After 28 years of serving Vancouver’s most discerning film buffs, Videomatica will close its doors this summer. In a May 5 news release, co-owner Graham X Peat blamed the tremendous surge in ...

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Videomatica has struck a tentative deal to preserve its collection of 35,000 classic and cult films, and that treasure trove of cinematography could end up on university library shelves after the ...

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Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. The Videomatica rental ...

Believe it or not, there is life after Netflix. As DVD rental stores across the city shuttered this past summer, the announcement of the forthcoming closure of Videomatica was one that particularly ...

Victim of the digital invisible hand: Fourth Avenue icon. Photo: Beyond Robson. Graham Peat is seeing some old friends lately. "There are many customers returning after long lapses to rent again," ...

I heard about Videomatica before I even lived here. Artsy in-the-know types were gushing about it during a 2002 visit – back before video-on-demand and iTunes and illegal downloads. I don't live ...

Videomatica, Vancouver’s iconic video-rental store, will not hold a clearance sale to liquidate its 30,000-film inventory in the lead-up to its closure this summer. Processing costs and suggestive ...

A love of film has united two post secondary institutions that rarely collaborate. The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University announced Monday they are sharing “an exceptional film ...

Videomatica – a beloved Vancouver video rental store that closed last year – is donating most of its 28,000 DVDs, 4,000 VHS titles and 900 Blu-rays to the University of British Columbia. Meanwhile, ...

Victim of the digital invisible hand: Fourth Avenue icon. Photo: Beyond Robson. Graham Peat is seeing some old friends lately. "There are many customers returning after long lapses to rent again," ...