Articles by Kathleen Olmstead
I Claudia Chris Abraham
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It's difficult to adapt a play for film and maintain the intimacy of theatre. Add to that the challenge of taking a one-woman show and prod...
Good Woman Mike Barker 2
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It's hard to believe that an Oscar Wilde play could be dour but director Mike Barker has managed to accomplish just that. Based on Lady Win...
Sexual Dependency Rodrigo Bellott
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
A series of interconnected short films about teenagers, intimacy, race, class, rape, self-esteem, gender and alienation make up Rodrigo Bel...
Noi Albinoi Gur Kari
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Noi is an outcast in his small Icelandic town. He lives with his aging grandmother in a sparsely decorated house. His father stops by occas...
Saddest Music In World Guy Maddin 2
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
The first words that come to mind are, "Hot damn!" My main complaint of previous Maddin films was that he didn't provide a decoder ring I...
Mayor Of Sunset Strip George Hickenlooper
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
In many ways, Andy Warhol is the angel of this film. The concept of fame everyone's 15 minutes guides Mayor of the Sunset Strip as dire...
So Far Away Juan Carlos Tabio
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Movies about movies can be enjoyable but they usually border on the pretentious. There's little that's more annoying than filmmakers who th...
Los Angeles Plays Itself Thom Andersen
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
In Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen deconstructs Los Angeles as a city, a subject and a venue. It's hard not to compare it to Rick...
