Articles by Bjorn Olson

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  The Snows of Kilimanjaro

  Robert Guédiguian

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2011

  We all hope it never happens to us, but having to deal with an act of violence upon your home is never predictable and always traumatic. Th...

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  Miss Bala

  Gerardo Naranjo

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2011

  Miss Bala is a study in contrasts, combining the world of the traditional beauty pageant with the blood-soaked Mexican drug trade. While th...

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  Warrior

  Gavin O'Connor

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2011

  The realm of mixed martial arts is still an ephemeral one, where upstart fighters can quickly rise through the ranks if they prove their me...

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  Afghan Luke

  Mike Clattenburg

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2011

  Recent war films have addressed the seemingly never-ending contemporary conflict in the Middle East, yet Canadian filmmakers have mostly sh...

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  Pina

  Wim Wenders

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2011

  Hot on the heels of Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Wim Wenders is the latest titan of world cinema (no, Michael Bay doesn't coun...

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  The Forgiveness of Blood

  Joshua Marston

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2011

  Albania is a country of three million people and 11, 000 square miles. It is part of the Balkan region of Europe, bordered by Montenegro, K...

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  Non-Educated Delinquents

  Peter Mullan

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2011

  A coming-of-age story with a twist, Scottish actor/director Peter Mullan's Non-Educated Delinquents (also known as NEDS) follows not the ma...

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  The Creeps / Fear of Lipstick

  Bovine Sex Club, Toronto ON August 26

  PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2011

  Don't know if you've heard, but it's safe to like pop punk again. After a decade in the wilderness of being commodified and bastardized, a...