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Mark Olsen

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Film Writer at Los Angeles Times

I write about movies, all kinds, for the Los Angeles Times + a weekly newsletter on the world of cinema in L.A. and beyond.

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  • 2 days ago | latimes.com | Mark Olsen |Yvonne Villarreal

    In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, Kathryn Hahn explains how she brought her inner “class clown” to “Agatha All Along” and “The Studio,” and Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino discuss the making of their transatlantic dance comedy “Étoile.” Join us live! Want to catch the Envelope in person? RSVP for our free live screening and Q&A with the stars of “Étoile,” Luke Kirby and Gideon Glick.

  • 1 week ago | latimes.com | Mark Olsen

    Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Following its recent premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, “The Phoenician Scheme,” the new film by Wes Anderson, opens in Los Angeles this weekend. Each new Anderson picture still feels like something of an event, simply because it is so fun to see what he is up to this time, what idiosyncratic subset of the world will he explore and make his own.

  • 1 week ago | latimes.com | Mark Olsen

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  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Mark Olsen |Yvonne Villarreal

    In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, "Monsters" co-stars Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez open up about the roller-coaster ride of playing Erik and Lyle Menendez and "Andor's" Diego Luna reflects on 10 years of playing his "Star Wars" revolutionary. Kelvin Washington: Hey, everybody, I'm Kelvin Washington. Welcome to The Envelope.

  • 1 week ago | thederrick.com | Mark Olsen

    LOS ANGELES — If you are only going to be in one part of a movie, it's best if it's the most memorable part. For example, a thrilling set-piece that sets the template for an entire franchise. So it was for actor Rolf Saxon, who appeared as a befuddled CIA analyst in the very first "Mission: Impossible" film.

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Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen @IndieFocus
9 May 25

This week in L.A.: Ang Lee & Zhang Ziyi in-person w/ CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON in 35mm Ted Kotcheff tribute w/ WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S and FUN WITH DICK AND JANE THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS in 35mm Brady Corbet's VOX LUX and PAVEMENTS https://t.co/tk4mhW9paS

Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen @IndieFocus
9 May 25

"There’s no other band where you have that 30 years of legacy and meaning and value but 0.0% of the protectiveness of that legacy that every other band has." The story of Pavement as a doc, a stage musical, a museum & a prestige biopic in PAVEMENTS. https://t.co/rNIyyLjLnM

Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen @IndieFocus
2 May 25

This week in L.A.: Ronee Blakley on NASHVILLE The movies of 1975, incl. DOG DAY AFTERNOON, THE ENIGMA OF KASPER HAUSER, COOLEY HIGH & more THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN at 20 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN director's cut in 4K M. BUTTERFLY in 35mm https://t.co/DMw10BYkz6