Long housed above a pub on Bank Street, it was known for classic, foreign, often highbrow films. Movies 'n Stuff in Alta Vista is now the last game in town.

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After 40-some-odd years, the venerable movie rental spot Glebe Video International will soon shutter for good, says Peter Senecal, owner of the Bank Street store for just over a decade. Article content

Declining an interview, Senecal said only that his clientele had moved away from physical media in recent years: “People would prefer to stream.” Article content Article content

Although he contemplated selling the store’s vast inventory of film titles as a single collection — the oft-cited number of movies is 18,000 — Senecal now plans to keep a significant portion of it for his own use while selling the rema

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