Hello! I’m Mark Olsen . Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.

This week I come to you from Toronto, where I have joined a cadre of LAT colleagues to cover the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. We will be bringing the festival to you via our photo and video studio, as well as with on-the-ground coverage.

Among this year’s world premieres is Chandler Levack’s “Mile End Kicks,” based on her experiences as a young music journalist in Montreal and starring Barbie Ferreira. For my preview piece on this year’s festival I spoke to Levack, who has experienced TIFF from all angles, as a film student, a journalist, working for the organization itself and now as a filmmaker.

“I think it still sets the tone for the cultural

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