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Geddy Lee at Massey Hall film coming soon

September 11, 2009

Friends and lovers of Rush: we want to remind you that we’ve got a wonderful short with Geddy Lee at Massey Hall directed by Bruce McDonald on the way. And that we won’t be posting it here today, as is our custom, because it gets its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. Do join us Sunday, September 13 at 12 noon under the fancy movie watching tarp at Yonge and Dundas square. (It screens before the feature Woodstock.) We’ll be posting it here and on mobile immediately following the premiere.

Meanwhile, you can catch Rush’s Alex Lifeson tonight if you’ve got a ticket to the world premiere of Suck. Lifeson has a cameo in the Canadian vampire comedy and rumour says he’ll make an appearance at the screening. Perhaps that means he’ll be at Yonge and Dundas for the special free Suck event at 6:30, featuring live performance by the Burning Brides plus cast from the film.

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TIFF World Premieres start today at Yonge and Dundas square

September 10, 2009

Did you get a good night’s sleep? It might be your last for the next week or so as film festival fever descends upon Toronto. We are new-baby proud to crow about the City Sonic shorts getting their world premieres at TIFF’s Yonge and Dundas square free outdoor screening programme. In fact, it’s City Sonic that will kick-off the entire she-bang today! Come and see director Anita Doron’s film about Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers today at 12 noon (playing right before the Leonard Cohen doc I’m Your Man). If you can’t make it downtown, the film will premiere on mobile immediately after its TIFF screening: check out m.citysonic.tv on your smartphone to make that happen.

Each day a new film will roll out, at Yonge and Dundas and on mobile. See the full schedule here!

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TIFF screening times announced

August 19, 2009

We would never lie to you. When we said details of our free City Sonic screenings at Yonge and Dundas Square as part of TIFF would be coming soon we meant it. All the details here. And here:

September 10th, 12pm: Tony Dekker at Spadina Subway Station. Directed by Anita Doron
Followed by Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man

September 11th, 12pm: Serena Ryder at The Dakota Tavern. Directed by Robert Lang
Followed by Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

September 11th, 9pm: Danko Jones at Maple Leaf Gardens. Directed by George Vale
Followed by Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars

September 12th, 12pm: Divine Brown at The Rex. Directed by Charles Officer
Followed by The Harder They Come

September 13th, 12pm: Geddy Lee at Massey Hall. Directed by Bruce McDonald
Followed by Woodstock

September 14th, 12pm: Woodhands at the Brick Works. Directed by Rob Pilichowski
Followed by Stop Making Sense

September 15th, 12pm: Sarah Slean at the Rivoli. Directed by Rob Pilichowski
Followed by Sweet Toronto

September 16th, 12pm: Laura Barrett with Martin Tielli at the AGO. Directed by Peter Lynch
Followed by The Last Waltz

September 17th, 12pm: Lioness at the Masonic Temple. Directed by Peter Lynch
Followed by Rattle & Hum

September 18th, 12pm: Jason Collett at Kensington Market. Directed by Peter Lynch
Followed by Don’t Look Back

September 19th, 12pm: Care Failure (Die Mannequin) at 102.1 The Edge. Directed by Bruce McDonald
Followed by Truth Or Dare

You may notice some artist names in there for the first time. Stay tuned for more photos and sneak peeks in the weeks ahead and then come and see the full films every day at noon Sept 10-19.

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