Mark Olsen

Freelance

Mark Olsen writes about movies from Los Angeles. He currently produces the weekly feature “Indie Focus” for the Los Angeles Times and is a contributing editor to Film Comment magazine. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, LA Weekly, Sight & Sound and Interview. He is from Kansas.

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Best of the Decade Critics Survey 2000s »

Best of the Decade »

1) Zodiac

2) There Will Be Blood

3) In the Mood for Love

4) Kill Bill, Vol. 1

5) The Royal Tenenbaums

6) I'm Not There

7) A History Of Violence

8) Mulholland Dr.

9) Lilya 4-Ever

10) Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

Annual Critics Survey 2009 »

Best Film »

1) The White Ribbon

2) Public Enemies

3) Summer Hours

4) The Hurt Locker

5) A Serious Man

6) Beeswax

7) The Informant!

8) Fantastic Mr. Fox

9) Bronson

10) Inglourious Basterds

Best Lead Performance »

1) Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist

2) Tom Hardy, Bronson

3) Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

4) Peter Capaldi, In The Loop

5) Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Performance »

1) Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

2) Jason Schwartzman, Fantastic Mr. Fox

3) Alycia Delmore, Humpday

4) Red West, Goodbye Solo

5) Rachel Weisz, The Brothers Bloom

Best Director »

1) Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon

Best Documentary »

1) The Cove

Best Screenplay »

1) Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Best First Feature »

1) Dia Sokol, Sorry, Thanks

Best Undistributed Film »

1) Trash Humpers

2) Sorry, Thanks

3) Soul Kitchen

4) You Wont Miss Me

5) Impolex

Films

3 Backyards A- (Review)

A Prophet A

A Serious Man A

A Single Man A-

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers B-

Animal Kingdom A

Armless B-

Blue Valentine B+

Creation C

Daddy Longlegs A

Douchebag C (Review)

Four Lions B+ (Review)

Grown Up Movie Star B

HIGH school B-

Hesher B+ (Review)

I Am Love A (Review)

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work A (Review)

Life During Wartime B+

Lovers of Hate A- (Review)

Obselidia B

One Too Many Mornings B-

Ricky A-

Skateland C

Smash His Camera B- (Review)

Teenage Paparazzo A- (Review)

The Freebie B+ (Review)

The Imperialists Are Still Alive! B+ (Review)

The Killer Inside Me A

The Men Who Stare at Goats B

The Red Chapel (Det Røde Kapel) A (Review)

The Road A

The Taqwacores B

The Violent Kind D

Welcome to the Rileys B

Whip It B-
Recent criticWIRE Ratings
A-
Mars
Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina's Sweater
A
Four Lions
Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina's Sweater
C
Tiny Furniture
Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina's Sweater
A-
Audrey the Trainwreck
Vadim Rizov, IFC.com
A-
Winter’s Bone
David Hudson, The Auteurs
C
Tiny Furniture
Vadim Rizov, IFC.com
B
Audrey the Trainwreck
David Hudson, The Auteurs
B
Skeletons
David Hudson, The Auteurs
B-
Daddy Longlegs
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly
B-
Cyrus
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly
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