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2011 Stories by Mark Olsen

• Human Zoo Review

  published November 10, 2011

  Bearing a 2008 copyright, the film Human Zoo pops up for a one-week run at the New Beverly, presented by the theater's benefactor,... More >>

• Went the Day Well? review

  published October 13, 2011

  Went The Day Well? is strange, funny, ironic and violent, a WWII-era film that manages to somehow feel patriotically on-message while... More >>

• Alternative Projections Preview

  published October 6, 2011

  Organized by Los Angeles Filmforum as part of the massive, multi-institution collaboration Pacific Standard Time, the ambitiously comprehensive... More >>

• Sion Sono's Cold Fish

  published August 4, 2011

  With his impulse to sensationalize, Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono broadcasts the internal minutiae of his characters as something bolder,... More >>

• Larry Crowne Review

  published June 30, 2011

  For a movie called Larry Crowne, it sure is tough to get a solid read on the character of Larry Crowne. Directed,... More >>