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Mark Olsen

Hot Set: Southland Tales

By Mark Olsen
October 22, 2012
Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly returns to tell a few Southland Tales

Ian Hart

By Mark Olsen
June 21, 2011
Presence, Versatility, Achievement

Interview: Cameron Crowe

By Mark Olsen
June 20, 2011
When Mark Olsen spoke with Cameron Crowe, writer-director of Almost Famous, there was a lot of material that couldn't make the magazine due to space considerations. For fans, both of Crowe and the Seventies Rock he once covered for Rolling Stone, we include some additional excerpts here

R@NGE W@RS: Film Criticism on the Internet

By Mark Olsen
June 17, 2011
In the face of growing commercialization, the Internet's Wild West days are over. As trailblazers continue to push the ethical boundaries, online film journalism is currently going through some growing pains

Grishamovies

By Mark Olsen
June 14, 2011
Darling of the airport novel-reading set, film adaptions of John Grisham's books get appraised by Mark Olsen

Festivals: Toronto

By Mark Olsen
June 5, 2011
Right Place, Right Time

This Time It’s Personal

By Mark Olsen
April 29, 2011
The overwhelming cornucopia that is the Toronto Film Festival is a lot like life