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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How the popular YouTube talk show became an established stop on the Hollywood promo tour — with a little help from Charlize Theron.
Also this week: 30th anniversary of ‘The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love,’ Shock-A-Go-Go fest with Joe Dante and a Mariel Hemingway double-bill.
In this week’s episode we sit down with Hahn to talk about ‘Agatha’ and ‘The Studio,’ and Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino stop by to discuss their new comedy ‘Étoile.’
Writer-director Celine Song and star Dakota Johnson explore contemporary, clear-eyed attitudes toward relationships in their new film, Song’s follow-up to “Past Lives.”
Also this week: Ivan Dixon’s “The Spook Who Sat by the Door” in 35mm, Sofia Coppola and Kirsten Dunst with “The Virgin Suicides” and a “Frances Ha” and “Girlfriends” double-bill.