Kenneth Turan

Kenneth Turan

Movies for Kenneth Turan...

Only in Theaters
Title: Only in Theaters
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 2022
Type: Movie
ONLY IN THEATERS, a film by actor/director Raphael Sbarge, is an intimate and moving journey taken with the Laemmle family, spanning nearly three years of challenges, losses, and personal triumphs. Laemmle Theatres, the beloved 84-year-old arthouse cinema chain 3rd generation family business in Los Angeles, is facing seismic change and financial pressure. Yet the family behind this multigenerational business – whose sole mission has been to support the art of film – is determined to survive.
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Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Title: Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
Character: self
Released: April 29, 2022
Type: Movie
The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called "the most powerful movie musical ever made." Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye’s daughters). The film explores how the experience of making Fiddler deepened Jewison as an artist and revived his soul.
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The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Title: The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Released: September 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Join Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano, director Andrew Davis and their collaborators in this stirring look at the creation of one of Hollywood's seminal thrillers.
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Title: For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of American film criticism.
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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Title: The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2008
Type: Movie
On the 35th anniversary of the release of the landmark film "The Godfather," (March 15, 1972) we look back at the time and place of the film's conception and shooting.
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Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Title: Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and gender. The film profiles Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as contemporary comedians Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman.
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Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Title: Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 2005
Type: Movie
The outrageous insider's look at the creation of a cult classic.
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Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Title: Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?
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The Battle of Brazil: A Video History
Title: The Battle of Brazil: A Video History
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 1996
Type: Movie
The struggle of releasing "Brazil" in the United States of America is examined in this Criterion documentary.