Mark Olsen writes about all kinds of movies for the Los Angeles Times as both a feature writer and reviewer. He creates a regular series on independent, documentary and foreign language films under the banner of Indie Focus, also curating and hosting the Indie Focus Screening Series. His work has also appeared in Film Comment, the New York Times, LA Weekly, Sight & Sound and other publications. He is from Kansas.
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This week: Powell and Pressburger films at the Academy, catching up with critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, plus ‘The Terminator’ and Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Cries and Whispers.’
July 19, 2024
Among the sites competing to host the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027 are Atlanta, Boulder, Santa Fe and the film event’s longtime home in Park City.
July 19, 2024
Kicking off with unprecedented access to the making of his recent “Ferrari,” the director launches an online archive, complete with script notes and clips.
July 16, 2024
This week: the American Cinematheque’s 70mm film festival, Darren Stein’s ‘Jawbreaker,’ Robert Altman’s ‘Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean’ and more.
July 12, 2024
We’ve got another fresh crop of weekend recommendations that encompasses romantic movies about moon landings and artwork that appears to be from another planet.
July 11, 2024
After ‘Chapter 1’ sputtered at the box office, the second part of Kevin Costner’s ambitious Western saga has been withdrawn from its impending release date.
July 10, 2024
In Screen Gab No. 138, we tell you why ‘The Beast’ is a film worth your time, learn which film and TV shows helped inform AppleTV+’s ‘Dark Matter’ and recommend two series to stream this weekend.
June 28, 2024
This week: Sean Baker’s ‘Tangerine and ‘The Florida Project,’ Annie Baker’s ‘Janet Planet,’ Catherine Breillat’s ‘Last Summer’ and ‘Josie and the Pussycats.’
June 28, 2024
‘Inside Out 2” reaches $1 billion globally as Kevin Costner’s risky ‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1’ opens to only $11 million and “A Quiet Place: Day One” surges to $53 million
June 30, 2024
This week’s guide to the best things to see and do that will hopefully be enough to make you feel a little better after watching the presidential debate.
June 27, 2024