Economic durability is a complex goal the entire entertainment industry is struggling to reach, but Scarecrow’s small team of roughly 20 staffers and volunteers sums it up tidily with the moniker “S.O.S.” The slogan, seen around the store and across the Washington city, is itself recycled. Strolling through the aisles, Grendzinski took IndieWire through the much-loved Psychotronic Room — a safe haven for the “weirdest of the weird” cinema has to offer — and pointed out what was once the 20-seat microcinema Scarecrow used to sell out. He shouted out Vidiots in Los Angeles and Movie Madness in Portland, calling the three stores “a network of physical media grandiosity.” It’s all a sign Scarecrow Video is finding the elusive sustainability it seeks, even if some cinephiles have the same fears as before.
Author: Alison Foreman
Published at: 2025-06-03 22:30:00
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