Articles by Kathleen Olmstead

Debbie Melnyk & Rick Caine

Debbie Melnyk & Rick Caine

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

"Frank" magazine makes it their business to keep everyone else on the straight and narrow. No matter what your position – politician, journ...

Lilith On Top Lynne Stopkewich

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

For three years running, 1997 till 1999, the Lilith Fair traveled with its all-female lineup, spreading its message of good cheer and vocal...

István Szabó

István Szabó

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

This movie should have worked. It contains the elements of a good film – thoughtful writer/director, an interesting topic, two fine actors...

Stalag 17

Billy Wilder

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

Although Stalag 17 was one of Billy Wilder’s most successful films (box-office-wise) it has lost prominence over the years. This is not an...

Possession

Neil LaBute

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Neil LaBute has taken a Booker award-winning (and perfectly bland) novel, Possession, and produced an even less stellar film. It's the same...

Sunshine State

John Sayles

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Sunshine State feels like the film John Sayles has been building up to for years. It's like several films in one — a British mini-series yo...

The Saddest Music in the World

Guy Maddin

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

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 ri...

Pieces of April

Peter Hedges

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Time — the time it takes to cook a turkey, the time spent with family, the amount of time we have left — plays an important role in Pieces...