The Best Movies Of Sundance Film Festival History Part 2: 2000-2017
Lets take a look at the best movies from the last 15 years of the festival as Park City became a launching pad for hundred million dollar award contenders.
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Saving Banksy Trailer: A Documentary About Removing Street Art
Watch the Saving Banksy trailer, a documentary about "one misguided art collector’s attempt to save a Banksy from destruction and the auction block."
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The Secret Origin Of 'Exit Through The Gift Shop:' Extortion, A Lawsuit And A Dilettante?
Exit Through the Gift Shop, the street-art documentary credited to Banksy, was one of the best films of 2010, and also one of the most challenged on the basis of authenticity. The film purports to chronicle the street art of Banksy and Shepard Fairey through the lens of a camera held by wealthy dilettante artist…
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POTD: Banksy Finally Responds To Oscar Loss?
Update: It has been confirmed that the art was not done by Banksy. Original story follows. Everyone was excited to see what shenanigans would occur if Banksy's documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop had won the Oscar. Alas, that sadly did not happen. The infamous street artist has been surprisingly quiet since the Academy Awards,…
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Groundbreaking Cinema: 15 Films From 2010 That Challenged & Advanced The Medium
For an awards show that purports to honor outstanding achievements in film, the Academy Awards seem oddly drawn to the familiar. The movies with the most nominations at this year's Oscar race, for example, are The King's Speech and True Grit -- two films with a great deal of critical acclaim backing them, but ones…
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Academy President Admits He's Not Going To Stop Banksy From Crashing The Oscars
Ever since Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop was nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar, the question has been what would happen if he actually won. The internationally acclaimed street artist is almost as well known for his secret identity as he is for his actual art, and two weeks ago it was revealed that…
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Mr. Brainwash Discusses Banksy's Role In Creating Mr. Brainwash
The issue of Banksy's anonymity isn't the only point of contention hanging over this coming Sunday's Oscar festivities. The artist-turned-filmmaker's picture, Exit Through the Gift Shop, is anticipated to take home the award for Best Documentary, but is it actually a documentary? That niggling concern has resulted in much debate ever since the film's first…
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'Printing Banksy' – A Short Documentary On Limited Edition Prints From Banksy's 2006 Los Angeles Show
Two things we obviously love on /Film are limited edition art prints and Banksy. Banksy has been in the news lately because his directorial debut, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was nominated for an Oscar and seeming everyday we run Cool Stuff posters of limited edition screenprints from Mondo, Spoke Art, Tommy Good and a…
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Page 2: The Fifth Element, The Hobbit, Orson Welles, Sherlock Holmes 2, Harry Potter, Looper, Alien, Thor, Roger Rabbit, Whitney Cummings
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 40 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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Banksy Denied Costumed Oscar Appearance; Los Angeles Works Removed/Defaced
Best Documentary has evolved into one of the most anticipated categories at this Sunday's Oscar ceremony because of one man: Banksy. The famous street artist and director of the nominated film Exit Through the Gift Shop prefers to keep his identity a secret so the instant the film was nominated, certain questions began to arise.…
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POTD: Banksy Begins Street Art Oscar Campaign? Or Is This The Work Of Mr. Brainwash?
Last week it was announced that Exit through the Gift Shop is one of five films nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. This week we've begun to hear reports that Banksy (the credited director of the street art documentary) is beginning his award campaign the only way he knows…
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Best Movies Of 2010 That You Probably Haven't Heard Of
As the year comes to an end, anybody and everybody are posting their best of the year lists. Most of these lists contain variations of the same 15 or 20 films. To break the mold, some are even posting lists of the best films of the year that you probably haven't seen. I find that…
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/Filmcast Ep. 130 - Exit Through The Gift Shop (GUEST: Alison Willmore From IFC)
This week, David and Adam discuss the merits of Errol Morris, praise some British TV shows you probably don't have access to, and lament the passing of a great actor. Special guest Alison Willmore joins us from IFC. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us…
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'The Wackness' Director Jonathan Levine's Top 10 Movies Of 2010
Jonathan Levine, the director of The Wackness, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane and the upcoming dramedy Live With It, has submitted his list of the top 10 movies of 2010. Levine's list is the most unique I've seen from a filmmaker this year, including a few selections I haven't seen on any filmmaker or…
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Germain's Top 10 Movies Of 2010 (And Top 5 Of 2011 So Far)
Looking back, 2010 is not going to be remembered as a particularly good year for movies. In my mind, most of the 150 or so new films I saw from January to December are all muddled together in a big pile of mediocrity. When that happens though, it's so much easier to pick out the…
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The Best Reviewed Movies Of 2010
As the end of the year nears, Rotten Tomatoes have released the tallies for the best reviewed movies of 2010. I thought we'd compare the list with the other movie review compilation site Metacritic. Both sites have their advantages. Rotten Tomatoes includes a larger sample of reviews, while Metacritic features a smaller more-selected grouping of…
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Banksy Swears 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' Is 100% True; Hints At Another Film
Watching Exit Through the Gift Shop elicits an almost Kübler-Ross reaction from its audience. After the film's release, Banksy did very little - if any - press about it. In a new interview, though, he states the film is 100% truthful, talks about documentary filmmakers as being "punk" and hints at another movie in his…
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This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The A-Team, The Other Guys, The Town, Despicable Me, Legend Of The Guardians, Cyrus, And More
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP Describing the engrossing, frequently hilarious Banksy-directed Exit Through the Gift Shop as one of the best story-driven…
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The 15 Films Eligible For The 2010 Best Documentary Oscar (Catfish, Best Worst Movie And Joan Rivers Snubbed)
Usually, when The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces their short list of documentaries eligible for the Best Documentary Oscar, a dark cloud comes over my day. Pretty regularly, some of my favorite films haven't been eligible for a nomination. Shut Up and Sing, The September Issue and Dear Zachary all come to…
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/Filmcast Ep. 103 - Splice
In this week’s /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss the pleasures of Get Him To the Greek, praise the filmmaking of Exit Through the Gift Shop, and try to figure out whether or not The Usual Suspects holds up on repeat viewings. /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta and /Film writer Russ Fischer join…
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/Filmcast Ep. 100 - Robin Hood (GUEST: Rian Johnson, Director Of Breaking Bad)
In this week’s /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley ring in their 100th episode by discussing piracy, movie adaptations of plotless games and toys, and the plot/casting of Rian Johnson's upcoming film, Looper. Rian Johnson joins us for this episode, with his unique banjo stylings and photoshop skills. Rian's episode of Breaking Bad…
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Exit Through The Gift Shop Review: Who Needs Truth? This Is Art
The most entertaining film released to date in 2010 isn't a tentpole, a potential blockbuster, a 3D epic or a high-concept fantasy. It is Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary that may be at least partially fiction. I hope it is partially fiction, but which part doesn’t really matter. Purportedly orchestrated by Banksy, the…
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Box Office: How To Train Your Dragon Returns To #1, Kick-Ass Falls To #5
The weekend box office estimates are in, and we have some good news and some bad news: The bad news: Word of mouth did not help Lionsgate's Kick-Ass, the comic book adaptation dropped an estimated 52% in its second weekend at theaters. In fact, it will place #5 on the Box office results listing this…
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First Five Minutes Of Exit Through The Gift Shop - Peter's Favorite Movie Of Sundance 2010
My favorite movie from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival was a documentary titled Exit Through The Gift Shop. While the project was being touted as a feature film by street artist Banksy, the film actually has no credited director. The film starts out as a documentary by a video camera-obsessed Frenchman named Thierry Guetta --…
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Release Date And Info On Banksy's Film Exit Through The Gift Shop
One of the closest things to a sensation at Sundance this year was Exit Through the Gift Shop, the film that is a documentary both by and about the reclusive and anonymous British graffiti artist Banksy. Now the film is getting an interesting release strategy that will have it in three cinemas on April 19…
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/Filmcast Ep. 85 - Edge Of Darkness (GUEST: Steve Weintraub From Collider)
In this week's episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss the art of the new Wall Street teaser, reflect on the business of indie cinema, and offer some of their favorite films and disappointments from Sundance 2010. Special guest Steve Weintraub (AKA Frosty) from Collider joins us this evening. You…
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Sundance Review/Video Blog: Exit Through The Gift Shop
This week the Sundance Film Festival held a surprise premiere of Exit Through the Gift Shop, the first film by the renowned graffiti artist Banksy. I had heard amazing things about the doc coming out of the public screening premiere, so I decided to check out the film today at a press screening. For those…
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