Shoplifters of the World Archives

Shoplifters of the World: Director Stephen Kijak on Film's Inspiration
Stephen Kijaks' Shoplifters of the World is the kind of coming-of-age story that works only if you're invested in the characters A microcosm of the 80s, the film takes place in 1987, and a group of friends just found out their favorite band, English rockers the Smiths, broke up Obviously, it makes a limited compelling[...]
Shoplifters of the World: Director Stephen Kijak on Film's Inspiration
RLJE Films' Shoplifters of the World takes it in another direction asking the viewer, "Where were you" when English rock band Smiths broke up? The story centers on four friends in Denver who cope with the news in 1987 when it broke and how one fan's (Ellar Coltraine) passion goes even further by hijacking a[...]