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Kenneth Turan (/ t ə ˈ r æ n /; born October 27, 1946) [1] is an American retired film critic, author, and lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. [2]
Kenneth Turan is stepping down as the daily film critic at the Los Angeles Times after nearly 30 years, he announced on Twitter Wednesday.Turan, who is a critic with NPR’s “Morning Edition ...
Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called it “a disappointment,” and Vincent Canby of the New York Times said, “It has the air of something awkwardly fabricated to reach an inspirational ...
Veteran Times film critic Kenneth Turan panned "Titanic" but championed "The Piano" and "Black Panther," and his colleague Justin Chang celebrates a career built on pure movie love.
Kenneth Turan writing for the Los Angeles Times called the movie, "a personal and horrifying look at the effect of mandatory minimum prison sentences" [3] Dennis Harvey from Variety magazine said that the documentary was "earnest but flawed", stating: "The subject is inherently engrossing, but a better documentary could (and probably will) be ...
Kenneth Turan, who disliked the film, said of Grant's performance: "Though he doesn't have enough weight to stabilize the film when the plotting turns silly, overall he does a capable job in an unlikely role."
In an interview, Chang praised his mentor, The Times' longtime film critic Kenneth Turan, as his "first great teacher of film and film criticism."
Kenneth Turan affirmed that Flame & Citron has several themes as it "is chock full of plot and incident, action and romance, loyalty and betrayal". [20] Derakhshani stated it "rehearses virtually every element of the classic genre piece: violence, sex and romance, gunplay, spies, betrayals, a femme fatale, and a murderous Gestapo officer". [24]