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Thursday, July 15, 2021Chicago film director runs secret VHS video store in back room of Borelli’s Pizzeria
by Tom Barnas / WGN-9 / July 15, 2021 If you are of a certain age, you remember the excitement and anticipation of a trip to the video store. Greeted by the smell of popcorn and the latest movies playing on the TVs, the store carefully dressed with a library of movies we could only wish was ours. Those days are long gone and today we’re left with an abundance of the cold and sterile process of picking a movie from streaming platforms, robbing us and our kids (they would have loved it, right?) of
Tuesday, May 18, 2021You can rent director Joe Swanberg’s VHS collection from a Ravenswood pizzeria
by Emma Krupp / Time Out Chicago / Friday May 14 2021, 3:51 PM If you've walked by Borelli's Pizzeria in Ravenswood anytime during the past week or so, you might have noticed a new hand-painted sign tucked above the building's side entrance on Hamilton Avenue. Step inside after 8pm on a weekend and you'll find director Joe Swanberg (of Easy and Drinking Buddies fame) offering his roughly 275-volume VHS collection for rental—plus movie screenings, pizzas and a beer or two, if you decide to stick around.
