Kevin B. Thomas (born 1936) is an American film critic who has written reviews for the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...

'' since 1962. His long tenure makes him the longest-running film critic among major United States newspapers.Interview with Kevin Thomas
Alternative Projections – Los Angeles Filmforum, Retrieved October 21, 2013 Thomas was born in Los Angeles in 1936. He earned a bachelor's degree from

Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832, the campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. ...

in 1958 and master's degree from

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in 1960. Thomas is known for giving fairly positive reviews compared to other critics, and certainly less critical than Kenneth Turan, who joined the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1991.Anderson, John and Laura Kim
I Wake Up Screening: What To Do Once You've Made That Movie
p. 195 (2006) () (Thomas "can also be very generous to filmmakers") In 2003, the

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gave Thomas a Lifetime Achievement Award. Thomas holds an honorary position on the Advisory Board of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its

Dorian Awards The Dorian Awards are film and television accolades given by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, founded in 2009 as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association. GALECA is an association of professional journalists and ...

."Members". GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics: Home of The Dorian Awards.
Retrieved Oct. 5, 2019

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* 1936 births Living people American film critics Gettysburg College alumni Los Angeles Times people Pennsylvania State University alumni Writers from Los Angeles Journalists from California 20th-century American journalists American male journalists {{US-journalist-1930s-stub