30 years of ‘Clueless,’ plus the week’s best movies in L.A.
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.We are pleased to exclusively announce…
‘Bleak Week’ returns, plus the week’s best movies in L.A.
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…
Goldie Hawn with ‘The Sugarland Express,’ plus the week’s best movies
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.The Cannes Film Festival is winding…
Tom Cruise in ‘Minority Report’, plus the week’s best movies
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.This year’s edition of the Cannes…
‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ in 35mm, plus the week’s best
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Hollywood was shocked last weekend with…
‘Nashville’ and the movie year 1975, plus the week’s best
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Tim Grierson paid a visit to…
Alan Rudolph’s ‘Choose Me,’ plus the week’s best films
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.In the biggest news of the…
The alternative video past of EZTV, plus the week’s best films
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Last week I mentioned the emerging…
The evolving state of women filmmakers, plus the week’s best
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.In a turn of events that…
Karina Longworth on Peter Bogdanovich, plus the week’s best
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.The South by Southwest Film and…
Charles Burnett on ‘Annihilation of Fish,’ plus week’s best
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.The Slamdance Film Festival is currently…
Valentine’s Day is for movie lovers, plus the week’s best
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.This week wraps up another season…
Peter Bodgdanovich’s ‘Squirrels to the Nuts,’ restored
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Because of Sundance, I don’t…
‘Rebel Without a Cause’ at 70, plus the best movies in L.A.
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Due to the ongoing Los Angeles…
U.S. Atty. Martin Estrada resigns, looks back at ‘labor of love’
The granite steps leading up to the old federal courthouse in downtown L.A. are sturdy and regal. But something disturbing dotted them Friday that I…
Movies for solace or distraction after days of devastation
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.This has been a devastating week…
The age of Timothée Chalamet, plus the week’s best films
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.To get this year started on…
A holiday bounty of new releases, plus the week’s best films
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.I recently had the pleasure of…
Ho-ho-ho with ‘Die Hard,’ plus the week’s best films in L.A.
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.I attended Tuesday’s premiere screening of…
An ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ time of year, plus the week’s best films
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Our new film critic, Amy Nicholson,…