Most likely if you were foolish enough to give me your email address, you've already received this... but my sister co-produced a movie IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL that comes out today! You should go see it :)

It's a documentary about this man named Henry Darger who is now a famous Outsider Artist. But he wasn't always that way. He was one of those people hardly anyone notices, born in an asylum, worked as a janitor and lived his life as a recluse. But when he died his landlord found over 300 paintings and a 15,000 page novel. His novel and drawings are brought to life on film through animation, the works reverberate with universal themes: the search for meaning, control, connection, moral direction. By juxtaposing Henry Darger's parallel but opposite universes, the film shows how he forged magic out of the bleakest of lives, leaving a legacy that has inspired other artists around the world.

It's a little sad, but really good. The director is an academy award winner and it's narrated by Dakota Fanning :) It's played at Sundance, Vancouver, Seattle and London Film Festivals and won Best Documentary in Vancouver. You should go check it out.. and to make it easier for you I cut and pasted some places that it's playing.. hopefully near you. :) But always always, check listings near you :)

Check out the website! www.realmsoftheunreal.com - there's trailers and clips and a lot more info :)

go see it see it see it!!

ps... if you live in LA
Hear more about the film from Q&As with the filmmakers in Los Angeles! Animation producer Kara Vallow will be talking about the film at a Q&A after the 7:30PM screening on January 21st at the Sunset 5 in Los Angeles, as well as after the 7PM screening on January 22nd at the Westside Pavilion along with animator Meher Gourjian.

pps. here are some reviews :)
ny times

sf chronicle

filmcritic.com

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THEATERS and OPENING DATES

ARIZONA
Tucson- The Loft Cinema (opens Feb 22)

CALIFORNIA - NORTHERN
Arcata - Minor Theatre (opens March 4)
Berkeley - Act 1 & 2 (now playing)
Monterey - Osio Cinema (now playing)
Mountain View- Century Cinema 16
Sacramento - Crest Theatre (opens Feb 18)
San Francisco - Opera Plaza #3 (now playing)
Santa Cruz - Nickelodeon Theaters (opens Feb 18)

CALIFORNIA - SOUTHERN
Irvine- Edwards University 6 (opens Jan 21)
Los Angeles- Westside Pavilion Landmark Cinemas (opens Jan 21)
Pasadena- Laemmle One Colorado Theatre (opens Jan 21)
Santa Barbara - Plaza De Oro (opens Jan 28)
Santa Barbara- UCSB Arts & Lectures (opens Feb 22)
West Hollywood- Sunset 5 (opens Jan 21)

CONNECTICUT
New Haven- > York Square Cinema 1-2-3 (opens Jan 21)
Hartford- Real Art Ways (opens Feb 11)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington DC- Landmark E Street Cinemas (opens Feb 4)

FLORIDA
Boca Raton - > Crest Theatre (opens Feb 11)
Miami Beach - South Beach 18 (opens Feb 11)

GEORGIA
Atlanta - Midtown Art (opens March 4)

HAWAII
Honolulu- Doris Duke Theater (Feb 25-27)

ILLINOIS
Chicago- Music Box Theatre (opens Jan 21)
Evanston- Century Cinearts 6 (opens Jan 21)

MARYLAND
Baltimore - > Charles Theatre (opens Feb 4)
Bethesda- > Bethesda Row Landmark (opens Feb 4)

MASSACHUSETS
Amesbury- Stage 2 Cinema Pub (now playing)
Boston- Museum of Fine Arts (now playing)
Boston- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Mar 19 only)
Boston- The Institute of Contemporary Art (Mar 20 only)
Dennis- Cape Cinema Theater (opens Jan 21)
Great Barrington - Triplex (opens Feb 4)

MICHIGAN
Detroit - Detroit Inst. of Arts (opens Feb 21)
Grand Rapids- Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (opens Mar 4)

MISSOURI
Kansas City - Tivoli Manor Square (opens March 4)
St. Louis - Tivoli Theater (opens March 18)

NEW JERSEY
Montclair- Clairidge Cinemas (opens Jan 21)

NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe - The Screen (opens March 3)

NEW YORK
Huntington- Cinema Arts Center (opens Jan 21)
Ithaca- Cornell University Cinema (opens Feb 2)
Manhasset- Manhasset Theater Manhasset Theater (opens Jan 21)
New York City- Film Forum (now playing)
White Plains- Cinema 100 Twin (opens Jan 21)

TENNESSE
Nashville - Belcourt Theater (opens March 4)

TEXAS
Austin - Dobie Theater (opens Feb 11)
Dallas - Inwood 3 Theatres (opens Feb 11)
Houston- Museum of Fine Arts Houston (opens April 15)
San Antonio - Bijou at the Crossroads (opens Feb 11)

VIRGINIA
Fairfax- Cinema Arts Theatre (opens Feb 4)

WASHINGTON
Seattle- Varsity Theater (opens Jan 21)

WISCONSIN
Milwaukee - Oriental 3 Theatre (opens March 11)