Articles by Bjorn Olson

Grand Duchy

Let the People Speak

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2012

Upon first glance, Grand Duchy seem like a group of folks stuck between stations, trying to mix glam-y electro-clash disco with introspecti...

Grinderman

Grinderman 2 RMX

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2012

Remix albums are often as ill-advised a career move for rock'n'roll bands as gold lamé suits and hair plugs, but Nick Cave was never one to...

Edward G. Robinson: Turner Classic Movies Greatest Gangster Films Collection

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2012

If you've ever let out a sneering, nasally, "yeeeeahhh seeeee" in casual conversation trying to emulate a classic Hollywood tough guy, then...

Katharine Hepburn: Turner Classic Movies Greatest Classic Legends Film Collection

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2012

Few performers were built for the early sound era of Hollywood as well as Katharine Hepburn. She had a deft command of the English language...

Keyhole

Guy Maddin

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2012

The latest offering from Canada's favourite oddball, Guy Maddin, Keyhole is bizarre, discomfiting, grotesque and perverse, in other words,...

The Forgiveness of Blood

Joshua Marston

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2012

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...

Charade

Stanley Donen

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2012

In 1963, movie making in Hollywood was beginning to fall apart. The major studios were mostly run by men who ascended to power in the '20s...

Sullivan's Travels

Preston Sturges

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2012

In the way we think about the term today, writer/director Preston Sturges was the first modern auteur, beating Orson Welles to the box-offi...