It’s amazing to see what happens to rock stars through the lens of passing time. At the time they can seem like no talent hacks driving kids into a frenzy; twenty years later they’re icons of their genre…the bar against which all up and comers are measured. This transition makes it interesting to pause every…
Testify: SOUNDS LIKE A REVOLUTION Plays NXNE
“You can bomb the world to pieces; You can’t bomb the world to peace.” Let’s wind the clock back ten years. The world was enjoying a small measure of peace. Iraq was that place we’d been ten years ago, and Afghanistan was just a country on a map most North Americans couldn’t find. The musical…
Broken (THIS FILM IS BROKEN Trailer)
Today begins my coverage of Toronto’s North By Northeast music festival. While the music geek in me does indeed long to go to many of the concerts about town, the movie blogger y’all know and love is dedicated to writing about its film programme. I’ll be writing about most of the films in advance of…
Everybody’s Talkin’ 5 – 28 (Chatter From Other Bloggers)
Are you ready for more film festival coverage???!!! No…wait…don’t leave…where are you going? The next big event coming up on The Dark of The Matinee is a Toronto happening I’ve had my eye on for a while, and will finally be able to be a part of. Mid June in Toronto is all about North…