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Tag: nxne 2011

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

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