Special Event: "Bomb It" THURS JUNE 19TH, 8PM
Vidiots will host director Jon Reiss for a screening of clips from "Bomb It-The Global Graffiti Documentary", followed by a Q and A. "Bomb It" is the powerful new examination of the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture-graffiti. "Bomb It" travels to five continents to update the story of graffiti with a truly international perspective. Reiss, who also directed "Better Living through Circuitry", will also be signing copies of "Bomb It", which is available for rental and purchase at Vidiots.

Special Sections: "ONLY ON VHS"
If you look past the counter at Vidiots, you'll find shelves of, yep, you're seeing correctly, actual videotape. We still have what amounts to a vault of film on VHS; believe it or not, many worthy films haven't made the transition yet to DVD and exist only on VHS. In the store, you'll find a special section of these rare titles, which in some cases are out-of-print completely. The surprising list includes: "Husbands," Tommy Lee Jones in "The Executioner's Song," "Kiss of the Spiderwoman," "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," "Downhill Racer," "Welcome to L.A.," "Toto the Hero," "The Moon is Blue," and Tom Waits' concert film, "Big Time."

"Martial Arts Films"
"Kung Fu Panda," "Foot Fist Fury," and "Redbelt" testify to the enduring popularity of the martial arts. Vidiots has long had an extensive collection of astounding practioners, which we helpfully divide into "Hong Kong," "Jet Li" "Bruce Lee" and now even the strange 80's triumvirate of Chuck Norris, Stephen Segal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

"The Second British Invasion"
Inspired by the release of "Control", Anton Corbijn's insightful film about the life of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, we are featuring a section of our music films and docs covering the British punk movement of the late 70's through the "second invasion" of Brit bands in the 80's. Put on some black eyeliner and look out for "Punk in London", "The Cure-Picture Show", and "Siouxie and the Banshees-Twice Upon a Time."

Look out for Specials
Our special during May, "5 Movies for 5 Days", was one of our most popular. Vidiots patrons used the special to create movie marathons, caught a whole season of a TV show and delved into oeuvres. Keep an eye out here and in-store for news of upcoming summer specials.

Upcoming Release Dates of Note-

Hiddent Gems - Need some recommendations from our extensive New Arrivals? Why not check out some of these titles:

Starting Out in the Evening - Frank Langella gives a master class in acting in this bracing, intelligent film about an author facing decline when enthusiast Lauren Ambrose brings new life and hope.

Art:21 - This Emmy-nominated takes the time to interview in-depth many contemporary artists of note, with rare glimpses of their inspirations and creative processes. Included in this volume are Jenny Holzer, Lari Pittman, Robert Ryman and Alfredo Jaar.

The Red Balloon - Show of hands if you had to watch this French short film in grade school and then "interpret" what the red balloon's flight "means". This classic children's film has been lovingly restored.

Frank Sinatra - The Golden Years Boxed Set- During roughly the same period as he was making some of his greatest recordings, Sinatra also gave some of his greatest dramatic performances in "Some Came Running", "None but the Brave", and "The Man with the Golden Arm."

The Lawrence Jordan Album - Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakage are among the many artists and critics who acclaim the unique animation work of Jordan. A master at combining art of different eras, unique narratives, cut-outs and tableaux. Facets groups his most famous works together in this collection.

Protagonist - Jessica Yu is one of our leading documentary filmmakers, and in this provocative, experimental film she compares and contrasts four jaw-dropping personal odysseys.

Square Pegs, The Series - Sarah Jessica Parker in horn-rimmed glasses. "Johnny Slash." A world-weary Tracy Nelson and a hyperkinetic Jamie Gertz. All trying to make it through 80's high school in this charmer of a sitcom, available for the first time since 1983.

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann - Intimate portrait of the complex, uncompromising photographer.

Pierrot Le Fou - Godard's new wave salute to the road trip film, with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina at their most devastatingly beautiful.

Tom's Pick o' the Month - "In the Shadow of the Moon"
The cliché, "If we can put a man on the moon..." has been repeated so often that the achievement is almost trivialized, consigned to a quick-clip during the Sixties montage of our collective consciousness. "In the Shadow of the Moon" is a rousing corrective to this reduction; it restores both gravitas and elation to space travel and lunar landings. David Sington, a British director, has gathered together the remaining Apollo astronauts and asked them to talk about what they alone know fully: what it's like to set foot on another planet, what it's like to see the Earth as we see the Moon. "In the Shadow" causes awe almost from its first frames and it never lets up... awe at the spectacular and restored rare footage, awe at the matter-of-fact way these men tell their immodest tale, awe at what we as a society, for better or worse, decided to take on as a task. For such a landmark of precision and chemistry, something about the lunar journeys will always remain ineffable, mysterious, and as "In the Shadow of the Moon" evidences, an achievement of poetry as much as science.