Exit Through the Gift Shop

 The movie is about the underground world of street art and specifically an artist named Banksy. He's never been before seen, and throughout the movie for the first time he films himself but never really reviels his identity. The film starts with a Los Angeles street artist named Thierry Guetta,  as Banksy recalls "he tried to make a film about me, but I made a film about him". Guetta through his cousin, Invader, gets into the street art scene and follows artists documentaring the world of street art until he becomes Banksy's guide in lose Angeles. Getting bored himself Guetta ends up becoming and artiost himself and even creates his own show. At the end of the movie theres a huge sale that grosses a million off of street art themed work. Banksy is said to have edited the actual film, from 10,000 hours of footage of vandalism condensened into just two hours. The shots during the movie include some from a bystander point of view, often times the camera is looking threw a car window as Banksy is painting or he just sets down the camera while he works. There are shots of public reaction to the misceallaneous works of Banksy, such as a warped telephone both in the middle of London. The film is known as one of the best modern documentaries.

Film Review~~~~ The Punk Singer by Sini Anderson

The Punk Singer is Kathleen Hana. Anderson uncovers the tale of why the voice of a generation goes silent.

    Lead singer of the band Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hana, was one of the most influential feminist icons of the 1990s. Anderson takes us deep into the story through a mash up of archival footage and interviews, decoding the mystery of what happened to the Riot grrrl.  Hana would often sing as a way to empower women, while "keeping it real". She is brutally honest, admitting that she had once been a stripper, and also singing about molestation and being used by men.  During the movie you find out that the real reason behind the music stopping was that Hana had caught an illness known as Lyme disease, but this is not the interesting part. There is alot of controversial aspects to Hana and her choices, such as marrying Adam Horovitz, from Beastie Boys, who once sang about women doing his laundry.In order for the film to not seem biased at all, Anderson gives us multi-generational perspective, having interviews with important people such as Tavi Gevinson from the Rookie Magazine and Jennifer Baumgardener of the feminist press speak on what Hana means to them.  

    For a documentary, this is a good one, great close up footage of performances , along with lively speakers being interviewed. What more could you want? I recommend watching this film if you are a fan of punk rock! rebel!