Movies: Kenneth Turan

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....

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?...

The outrageous insider's look at the creation of a cult classic....

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 dram...

The story of American film criticism....

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 ...

Patty Duke portrays herself in this made-for-tv biopic about her struggles as a child star growing into adulthood....

The struggle of releasing "Brazil" in the United States of America is examined in this Criterion documentary....

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....

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 We...