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Category: nxne

North by Northeast is one of North America’s largest music festivals. It includes many music-centric films as part of its programming. Reactions to the films that play do not include ratings.

festivals, nxne, reactions

LIES I TOLD MY LITTLE SISTER plays NXNE 2014

Families don’t come with baggage, they come with steamer trunks.

Posted on June 15, 2014June 20, 2014
festivals, nxne, reactions

LET’S RUIN IT WITH BABIES plays NXNE 2014

Why start a family when you can run a mobile karaoke lounge?

Posted on June 14, 2014June 19, 2014
festivals, nxne, reactions

WHOOPS! plays NXNE 2014

Mend a torn seam. Run out for ice cream. Hide a body. All in the contract of a modern marriage.

Posted on June 13, 2014June 17, 2014
nxne, reactions, site news

LA VOZ DE LOS SILENCIADOS plays NXNE 2014

NXNE returns with a new outlook on film, getting the ball rolling with a film that forces us to listen closely.

Posted on June 12, 2014June 17, 2014
festivals, nxne, Toronto

Rock N’ Roll Ghost: COLOR ME OBSESSED Plays NXNE

Rock docs are a dime a dozen. Every week there is a new one; some getting a full-scale theatrical release, some created on the sham … Read More ›

Posted on June 18, 2011August 3, 2011
festivals, nxne, Toronto

Rock & Roll is A Vicious Game: RAINMAN GOES TO ROCKWIZ plays NXNE

I’m beginning to believe that everybody in the world “has something”: some talent, some knowledge base, some special thing to offer the world. It might … Read More ›

Posted on June 17, 2011August 3, 2011
festivals, nxne, Toronto

Knight Moves: IVORY TOWER Plays NXNE

For a film that’s so short, IVORY TOWER sure does leave me scratching my head wondering where to begin…and I mean that in the best … Read More ›

Posted on June 16, 2011August 3, 2011
festivals, nxne

Thieves Like Us: HIGH ON HOPE Plays NXNE

I was never one for rave culture. To me the notion of spending the 1990’s listening to repetitive music, in rooms that is an abandoned … Read More ›

Posted on June 15, 2011August 3, 2011
festivals, nxne

Lord, Take My Hand: YOU CAN’T SING IT FOR THEM Plays NXNE

When we come to know something as an institution, the temptation is not to tinker with it. After all, the very nature of an institution … Read More ›

Posted on June 14, 2011August 3, 2011
festivals, nxne, Toronto

Haunting You: BETTER THAN SOMETHING – JAY REATARD plays NXNE

Jay Reatard is a hard person to sum up in so many words. There’s a lot about him that seems warm, forthcoming and joyful. On … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2011August 3, 2011
festivals, nxne

Let it Loose: STONES IN EXILE Plays NXNE

In rock & roll, there are stories, and there are legends. Then there are the details surrounding The Rolling Stones’ recording of “Exile On Main … Read More ›

Posted on June 20, 2010July 21, 2011
festivals, nxne, Toronto

Lover’s Spit: THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN Plays NXNE

At the risk of being ex-communicated from my hometown, I have a confession: I’ve never been a fan of Broken Social Scene. It’s hard to … Read More ›

Posted on June 19, 2010July 21, 2011

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