luke says:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/14oguh4/chicken_run_is_an_allegory_for_a_marxist/
Yes, this is a revolutionary Marxist movie. Yes, it depicts the struggle of the proletariat against capital. Yes, it's fun as hell! And Yes, I cry every time I watch it. Ginger, maybe more than any character I've seen in movies, depicts what real anti-fascist, anti-capitalist leadership looks like. It's not about me, it's about us!
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Robert says:
I saw this when I was a kid and was startled by just how desperate and violent the struggles of labor were in the city in the late 19th century. May Day was originally founded to commemorate the Chicago general strike that led to the Haymarket incident in 1886!
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