When Neil Young and Jonathan Demme debuted their new concert film Neil Young Journeys at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 12 one of the defining characteristics of the whole event was what they did to the theatre they presented it in.
Basically they went super-mega acoustic nerd on the whole thing, adding speakers and tweaking the sound system. Then they talked to the audience about what exactly they did.
Sarah wrote about it for Spinner Canada. You can read the story here.
Filed under Concerts, Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
Vintage Madonna
Madonna directed a movie called W.E. which recently screened at TIFF 2011. Sarah saw it and didn’t think all that much of it.
Which was the incentive to write the article Madonna Movies: From Best To Worst for Spinner Canada. You can read about it here.
Filed under Films, Shameless Promotion
The whole tenth anniversary of 9/11 media frenzy has been hovering close to too much for most people. But one 9/11 thing we can endorse which might restore some faith in humankind is Paul McCartney’s documentary The Love We Make, which followed his efforts to put together the benefit Concert For New York City shortly after the towers collapsed.
Sarah reviewed the film at TIFF 2011 for Spinner Canada. It’s a deep one you can read about here.
Filed under Concerts, Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
U2 at TIFF 2011
And right now you’re saying to yourself, “Yeah, U2’ve been irrelevant for 20 years.”
Well, Bono thinks so, too. And he said as much at a Toronto International Film Festival press conference for the band’s documentary From The Sky Down.
Sarah wrote about what Bono said for Spinner Canada. You can read about it here.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
With the Toronto International Film Festival kicking into gear Sarah decided to make a list of the best rock ‘n’ roll documentaries ever for Spinner Canada. You can read about it here.
Filed under Concerts, Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 