Kenneth Turan

Kenneth Turan

Kenneth Turan is film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR’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 and TV Guideand the Times’ book review editor. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he is the coauthor of “Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke.” He teaches film reviewing and non-fiction writing at USC and is on the board of directors of the National Yiddish Book Center. His books include Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Madeas well as Never Coming to a Theater Near You and Now In Theaters Everywhere. His latest book is Not to be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film.

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