Podcast appearances and mentions of Kenneth Turan

Two books set in Hollywood show different sides of the film business, from industry-shaping success to the personal frustration of rejection. First, Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation is a history of the duo behind MGM Film. The nonfiction book by Kenneth Turan, a regular critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR, follows the unlikely trajectory that led both men to the movies. In today's episode, Turan joins NPR's Scott Simon for a conversation that touches on early MGM films like Ben-Hur and Tarzan the Ape Man, antisemitism in Hollywood, and Mayer's complicated relationship with Judy Garland. Then, Simon speaks with British actor Rupert Everett, who's out with a new collection of short stories inspired by Hollywood rejection. The American No draws from film concepts and screenplays the actor pitched but never got the chance to make. In today's episode, he and Simon discuss Everett's autobiographical writing, his upbringing in a military family, and his early exposure to Julie Andrews.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Back in Hollywood's Golden Age, two men with vastly different backgrounds came together to shape the future of film. Louis B. Mayer, a shrewd businessman and Irving Thalberg, a visionary producer, formed a partnership that defined MGM and set the standard for the modern studio system. In this episode, famed film critic Kenneth Turan explores their unlikely partnership, their imperial rise, and their eventual fall. 

Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957) and Irving Thalberg (1899–1936) were unlikely partners in one of the most significant collaborations in movie history.Join us with film critic Kenneth Turan, author of the new biography Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation, as we explore their extraordinary partnership and role in creating the film industry as we know it.

Feature: New book ‘Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation’ tells the story of two MGM visionaries Moviegoers nowadays might not know much of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ history outside of its iconic mascot, a lion who introduced each film with it’s iconic roar. It was an introduction that was meant to prepare viewers for not just a film, but a spectacle. A new book by retired film critic Kenneth Turan shares the studio’s rich history of spectacle through the work of co-founder Louis B. Mayer, and Irving Thalberg, who served as its head of production following MGM’s inception. For this week’s FilmWeek feature, we’ll speak to former film critic Kenneth Turan, about his forthcoming book Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation, and give listeners a glimpse as to how they contributed to Hollywood. “Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation” is available for pre-order, and releases February 4th; click here to learn more.

This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features Christopher Nolan's Memento. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Memento was Nolan's breakthrough film.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/memento-2001), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-16-ca-38285-story.html), and A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/movies/film-review-backward-reel-the-grisly-memories.html)Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up...

The thirteenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features our producer David Rosen's pick, Mary Harron's American Psycho. Directed and co-written by Mary Harron and starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Mathis, Justin Theroux and Chloë Sevigny, American Psycho is adapted from Bret Easton Ellis' controversial 1991 novel.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-psycho-2000), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-14-ca-19332-story.html), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2000/04/14/american-psycho-6/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring our cult classic pick, Ben Younger's Boiler Room.

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou and Oliver Reed, Gladiator won five Oscars, including Best Picture.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gladiator-2000), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-05-ca-26670-story.html), and Manohla Dargis in LA Weekly (https://www.laweekly.com/saving-general-maximus/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen's pick, Bret Easton Ellis adaptation American Psycho.

In Cineversary podcast episode #66, host Erik Martin heads to the War Room with former LA Times and NPR film critic Kenneth Turan and Hofstra University film professor Rodney Hill to decipher the top secret codes behind Dr. Strangelove, directed by Stanley Kubrick, in celebration of the movie's 60th anniversary. Erik and his guests explore how this black comedy masterwork remains evergreen, Kubrick's brilliant directing choices, and key themes underpinning this supreme political satire. Erik also chats briefly with Tom Lucas from Fathom Events, who unveils Fathom's 2024 lineup of Big Screen Classics returning to theaters this year. Learn more about the Cineversary podcast at www.cineversary.com and email show comments or suggestions to cineversarypodcast@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cineversary/support

This week, Artistic Director of the Montana Film Festival Mike Emmons returns to the podcast to tell us about everything that's happening at this year's MTFF! From exciting new features like THE ROYAL HOTEL, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, and THE SWEET EAST to incredible shorts an a 35mm screening of Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN (featuring a Q&A with LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan), there's going to be something for everyone from October 12th through 15th at The Roxy Theater (the indie theater near Mike Smith's house in Missoula Montana where he also works).

Sometimes, you just get something wrong. In doing this deep dive, I turned up Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times 1994 review of The Shawshank Redemption, an incredible bashing of the film that is now indisputably one of the most revered films in human history, beloved around the world, and still #1 on the IMDB top movies list. I also discovered that this male-centric film likely would not have existed, not cast Morgan Freeman, and not had its iconic ending if it were not for female producer Liz Glotzer vital contributions. This is my deep dive into the making of The Shawshank Redemption.Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best movie recommendations for what to watch on streaming platforms. Please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts if you're enjoying the show, and mention a movie or TV show you want me to cover (and I will). Subscribe for future episodes.Reach out to us @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok).Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fmThanks for listening.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5626962/advertisement

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 2012 features our audience choice pick, Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed. Directed by Colin Trevorrow from a screenplay by Derek Connolly and starring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson and Karan Soni, Safety Not Guaranteed prevailed over two other Mark Duplass movies in our 2012 audience choice poll.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/safety-not-guaranteed-2012), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-jun-08-la-et-safety-not-guaranteed-20120608-story.html), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2012/06/08/safety-not-guaranteed/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next installment, the epilogue to our 2012 season.

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2012 features the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner, Michael Haneke's Amour. Written and directed by Michael Haneke and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert, Amour went on to receive five Oscar nominations and one win.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/amour-2013), Manohla Dargis in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/movies/michael-hanekes-amour-with-jean-louis-trintignant.html), and Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-dec-18-la-et-mn-1219-amour-20121219-story.html).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2012 installment, featuring our documentary pick, Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell.

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1953 features our foreign film pick, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Co-written and directed by Yasujiro Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura and So Yamamura, Tokyo Story was released in Japan in 1953 but didn't open in the U.S. until 1972.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tokyo-story-1953), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times, and Stanley Eichelbaum in the San Francisco Examiner.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1953 installment, featuring Jason's personal pick, Marlon Brando biker drama The Wild One.

For Cineversary podcast episode #53, host Erik Martin revisits one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed films ever made: Casablanca, which celebrates an 80th birthday this month. In this installment, he's joined by David Thomson, a renowned film critic, cinema historian, and author of Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire; as well as Kenneth Turan, film critic for National Public Radio, former film critic for the Los Angeles Times, and author of Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites From a Lifetime of Film. Erik and his guests return to Rick's Café Americain to hear Sam play it again and to examine why Casablanca continues to resonate and how it has transcended time. Learn more about the Cineversary podcast at anchor.fm/cineversary and email show comments or suggestions to cineversegroup@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cineversary/support

NOTE: This episode was a timed exclusive over on our producer David Rosen's Patreon. Sign up to one of the tiers for access to this bonus episode and more great content from us, Piecing It Together, All Rice No Beans and David Rosen. https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen (https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen) This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak and Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men was the most frequently mentioned movie on our social media posts about 1992 favorites. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-few-good-men-1992 (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-few-good-men-1992)), Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/a-few-good-men-1200430976/ (https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/a-few-good-men-1200430976/)), and Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-11-ca-1517-story.html (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-11-ca-1517-story.html)). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ (https://www.awesomemovieyear.com) for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear (http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear) and follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod (@Awesomemoviepod) You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/ (http://goforjason.com/), on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ (https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/), on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ (https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/) and on Twitter https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy (@JHarrisComedy) You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ (http://joshbellhateseverything.com/), on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ (https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/) and on Twitter https://twitter.com/signalbleed (@signalbleed) You can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com/ (https://www.piecingpod.com), on Twitter at https://twitter.com/piecingpod (@piecingpod) and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod (https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod). You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ (goforjason), https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ (signalbleed) and https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/ (bydavidrosen). Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen (https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen) All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ (https://www.bydavidrosen.com) Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.

In the first of three special Halloween episodes this year, we're continuing with 1992, the year we covered in our most recent season, to talk about Robert Zemeckis' Death Becomes Her. Directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by David Koepp and Martin Donovan and starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis and Isabella Rossellini, Death Becomes Her won an Oscar for its pioneering special effects. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Rita Kempley in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/deathbecomesherpg13kempley_a0a2cd.htm (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/deathbecomesherpg13kempley_a0a2cd.htm)), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-31-ca-4212-story.html (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-31-ca-4212-story.html)), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1992/08/14/death-becomes-her-2/ (https://ew.com/article/1992/08/14/death-becomes-her-2/)).  Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ (https://www.awesomemovieyear.com) for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear (http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear) and follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod (@Awesomemoviepod) You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/ (http://goforjason.com/), on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ (https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/), on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ (https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/) and on Twitter https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy (@JHarrisComedy) You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ (http://joshbellhateseverything.com/), on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ (https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/) and on Twitter https://twitter.com/signalbleed (@signalbleed) You can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com/ (https://www.piecingpod.com), on Twitter at https://twitter.com/piecingpod (@piecingpod) and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod (https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod). You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ (goforjason), https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ (signalbleed) and https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/ (bydavidrosen). Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen (https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen) All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ (https://www.bydavidrosen.com) Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in next time for our second special Halloween episode for this year, featuring one of the finalists from our 1999 audience choice teen movie tournament, Idle Hands.

Joe Papp was responsible for some of modern American theater's most iconic institutions: New York City's free Shakespeare in the Park. The Public Theater. The whole idea of "Off-Broadway." We spoke with Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan about Papp's life and works, from his hardscabble childhood, through the frightening era of Joe McCarthy, to the founding of Shakespeare in the Park and The Public. Published in 2009, Turan's epic oral history of the early years of the New York Shakespeare Festival and The Public Theater is called Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told. To create that book, he spent untold hours with Joe Papp and also talked with New York politicians, Broadway producers, and seemingly everyone else who helped Papp make Shakespeare in the Park a reality, including performers like James Earl Jones, George C. Scott, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Colleen Dewhurst, Tommy Lee Jones, and a Staten Island car-wash employee who would go on to play Romeo under the stage name of Martin Sheen. Turan is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. Kenneth Turan was film critic for the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio's Morning Edition. Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told was published by Anchor Books, a division of Random House. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Originally published August 7, 2018, and rebroadcast June 7, 2022. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, "This Green Plot Shall Be Our Stage," was produced under the supervision of Garland Scott, and is presented with permission of rlpaulproductions LLC, which created it for the Folger. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Ben Lauer is the web producer. We had technical help from Lauren Cascio and Nick Bozzone at Formosa Commercials recording studio in Santa Monica, California.

"A sage once advised being wary of movies in which the people on screen are having more fun than the people in the audience. MAMMA MIA, was that good advice." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times is a bit of a fuddy duddy when it comes to Meryl Streep dancing with her ladies and having sex with a few men in this jukebox musical... and no, one hose didn't know what that term was but he immediately imagines a similar adaptation of GOOD WILL HUNTING with the musings of Elliot Smith. Pretty much the same thing we get here with Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård vying for the title of Amanda Seyfried's father. Imagine Ben Affleck in this. I am. Right now. Enjoy! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Google Podcasts/Amazon Music Twitter @offscreendeath Instagram @theoffscreendeath Letterboxd: @daveagiannini and @projectingfilm Find out more at https://offscreendeath.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

This month the Great Jewish Books Club selection is a rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture: "How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish." "The Shmooze" asked film critic Kenneth Turan to recommend films that speak to the interplay of Yiddish and American culture. His list included a range of films—and prompted a lively conversation. Episode 326 April 19, 2022 Amherst, MA

In this special episode, Kenneth Turan, author and former film critic for the Los Angeles Times, joins Brian for a discussion of Francis Ford Coppola's THE GODFATHER.THE GODFATHER is available on Amazon Prime: https://amzn.to/3tdn8yFFollow us at filmatfifty.com and @filmatfifty on social media, and please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. 

Liz Roscher of Yahoo! Sports and Kevin Goldstein of Fangraphs defied the MLB lockout to join us for The Rookie, an above-average baseball movie about Jim Morris's midlife journey to the majors that is therefore below average generally. How's Dennis Quaid's pitching form? How's his dad-cap form? Is the fictional Jim Morris a solid DILF but a bad high-school coach? Why didn't the nuns in the (interminable) first act go off in the third? And does the movie make the lede in the obit, or get crowded out by classics like Jaws 3D? Editing actors to look like athletes, a suicide-squeeze play only one panelist noticed ('cause she has to), and yet another guest who's "more of a Randy Quaid guy": it's an all-new Quaid In Full. Overall score: 5.10 QQQ score: 7.88 Days since a lost Kuffs accident: 105 SHOW NOTES Follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/quaidinfullpod) Get EVEN MORE Qontent (...sorry) at our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/quaidinfull) Kenneth Turan's review in the L.A. Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-29-et-kenny29-story.html) Ebert's review (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-rookie-2002) S02E10 on Jaws 3D (https://quaidinfull.fireside.fm/19) Liz Roscher on Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com) and at Hittin' Season (https://www.patreon.com/hittinseason) Kevin Goldstein (https://twitter.com/kevin_goldstein) at Fangraphs (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/author/kevingoldstein/) and on the Chin Music podcast (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/category/chin-music/) Special Guests: Kevin Goldstein and Liz Roscher.

"You can see the stuff 'Million Dollar Arm' throws at you from miles away, but that doesn't stop this baseball movie from being genially enjoyable." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times goes for the obvious BALLS analogy... which we would never do. In particular when talking about Jon Hamm or Lake Bell. No... we would never do that. Wouldn't even cross our deviant minds. THANKFULLY we have a guest to get us back on the subject of balls of the sporting kind with Web Bist of TRILOGY IN THEORY. He also likes Jon Hamm and Lake Bell and you should too. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/Spotify Twitter @offscreendeath Instagram @theoffscreendeath Letterboxd: @daveagiannini and @projectingfilm Artwork by Nathan Thomas Milliner Music by Joplin Rice Find out more at https://offscreendeath.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Kenneth Turan, film critic for the "Los Angeles Times" and NPR, visits with "The Shmooze" to talk about the newly released "The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema" (Blu-ray). Our conversation considers the ten classic films that make up this collection and the many ways that they both touch on and represent aspects of Yiddish culture. As it happened, the conversation was recorded on the 100th anniversary of the first performance of "The Dybbuk"--possibly the timeless star of this collection. Episode 0282 December 11, 2020 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

All the President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 50, I join a legend in the international film criticism community, the unsinkable Kenneth (Kenny) Turan). Kenny and I discuss being a reporter at the Washington Post during the entire Watergate era, the inherent romance of cinema, and watching the film years later at an anniversary screening as the closest thing to time travel. *About Kenneth Turan (* *via the L.A Times* ( https://www.latimes.com/people/kenneth-turan ) *)* Kenneth Turan was the 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." He retired from The Times in April 2020. *Twitter:* @KennethTuran *Outlets:* *L.A Times* ( https://www.latimes.com/people/kenneth-turan ) *(Retired), NPR* Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen. While dreaming he is Conan Doyle's master detective, he snoops out brilliant discoveries. Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen. While dreaming he is Conan Doyle's master detective, he snoops out brilliant discoveries. "A master of movement and stillness, Keaton developed a comedy style that was as intellectual as it was physical, and this small gem shows us why he's as purely American a film genius as the motion pictures have produced." - Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times Hosted by YiFeng, Lily, and Bob. Recorded June 4th, 2020

A very special interview with film critic Kenneth Turan, recorded on his last day in the position of Times film critic after nearly 30 years. Host Mark Olsen has a wide-ranging conversation with Turan about his years reviewing film. He talks to Olsen about some of his most memorable reviews and reminisces on some of his interviews from decades ago. They talk about what it's like being a film critic, and whether the process has changed over time.

A new thriller out of Germany is the focus of Kenneth Turan’s film review this week. The LA Times and Arts Alive film critic spoke to KUSC’s Gail Eichenthal.

On Arts Alive today, LA Times and Arts Alive film critic Kenneth Turan tells us about a perfect Valentine’s Day entertainment for lovers of sheep, and, of stop-motion animation. He spoke to KUSC’s Gail Eichenthal.

Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times film critic for almost 30 years and the regular film critic for NPR’s "Morning Edition," looks at the state of Hollywood on the eve of the Oscars. He describes a business edgier than some of this year’s movies, one that’s operating far out on the precipice of change and about to be eaten by Netflix.

The attention of the film world has been squarely focused on a glamorous ski resort this past week. Filmmakers, performers, distributors, and press from all over the world have converged on Park City, Utah. LA Times and Arts Alive film critic Kenneth Turan has…

A romantic comedy from the 1950s with a classic soundtrack opens this weekend at Laemmle Theaters in West LA and Pasadena. KUSC’s Gail Eichenthal got the good word from LA Times and Arts Alive movie critic Kenneth Turan about this early Federico Fellini film.

Since the 2nd Inglorious Podcast is arguably Quentin Tarantino's best work, we knew that we had to spice things up on this one. So we brought back one of our favorite people on the planet and a huge lover of Pulp Fiction, Broadway Actor extraordinaire, Benny Elledge.Before we get to “Tangent Tuesday” Benny, we list off what movies we've seen, what series finale we're upset with and our most delicious meals of recent memory. We break down Pulp Fiction with two people who grew up with this film and have quoted it most of their lives, and one person who had just seen it for the first time. It's fun to hear all the different perspectives on this Hollywood Classic. We think you're really gonna dig this one. The episode concludes with our Blast From the Past Movie Game and our Patrons get to hear us rank our Top Hitmen movies. Big Thank You to Benny Elledge, you can see him on the 5th episode of the 2nd season of Happy on SyFy. And if you're in the NYC area go and check out our good pal on Broadway in the amazing musical, Waitress. Enjoy!1:55 Twitch.TV/Heatbox643:30 Silver Linings Playbook4:40 Toy Story5:54 Game Of Thrones Finale Talk13:00 Vintage Italian Pizza14:25 Rob's Favorite Meal16:10 @AvidIndoorzmen Plugs17:17 www.patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen18:15 Coming Attractions: Jackie Brown and Stripes19:38 Benny Elledge www.waitressthemusical.com; https://www.syfy.com/happy S02 EP0521:02 Plot Synopsis of Pulp Fiction21:38 Rotten Tomatoes 23:41 Owen Glieberman from Entertainment Weekly24:52 Kenneth Turan from The Los Angeles Times26:05 Buegs' Hot Take29:53 Rob's Hot Take33:06 Benny's Hot Take36:18 The Dude Award41:34 The Tucci Award52:22 Sophie's Choice1:01:51 Show Me The Money1:15:31 Movie Trivia1:19:53 Judgement Day1:22:51 Blast From the Past Movie Game1:35:25 Top 5 Films with Hitmenwww.patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen www.theavidindoorsmen.comwww.facebook.com/theavidindoorsmen Twitter: @AvidIndoorzmenInstagram: @TheAvidIndoorsmen

Okay Campers, Rise and Shine, it's time to listen to Rob and Buegs talk about one of their favorite comedies of all time: GROUNDHOG DAY! We all will be celebrating Groundhog Day in just a few days time so they thought it would be appropriate to review this Bill Murray classic. Rob is very much hoping that the Groundhog sees his shadow so we can all get some respite from this ridiculously cold winter. Buegs will still be wearing a T-Shirt and Shorts regardless, because he grew up in the frozen northland of Baudette, MN. The Avid Indoorsmen start off the show in the same fashion you've become accustomed to, they chat about the last movies they've viewed, what they're currently streaming on the Netflix and the best meal they consumed that week. They had a blast talking about Groundhog Day and hope you enjoy listening to how much they love this movie.This episode ends with a newer movie game they are trying out and the guys would love it if you could talk to them on the twitter and give out some suggestions for a game title! Tweet @AvidIndoorzmen with your suggestions!Rob and Buegs are trying out something new for their Patrons at Patreon.com. They will be releasing an extended version of the podcast ONLY ON PATREON! Each and every podcast from here on out will contain a Top 5 list that will pertain to the movie they are reviewing. In this episode, for example, they end the podcast with their Top 5 Bill Murray roles. If you're interested in getting some exclusive content, come check out www.patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen and become a Patron today!Happy listening and don't forget your booties ‘cause it's coooooooooold out there today!0:58 Bohemian Rhapsody2:15 Green Book3:54 Fyre6:13 The Kominsky Method6:50 The Blue Door Pub8:25 The Sportsmen's Lodge12:18 The Avid Indoorsmen Plugs13:44 Patreon Shoutouts14:00 Announcement of the new exclusive extended Patreon & Chill version of the pod14:27 Coming Attractions (Blast From the Past)15:12 Groundhog Day (Special Intro)16:32 Plot Synopsis17:04 Rotten Tomatoes17:33 Kenneth Turan from the LA TIMES18:15 David Nusair from Reel Film Reviews19:19 Buegs' Hot Take20:58 Rob's Hot Take22:39 Favorite Acting Performance24:28 Announcement of the new TOP 5 list just for Patrons24:48 The Tucci Award29:19 Favorite Scene (SO MANY FAVORITE SCENES)35:25 Best Quote39:31 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments42:14 Movie Trivia46:15 Other actors up for main roles47:55 What hasn't aged well50:20 Will There Be A Sequel51:33 Movie Game1:04:34 TOP 5 BILL MURRAY ROLESwww.theavidindoorsmen.comwww.patreon.com/theavidindoorsmenwww.facebook.com/theavidindoorsmenInstagram: @TheAvidIndoorsmenTwitter: @AvidIndoorzmen

Joe Papp was responsible for some of modern American theater's most iconic institutions: New York City's free Shakespeare in the Park. The Public Theater. The whole idea of "Off-Broadway." We spoke with Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan about Papp's life and work, from his hardscrabble childhood, through the frightening era of Joe McCarthy, to the founding of Shakespeare in the Park and the Public. Ken's epic oral history of the early years of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater, "Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told," published in 2009. He spent untold hours with Papp and also talked with New York politicians, Broadway producers, and seeming everyone else who helped Papp make Shakespeare in the Park a reality, including actors James Earl Jones, George C. Scott, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Colleen Dewhurst, Tommy Lee Jones, and a Staten Island car-wash employee who would go on to play Romeo under the name of Martin Sheen. Ken is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. From the "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast series. Published August 7, 2018. © Folger Shakespeare Library. This podcast episode, "This Green Plot Shall Be Our Stage," was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Ben Lauer is the web producer. We had technical help from Lauren Cascio and Nick Bozzone at Formosa Commercials recording studio in Santa Monica, California.

Film critic Kenneth Turan recently wrote an article called "Why this film critic gave up on horror movies" http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-horror-kenneth-turan-george-romero-20171013-story.html Although he (we think disingenuously) framed the entire thing as an entirely personal choice, of course he did it in the most public way possible. But he ends it with: "Why would I want to put myself in the hands of someone whose sole intention is to make me feel as awful as possible? Until someone gives me a convincing answer, horror and I are finished."  So here is our stab at giving (in a way) that convincing answer.  Cleanse your palate with this excellent review of Dawn Of The Dead by the great Roger Ebert: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dawn-of-the-dead-1979 An actually fair podcast about film: http://www.earwolf.com/show/the-canon/    

Author Kenneth Turan stops by to share excerpts and opinions from his book Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film.

The Nation magazine has endorsed Bernie Sanders for president; editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel explains why. Also: Dave Zirin, sports editor of The Nation, talks with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about black politics, Ferguson, John Lewis, Donald Trump, and also Gil Scott-Heron. Plus: The Big Short is probably the best movie Hollywood has ever made about an economic crisis—it’s fun, but it’s also serious. Kenneth Turan explains—he’s film critic for the LA Times.

Think about the movies we remember.  They are a little like old songs, or great books, or great meals.  They are purveyors of a kind of double imagery, instantly making yesterdays events todays reality.  But with movies there is something more, in the way they stay with us.  The way the images play around in our heads and the memories, words and images become embodied in who we are.  If you grew up watching and loving  movies, like esteemed film critic Kenneth Turan, they take on an even more powerful meaning.Now Turan has taken a look in the rear view mirror at a a lifetime of film and chosen his fifty-four favorites,  detailed in his new book  Not to be Missed: Fifty-four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film. My conversation with Kenneth Turan:

We visit with film critic Kenneth Turan to talk about the documentary film "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg." The film will be screened at the Yiddish Book Center on Sunday, July 7th, 2013, at 2PM. Episode 0067 July 2, 2013 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

Los Angeles Times and NPR film critic Kenneth Turan talks with us about "Lost Embrace" (Argentina's 2004 Academy Award entry/Best Foreign Film), the eccentric and sweet story of a young man working at a mall in the Jewish neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Episode 0035 July 25, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan sheds some light on "Bar Mitzvah," — a 'shund' (lowbrow), yet culturally priceless, Yiddish film from 1935 starring Yiddish theatrical great Boris Thomashefsky." Episode 0011 March 6, 2012 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

Elvis hosts writer-film critic Kenneth Turan to talk about his book Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told. With the creation of Shakespeare in the Park and the birth of the public theater Joe Papp was responsible for building an unparalleled nonprofit institution. In the new book Free for All, Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times, NPR's Morning Edition) charts its course.

We discuss NYC’s legendary Public Theater and its founder, Joseph Papp w/ actor Jerry Stiller, Lincoln Center Exec. Prod. Bernard Gersten and critic Kenneth Turan, author of “Free For All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told.”