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.

The Princess | Sundance 2022

Princess Diana’s life in the often harsh public spotlight is depicted entirely through contemporaneous audio and video news footage in this biographical documentary.

By |January 25th, 2022|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments

The Tragedy of Macbeth

This adaptation becomes a celebration of what filmmakers can achieve confined within a soundstage.

By |December 27th, 2021|Top Picks, War|0 Comments

The Best of 2021

In some ways, this is the best of times for a film buff, with new selections more readily accessible than they ever have been, either in theaters or online.

By |December 19th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Nightmare Alley

What film noir—which this still is even though it is shot in color, and heavy on garish reds—has a 150-minute running time?

By |December 17th, 2021|Crime|0 Comments

West Side Story

The one individual who has the largest imprint on this 21st-century retelling is its screenwriter, Tony Kushner, more so than its director, Steven Spielberg. 

By |December 9th, 2021|Musical, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Summit of the Gods

This vertigo-inducing animated feature offers proof that 2D provides just as many stomach-turning, vicarious thrills (or fears) as 3-D animation.

By |December 1st, 2021|Animated, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Licorice Pizza

Both leads, who make their film debut here, have an easy rapport, and the comedy coasts along largely on their charms.

By |November 24th, 2021|Romantic Comedy|0 Comments

The Rossellinis, Exposing Muybridge | DOC NYC 2021

Once more, the Rossellini family is a gift to filmmakers, while another documentary tells all on an important figure in photographic history.

By |November 16th, 2021|Documentary, Festivals|11 Comments

Once Upon a Time in Uganda; Film, the Living Record of Our Memory; The Real Charlie Chaplin | DOC NYC 2021

The festival has continued with an adjustment it made last year. It will continue to offer the bulk of its programming online for U.S. viewers from November 19-28.

By |November 16th, 2021|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments