Movie Review: OUT OF PRINT (2016) Documentary

OUT OF PRINT (USA 2016)
Directed by Julia Marchese

Starring: Kevin Smith, Seth Green, Patton Oswalt

Review by Gilbert Seah

OUT OF PRINT celebrates the repertory cinema. This is a film that older cineastes can relate to as repertory cinemas were common back in the days. Now with film streaming, VOD and DVDs, the repertory cinema is a dying breed. For myself, my love for movies grew with the rep cinema 10 minutes walk from my home in Singapore. The program changes every day, which allowed me to see a lot of films while around the age of 12, when not allowed to take the bus alone to go to the city centre. Also, immigrating to Toronto, the festival rep cinemas allowed me to catch up on all the oldies, foreign films and classics that I was unable to see in Singapore. And the price was always right.

At the…