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10 Best Music Related Movies At TIFF

Snoop Lion, Rob Zombie's Lords Of Salem & Peaches

Snoop Lion, Rob Zombie’s Lords Of Salem & Peaches

Now that the excitement of the Toronto International Film Festival has died down, Sarah took some time to make a list of her favourite music-related films she saw.

Topping the list was PeachesPeaches Does Herself, but Rob Zombie‘s The Lords Of Salem and Snoop Lion‘s Reincarnated were also among those worth checking out.

To read the whole list head over to Spinner here.

 

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11 Lessons Learned From Spike Lee’s ‘Bad 25′ Michael Jackson Documentary

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Spike Lee‘s much-anticipated Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25 debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last week.

It’s a pretty thorough though slightly fan-ish look at Jacko’s Bad album.

Sarah saw it and wrote about the 11 lessons she learned from the film for Huffington Post Music Canada.

You can read about them by going here.

 

 

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Picture Day Proves A Crossroads Reunion For Party Band Elastocitizens

Picture Day

Picture Day

One of the buzziest films of TIFF 2012 was the Canadian-made Picture Day thanks to the performance of emerging gal power actress Tatiana Maslany.

While she’s the star, the glue that holds the film together is the party rock band the ElastoCitizens and their real-life lead singer/actual movie actor in the film, Steven McCarthy.

Sarah talked to McCarthy about the film and his maybe reunited, maybe broken up, maybe on-hiatus band for Spinner.

You can read the story by clicking here.

 

 

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Ice-T Explains His Documentary ‘Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp’

Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp

Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp

Ice-T recently brought Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp, the documentary about ghetto poet Iceberg Slim he directed and starred in, to the Toronto International Film Fest.

Sarah spoke to him for Huffington Post Music Canada about Iceberg’s influence on hip-hop and himself personally.

To read the full article go here.

 

 

 

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Macy Gray At TIFF 2012: Says Black Roles Are Improving

Macy Gray

Macy Gray

Musician Macy Gray is one of the main stars in TIFF 2012-debuting film The Paperboy — a movie that’s getting a lot of attention in part because it features Nicole Kidman peeing on Zac Efron. (Good for them?)

When Sarah spoke to Gray for Huffington Post Music Canada they talked about that luridness as well as deeper stuff, including the improved roles in major films for black characters.

You can read the whole story by going here.

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