Enter through the Ice Cream Parlour, Exit through the Gift Shop

My feud with the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square is over.

It was no contest really. After all, they have the movie screens and I don't. I did take the precaution of checking online to make sure they had something good playing, as the one lesson I have learned is that can no longer be trusted.

I walked over from Cambridge on Monday to take in Exit through the Gift Shop. It was a hot afternoon in the 90s, and I took care to walk only on the shady side of the street. All the streets between Cambridge and Somerville are a little shady. When I arrived there was A/C.

It was a 5:20 show on a Monday, and the ticket was $5. So that made me happy. And I got a small bowl of ice cream for $3.25. A small bowl is plenty unless you are sharing with someone else, in which case the small bowl is still plenty. That's $8.25 for a movie and a heaping bowl of ice cream. Deal!



Exit through the Gift Shop is about street art and popular art and what makes some art worth pursuing and other art not. It's being held out as a Banksy film. And it features a filmographer and artist named Thierry Guetta. And it is a thoroughly entertaining story that is completely untrustworthy.

Oh, how long did my Somerville Theatre boycott last? Seven weeks and a day.

Left Bank of the Charles Is Not Banksy

Elusive graffiti artist Banksy has reportably tagged Boston.


A restaurant in Chinatown got tagged with this. Photo by Essdras M. Suarez of The Boston Globe staff.


Central Square got tagged too. Photo by Geoff Hargadon for The Boston Globe.

All of this is really likely a promotion for the film Exit Through the Gift Shop, now playing at the Kendall Square Cinema.

Left Bank of the Charles is not Banksy. I just want to put out the rumor before it got started. No need for the Police to search my apartment for paint and brushes and such. How many days until the next Hazardous Waste Disposal Day?