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Mark Olsen

@IndieFocus

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

Los Angeles, CA Beigetreten Nisan 2009
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This week in L.A.: David Fincher & Bong Joon Ho to talk ZODIAC Elvis Presley in KING CREOLE Michael Caine in ALFIE in 35mm Patricia Cardoso w/ REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES Plus, new releases FACES OF DEATH, THE CHRISTOPHERS & more latimes.com/entertainment-…
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"I think I wanted to force myself at gunpoint into a place of innocence and naivete." Sincere melodrama or camp comedy? With MADDIE'S SECRET John Early asks, why not both? latimes.com/entertainment-…
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“When I first posted about it, I thought people wouldn’t care. It seems like the whole world cares about the Cinerama Dome." After a protest was shut down by LAPD, the grassroots Save the Cinerama Dome campaign pauses activities latimes.com/entertainment-…
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This week in L.A.: The Black Pack of the 80s/90s & resistance humor William Friedkin & Harold Pinter's THE BIRTHDAY PARTY HE GOT GAME in 35mm GUMMO Plus, new releases THE DRAMA, YES & FANTASY LIFE latimes.com/entertainment-…
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“It’s a weird thing because you’re like, what do I do here? What’s the least douchey way to get out of this?" Amanda Peet & Matthew Shear on making the talky throwback dramedy FANTASY LIFE, depicting mental health issues & being mistaken for Lake Bell. latimes.com/entertainment-…
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“What does it mean when the most cursed and terrifying piece of media that most people could name is now beamed into everybody’s pocket 24 hours a day? Daniel Goldhaber on the "moral peril" of making FACES OF DEATH for a new generation latimes.com/entertainment-…
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This week in L.A.: Larry Karaszewski on restoration world premiere of LAST SUMMER The complete Akira Kurosawa in 35mm Charles Burnett w/ TO SLEEP WITH ANGER in 35mm Jason Reitman w/ the 20th anniversary of THANK YOU FOR SMOKING in 35mm latimes.com/entertainment-…
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This week in L.A.: Bud Cort's TED & VENUS NETWORK 50th anniversary in 35mm TRUE CONFESSIONS in 35mm GROOVE world premiere restoration KPOP DEMON HUNTERS singalong Plus, PROJECT HAIL MARY latimes.com/entertainment-…
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"I haven’t even had a close encounter of the first or second kind. Where’s the justice in that? If you’re listening out there, I’m talking to you.” Here's @IndieFocus on the fun-sounding Spielberg panel at @sxsw (stay for his ballet and opera comment). latimes.com/entertainment-…
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"We’re all dealing with some crazy struggles. And if we could all just figure out how to come together with it and stop fighting our own independent fights, then that’s it.” Keke Palmer at the #sxsw premiere of I LOVE BOOSTERS latimes.com/entertainment-…
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Also, though Steven Spielberg is appearing as a keynote speaker, SXSW film festival organizers swear they are not showing his upcoming DISCLOSURE DAY - "It doesn’t matter what we say, people will still think that... It's not a thing."
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“I think it’s going to be really cool, but it’s definitely going to be different.” What's new at @sxsw this year + top 8 titles for your watchlist including fest opener I LOVE BOOSTERS latimes.com/entertainment-…
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Angelika Saleh (1935-2026), designer & co-founder of Manhattan's classic Angelika Film Center & Lounge, dead at 90. The cinema was hugely important for a lot of us - and still is. Hats off to her. @AngelikaFilmNY nytimes.com/2026/03/11/mov…
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This week in L.A.: ...AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS in 16mm GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK in 35mm DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST 4K restoration GREASE 2 Anti-fascist films w/ 35mm restoration ARCH OF TRIUMPH + 35mm world restoration premiere THE BURNING CROSS latimes.com/entertainment-…
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