Cinefile Video
Los Angeles, CA 90025-3154
Phone: (310) 312-8836
- Cross Street:
- Sawtelle Boulevard
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 10am-12am, Sun 12am-12pm
Editorial Review for Cinefile Video – by Stephanie Scherer
In Short
New releases are here in small batches, but most of the inventory includes out-of-print features you can't find in mainstream video stores. The staff has done an excellent job of locating unsung classics like 1980s made-for-TV movies about teen drug use and eating disorders, cautionary Christian films from the 1950s and even Marie Osmond's exercise video for pregnant women. Posters and books are also available.
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User Reviews for Cinefile Video
11/13/2006 Posted by dmenkes
I've been a member for years and love the staff! You either "get" this place or you don't. I particularly like renting their bizarre 70s and 80s cartoons and children's films like The 12 Tasks of Asterix or The Great Land of Small. They also have an excellent assortment of genre and subgenre films. Just ask; their knowledge is sometimes scary.
Cons: street parking
08/27/2006 Posted by yaaarg
Cinefile isn't the place to go to find the newest Ashton Kutcher movie. It isn't a place for video games at all. But just like you don't go to sushi restaurants for chicken fingers, you don't go to Cinefile for mainstream pop cinema and "Halo 2." The setup of the store keeps every movie geek in mind with sections by the basic genres like horror and more specific genres like "evil eye movies" as well as sections by country of origin and sections by directors. Most anything a film student could want is here, and many of the rental films are even for sale to those interested. Out of print, VHS-only, and other obscure finds are also here, even the occasional film on a consumer burned DVD. The prices aren't bad, unless you're renting a new release, and the rentals are for five days, mostly. And for the junkiest of film junky, they offer package deals for habitual renters. But fear not, even if you don't know who Fassbinder is or the original Japanese names of all of Kurosawa's films, you can still find that just-below-Blockbuster's-radar flick that friend of yours kept telling you that you absolutely had to see if you found it.
Pros: great great selection for film buffs
Cons: parking can be difficult
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