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Turan started his professional career around 1970s. Before becoming a film critic, Turan was a staff writer for
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as "arguably the most widely read film critic in the town most associated with the making of movies".
32: 934: 881:"L.A. Press Club's Luminary Career Achievement Award Goes to LA Times Film Critic Kenneth Turan" 524: 445: 969: 388: 150: 788: 551: 813: 529: 225: 964: 241: 760: 8: 765: 303: 278: 267: 213: 207: 192: 175: 134:; born October 27, 1946) is an American retired film critic, author, and lecturer in the 81: 681:"As Kenneth Turan Leaves the Los Angeles Times, Film Critics Face a Post-Theatrical Age" 733:"Joe Papp and Shakespeare in the Park, with Kenneth Turan | Folger Shakespeare Library" 595: 171: 167: 72: 907:"Rosario Dawson, Sundance Champ 'Slow West' Among 2015 Cinequest Film Festival Lineup" 949: 581: 144: 178:. At Swarthmore, he was roommates with the mathematician and science fiction author 108: 76: 807: 705: 262: 201: 85: 958: 291: 163: 323:
Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told
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editors calling for Turan to be fired after he wrote a scathing review of
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The Future is Now: George Allen, Pro Football's Most Controversial Coach.
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Sinema: American Pornographic Films and the People Who Make Them.
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on March 25, 2020. The last film he reviewed was the German film
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Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites From a Lifetime of Film
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Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf von Bitter Rucker
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Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made.
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
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for them. After several years at NPR, he joined NPR's
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I'd Rather Be Wright: Memoirs of an Itinerant Tackle.
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In 1991 he became a film critic for 136:Master of Professional Writing Program 786: 674: 672: 614: 444:Engel, Allison (September 19, 2010). 443: 905:Canfield, David (February 4, 2015). 879:Thompson, Anne (November 25, 2013). 850: 711:Los Angeles Film Critics Association 645: 643: 544: 470: 468: 466: 439: 437: 273:Turan announced his retirement from 248:as a film critic. Turan founded the 446:"A Conversation With Kenneth Turan" 335:Never Coming To A Theater Near You. 13: 669: 576:Rucker, Rudy (December 11, 2012). 517: 475:Feinberg, Scott (March 25, 2020). 284:He is featured in the documentary 14: 1046: 1030:21st-century American journalists 1020:20th-century American journalists 928: 787:Turan, Kenneth (March 25, 2020). 679:Thompson, Anne (March 26, 2020). 640: 501:Kirsch, Jonathan (May 28, 2014). 463: 434: 162:Turan was raised in an observant 140:University of Southern California 236:. Around 2000, Turan joined the 107: 898: 872: 844: 818: 801: 780: 753: 725: 698: 310: 142:. He was a film critic for the 1015:Journalists from New York City 851:Welk, Brian (March 25, 2020). 608: 569: 525:"Kenneth Turan, NPR Biography" 412: 1: 405: 157: 96:Film critic, author, lecturer 199:Turan was a film critic for 7: 985:Jewish American journalists 826:"He's Mad as Hell at Turan" 329:Now In Theaters Everywhere. 10: 1051: 1035:21st-century American Jews 738:Folger Shakespeare Library 367:with William Gildea (1972) 1025:American male journalists 995:Swarthmore College alumni 371: 185: 92: 68: 60: 42: 30: 23: 1010:Los Angeles Times people 325:(2009) with Joseph Papp 503:"Turan's pick of pics" 481:The Hollywood Reporter 389:Los Angeles Press Club 377:2006: Special Citation 151:The Hollywood Reporter 975:American film critics 530:National Public Radio 275:The Los Angeles Times 226:The Los Angeles Times 990:People from Brooklyn 242:Cannes Film Festival 18:American film critic 766:Yiddish Book Center 657:. 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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

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