Articles by Bjorn Olson

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  Jiro Dreams of Sushi

  David Gelb

  PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2012

  At 85, master sushi chef Jiro Ono may be old, but he never misses a day of work, overseeing every minute detail of the food on offer at Suk...

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  Klitschko

  Sebastian Dehnhardt

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2012

  There's something inherently cinematic about boxing, from the focus on individual struggle, which opens up character study, to the kinetic...

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  Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

  Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2012

  Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are obsessed with two things, both of which appear in abundance in the Adult Swim stars' debut feature: the...

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  Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

  José Padilha

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2012

  Brazilian director José Padilha originally burst forth with his tense, brutal and tragic documentary, Bus 174, a dramatic reconstruction of...

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  Goon

  Michael Dowse

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2012

  In 1977, Slap Shot set the bar for the hockey movie, immortalizing the hardscrabble world of working class minor hockey with a legendarily...

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  Snow

  Rohan Fernando

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2012

  The immigrant experience is as varied as those that go through it, but some aspects are universal, particularly the negotiation of the gulf...

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  Ice

  Makoto Kobayashi

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2012

  Anime, like all genres, has its own set of codes, or rules, which help the viewer recognize the work as part of a genre. Over the years, an...

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  Howlin Rain

  The Russian Wilds

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2012

  It's been six years since the last album by Comets on Fire, 2006's masterpiece, Avatar, so it's safe to say that the backburner that band h...