Film-Forward

About Kent Turner

Kent Turner, the editor of Film-Forward, learned the ropes of the festival circuit at the San Francisco International Film Festival and has worked in film production and acquisition in Los Angeles. He is currently the director of programming at the Monmouth Film Festival.

Back to Black

Amy Winehouse gets the biopic treatment.

By |May 17th, 2024|Biopic|0 Comments

The Best Films of 2023

What’s the point of a top 10 list if it rubber stamps the usual suspects and mimics so many others?

By |December 20th, 2023|Featured, Top Picks|0 Comments

Saltburn

Writer/director Emerald Fennell dares you not to clutch your pearls.

By |November 17th, 2023|Satire, Thriller|0 Comments

Killers of the Flower Moon

Although David Grann’s nonfiction page-turner offers more than enough material for a 206-minute film, the result here is lopsided.

By |October 19th, 2023|Book adaptation, Crime|0 Comments

Shayda | TIFF 2023

Australia's submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award.

By |September 19th, 2023|Australian, Festivals|0 Comments

American Fiction | TIFF 2023

First time director Cord Jefferson accomplishes quite a balancing act. He has made a family drama and, more pungently and winningly, a satire aimed at an adult audience. 

By |September 19th, 2023|Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments

Four Daughters | TIFF 2023

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania cleverly strips off layer after layer of a family history in this engrossing, intimate, and expansive documentary.

By |September 18th, 2023|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Flora and Son | TIFF 2023

With a main character spouting piss, spit, and vinegar, as well as raunchy talk, John Carney's latest has an edge—and an R rating.

By |September 15th, 2023|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Festivals, Musical|0 Comments

The Teachers’ Lounge | TIFF 2023

Ilker Catak’s pressure cooker drama has been chosen as Germany’s Best International Feature Oscar submission for 2023.

By |September 15th, 2023|Festivals, Germany|0 Comments