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Never Coming to a Theater Near You

A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie

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By Kenneth Turan

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Nov 1, 2005
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
PublicAffairs
ISBN-13
9780786723942

It is in the nature of today’s movie business that while Hollywood blockbusters invade every megaplex, smaller, quality films often don’t get screen time. Fans of finer films have to count on catching up with them on video and DVD, but even the most hard-core devotees have trouble remembering what sounded good when a film was originally released. Never Coming to a Theater Near You will remedy that situation.

This selection of renowned film critic Kenneth Turan’s absorbing and illuminating reviews, now revised and updated to factor in the tests of time, point viewers toward the films they can’t quite remember, but should not miss.

Moviegoers know they can trust Turan’s impeccable taste. His eclectic selection represents the kind of sophisticated, adult, and entertaining films intelligent viewers are hungry for. More importantly, Turan shows readers what makes these unusual films so great, revealing how talented filmmakers and actors have managed to create the wonderful highs we experience in front of the silver screen.

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Kenneth Turan

About the Author

Kenneth Turan is the 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 Guide, and served as the Times‘ book review editor. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he is the co-author of Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke.

Turan teaches film reviewing and non-fiction writing at USC and is on the board of directors of the National Yiddish Book Center. His most recent books include Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told and Never Coming To A Theater Near You. Turan lives in Los Angeles, CA. Follow him on Twitter @KennethTuran.

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