Friday, March 11, 2011

Before Night Falls ***


Director: Julian Schnabel
Year: 2000
Writers: Reynaldo Arenas, Julian Schabel, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Cunningham O'Keefe
Cinematographer: Xavier Pérez Grobet, Guillermo Rosas

127 Hours ***


Director: Danny Boyle
Year: 2010
Book by: Aron Ralston
Adapted by: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Cinematographer: Enrique Chediak, Anthony Dod Mantle

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Exit Through the Gift Shop *****


Director: Banksy
Year: 2010

A fascinating documentary. Banksy delivers a well-told story about a "documentary filmmaker", Thierry Guetta, that is also a think piece about art, celebrity, and success. The film works because it's not about art, nor is it about Banksy, the film succeeds and stands as an intriguing film and document because it is about a guy who accidentally becomes a microcosm of the art world. Thierry is an every artist.

Banksy certainly has woven a masterful documentary by documenting the man who wanted to document Banksy.