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Not to Be Missed by Kenneth Turan
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Not to Be Missed

Fifty-four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film

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Narrator Todd McLaren

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Length 9 hours 3 minutes
Language English
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Kenneth Turan discovered film as a child left undisturbed to watch Million Dollar Movie on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York, a daily showcase for older Hollywood features. It was then that he developed a love of cinema that never left him and honed his eye for the most acute details and the grandest of scenes.




Not to Be Missed blends cultural criticism, historical anecdotes, and inside-Hollywood controversy. Turan's selection of favorites ranges across all genres. From All About Eve to Seven Samurai to Sherlock Jr., these are all timeless films, each underscoring the truth of director Ingmar Bergman's observation that "no form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul."

Kenneth Turan is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's Morning Edition, as well as a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, he is coauthor of Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke. Kenneth lives in Los Angeles, California.

Todd McLaren was involved in radio for more than twenty years in cities on both coasts, including Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He left broadcasting for a full-time career in voice-overs, where he has been heard on more than 5,000 TV and radio commercials, as well as TV promos; narrations for documentaries on such networks as A&E, Discovery, and the History Channel; and films, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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