Articles by Mark Olsen

Make no mistake, “Hounddog,” recut and revised after being derailed by a disastrous premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, is awful. Read more

TORONTO – Paris Hilton was present but not accounted for on Tuesday night at the world premiere of Adria Petty’s 68-minute documentary “Paris, Not France” at the Ryerson Theatre. Read more

TORONTO – An appearance by a star of the magnitude of Jennifer Aniston can certainly be a force to be reckoned with and really does change the temperature of the room. Read more

Much has been made of the lack of success – both at the box office and artistically – of the topical movies that have come out since the American invasion of Iraq. Read more

LARRY CHARLES sees the world as a place of chaos and anarchy and describes himself as an “apocalyptic thinker.” Read more

Set to begin this Thursday, the Toronto International Film Festival will show 249 feature films and 63 shorts from 64 countries over 10 days. Read more

In “Red,” an elegant and deceptively straightforward dramatic thriller, Av Ludlow (Brian Cox) is out fishing one day with his old dog when a trio of teenagers comes along and shoots the pooch dead for no reason. Read more

YOU MAY not know their names, but you likely recognize their work. Read more

“Misanthrope seeks misanthrope” – so reads the Craigslist ad placed by Wilson (Scoot McNairy) on the morning of New Year’s Eve. Read more