Never Coming to a Theater Near You: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie - Softcover

Turan, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586483498 ISBN 13: 9781586483494

Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S., 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Kenneth Turan has been film critic at the Los Angeles Times for more than ten years. He can also be heard every Friday morning as film critic for National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." The director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, he lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1586483498
• ISBN 13: 9781586483494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416