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LIES I TOLD MY LITTLE SISTER plays NXNE 2014

June 15, 2014

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

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LET’S RUIN IT WITH BABIES plays NXNE 2014

June 14, 2014

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

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Ryan McNeil
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WHOOPS! plays NXNE 2014

June 13, 2014

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

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LA VOZ DE LOS SILENCIADOS plays NXNE 2014

June 12, 2014

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

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Ryan McNeil
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Rock N’ Roll Ghost: COLOR ME OBSESSED Plays NXNE

June 18, 2011

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 of what now passes for music television. They can range in scope from the creation of one particular album, to encapsulating an entire career. With all of that in mind,…

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

June 17, 2011

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 only be one small thing, and it might not be terribly useful, but dammit it’s ours…and it can give us a moment in the sun. For Mark Borebach, it’s knowledge…

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Knight Moves: IVORY TOWER Plays NXNE

June 16, 2011

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 possible way. It’s a story that dares the true douchebag to please stand-up, and one that wants its audience to leave their mathematical thinking aside for a while, and try…

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