Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan is film critic for the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio’s Morning Edition as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post as well as the Times’ book review editor. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he teaches film reviewing and non-fiction writing at USC. His most recent books are “Never Coming To A Theater Near You” and “Free For All: Joe Papp, The Public and The Greatest Theater Story Ever Told.”
Recent Articles
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Oakland Police Department documentary 'The Force' advocates for the truth
Director Peter Nicks got more than he bargained for when he started working on "The Force," a lot more, and we are the beneficiaries. Winner of a directing award at Sundance, this examination of the internal workings of the Oakland Police Department is the second of a projected trilogy of documentaries...
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'Step' tells the inspirational story of Baltimore teens' triumph against the odds
Not for nothing did "Step" win a Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking at Sundance. Heartening and unashamedly emotional, it's a certified crowd pleaser that doesn't care who knows it. Combining performance and feeling in a way that recalls the Oscar-winning "20 Feet From Stardom," "Step"...
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'Abacus: Small Enough to Jail' turns bankers into tragic heroes
Only one bank faced criminal charges in the aftermath of 2008’s global financial meltdown, and it wasn’t one you might expect. If behemoths like Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley were judged too big to fail, then tiny community-oriented Abacus Federal Savings in New York’s Chinatown — only the 2,651st...
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Movie review: 'The Giver'
'The Giver' takes on more action, but something's missing
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Movie review: 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'
Marvel fires up the mass-market assembly line and produces the formulaic, uninspiring 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'
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What you wonder is what they were thinking about
What you wonder is what they were thinking about
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AND NOW, A NOD TO THE ACADEMY
CASTING A WIDER NET FOR BEST-PICTURE OSCAR NOMINATIONS TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD IDEA AFTER ALL
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And now, a nod to the Academy
And now, a nod to the Academy