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The Academy’s Contemporary Docs Return with EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP And CATFISH

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will kick off Part Two of its 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” screening series with the 2010 Oscar®-nominated feature “Exit through the Gift Shop” and “Catfish” on Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.

“Exit through the Gift Shop” follows a videographer named Thierry Guetta, who attempts to document the work of some of the world’s best-known guerrilla street artists. When the artist known only as Banksy questions Guetta’s intentions, however, and seizes control of the film, the roles of filmmaker and subject are reversed. Directed by Banksy and produced by Jaimie D’Cruz, “Exit through the Gift Shop” earned an Academy Award® nomination for Documentary Feature.

In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost began to film the life of Ariel’s brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project, “Catfish,” would lead to a labyrinth of online intrigue and the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. Schulman and Joost also produced the film with Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling.

The 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series is a showcase for feature-length and short documentaries drawn from the 2010 Academy Award nominations, including the winners, as well as other important and innovative films considered by the Academy that year.

The screening schedule for Part Two, which runs through May 30, is as follows:

Wednesday, March 21
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
Directed by Banksy
Produced by Jaimie D’Cruz
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature
“Catfish”
Directed by Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
Produced by Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling, Joost, Schulman

Wednesday, April 4
“Poster Girl”
Directed by Sara Nesson
Produced by Mitchell W. Block, Nesson
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

“Killing in the Name”
Directed by Jed Rothstein
Produced by Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy, Rothstein
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

“Quest for Honor”
Directed by Mary Ann Smothers Bruni
Produced by Bruni, Lawrence Taub

Wednesday, April 18
“Living for 32”
Directed by Kevin Breslin
Produced by Maria Cuomo Cole

“One Thousand Pictures: RFK’s Last Journey”
Directed and produced by Jennifer Stoddart

“This Way of Life”
Directed by Thomas Burstyn
Produced by Barbara Sumner Burstyn

Wednesday, May 2
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
Directed by Ruby Yang
Produced by Thomas Lennon, Yang
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

“Gasland”
Directed by Josh Fox
Produced by Trish Adlesic, Fox, Molly Gandour
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature

Wednesday, May 16
“Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould”
Directed by Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont
Produced by Raymont

“William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe”
Directed by Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
Produced by E. Kunstler, S. Kunstler, Jesse Moss, Susan Korda

Wednesday, May 30
“Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer”
Directed by Alex Gibney
Produced by Gibney, Jedd Wider, Todd Wider, Maiken Baird

“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”
Directed by Ricki Stern
Co-directed by Annie Sundberg
Produced by Stern, Seth Keal, Sundberg

All films will screen at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The filmmakers will be present at screenings whenever possible.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue). For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

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Blu Monday: March 8, 2011

Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray

Not a huge week for new Blu-Ray releases, but there are certainly a few of significant noteworthiness… and, Triple H is not one of them. Sorry, to all the wrestling fans out there. Resurrected from the 80’s are the slasher flick THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD and John Boorman’s EXCALIBUR, an under-appreciated telling of the times of Kign Arthur.

*Perhaps the best documentary of 2010, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP is an intriguing film about art and artist, and the personality in between, but it’s also an adventure into a world with which few of us have any experience. Charles Ferguson’s INSIDE JOB is a documentary about the recent financial meltdown.

*Indicated that I actually feel it IS the best, but am attempting to be impartial.

Writer/director Jeong-beom Lee’s THE MAN FROM NOWHERE is yet another fine example of the quality filmmaking emerging from South Korea. FOUR LIONS is a dramedy about a man who forms a small terrorist cell, a film Time Magazine has placed on it’s Top Ten Films of 2010 list. Finally, and I know it’s not a “movie” but, AMC’s television series THE WALKING DEAD (based on the graphic novels) is so good, it’s worth mentioning. Plus, the first season was directed by Frank Darabont (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE MIST) so, that counts… right?

Blu-Ray for Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

  1. Triple H drives the bus in THE CHAPERONE (2011)
  2. THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (1982)
  3. Liev Schreiber & Carla Gugino in EVERY DAY (2010)
  4. John Boorman’s exquisite EXCALIBUR (1981)
  5. Bansky & More in EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (2010)
  6. Terrorism gets “funny” in FOUR LIONS (2010)
  7. Financial Crisis Documentary INSIDE JOB (2010)
  8. Hilariously Painful JACKASS 3D (2010)
  9. THE MAN FROM NOWHERE (2010)
  10. Harrison Ford in MORNING GLORY (2010)
  11. Russell Crowe in THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010)
  12. AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD: The Complete First Season (2010)

DVD for Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

  1. ABDUCTED (2011)
  2. APHRODISIAC: THE SEXUAL SECRET OF MARIJUANA
  3. AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN (2011)
  4. BRENDA STARR, REPORTER – Serial (1945)
  5. COLIN & BRAD: TWO MAN GROUP (2010)
  6. EVERY DAY (2010)
  7. FOUR LIONS (2010)
  8. HELENA FROM THE WEDDING (2010)
  9. INSIDE JOB (2010)
  10. JACKASS: Two-Disc Edition w/ 3D (2010)
  11. LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB (2009)
  12. THE MAN FROM NOWHERE (2010)
  13. THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010)
  14. RAGE [Rabia] (2011)
  15. THE SHRIVEN (2010)
  16. SON OF TERROR (2011)
  17. THE WALKING DEAD: The Complete First Season (2010)
  18. THE ZOMBIE FARM (2009)

Sundance: Spotlight Documentary Announced

So the secret screening has been announced, and its the Banksy documentary called EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP. For those of you that don’t know, Banksy is a graffiti artist from the UK who does some absolutely amazing stencil art on walls, street signs, billboards, and a ton of stuff here in Park City already. Check out this photo of one I came across of one of his pieces of art:

Here is a synopsis:

“EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP is one of those films that comes along once in a great while, a warped hybrid of reality and self -induced fiction while at the same time a totally  entertaining experience. The story is so bizarre I began to question if it could even be real…but in the end I didn’t care. I feel bad I won’t be able to shake the filmmaker’s hand and tell him how much I love this film.  I think I will shake everyone’s hand that day and hope I hit on Banksy somewhere. I love his work in all forms.”

I absolutely cannot wait to see this film, as a huge fan of Banksy it should be a great time. You can see the trailer here.

Here is a list of the screenings for EXIT THROUGH THE SIFT SHOP:

8:30 PM         Sun, Jan 24 Library Center Theatre
12:15 PM         Mon, Jan 25 Egyptian Theatre
2:15 PM         Wed, Jan 27 Racquet Club
9:00 PM         Fri, Jan 29 Tower Theatre
6:00 PM         Sat, Jan 30 Temple Theatre