DVD rental store Beyond Video opens in Baltimore
Baltimore is back in the movie rental game.
Beyond Video, a non-profit movie-rental store that’s been years in the making, had its “soft opening” on Friday. The nonprofit offers movies for a monthly membership fee of $12-$20. Depending on which plan they choose, members can borrow up to six titles at a time, with no additional fees. New releases may be kept up to seven days, other films for 14 days.
The store’s collection includes more than 10,000 DVDs and videotapes. The store also has a wish list of hundreds of titles it would like to have donated, ranging from Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s 2007 “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days” to director Sam Pillsbury’s 1991 “Zandalee,” starring Nicolas Cage.
Baltimore has been without a video-rental store since Video Americain on Cold Spring Lane shut its doors in 2014.
Located at 2545 N. Howard St., Beyond Video is open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, with expanded hours planned to start in January.