In the nearly 50 years since it was released, Faces of Death has become something of a cursed object, the kind of movie that gets traded around on old VHS tapes and spoken about in hushed tones on playgrounds and in video stores.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Pop-up markets celebrate local makers in Ballston, Navy Yard and Columbia Heights, while Rhizome encourages the community to trade their old records, VHS tapes and DVDs for something new.
Within weeks, sales of videotapes, CDs, and audio cassettes of her performance raised more than $500,000 for the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund.
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Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Living among vinyl records, books and videotapes – relics of a life once fully lived — Al finds his fragile balance shattered when a real estate company targets his home for demolition, forcing him to confront both material and emotional dispossession.
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