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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 Lost Daughter | New York Film Festival 2021

    The New Yorker hailed Ferrante’s slender yet loaded novel as “a brutally frank novel of maternal ambivalence.” The same could be said of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation.

    By |October 4th, 2021|Book adaptation, Festivals|0 Comments

      The French Dispatch | New York Film Festival 2021

      In his visually dazzling and exhilarating new film, Wes Anderson has concocted a buoyant bouillabaisse.

      By |October 3rd, 2021|Comedy, Festivals|0 Comments

        The Power of the Dog | New York Film Festival 2021

        Jane Campion performs a seductive sleight of hand in her adaptation of American writer Thomas Savage’s 1967 shapeshifting novel.

          Titane | TIFF 2021

          One thing for sure, when watching the blood-splattered and blunt Titane, you never know where it’s heading. It plays by its own rules.

          By |September 23rd, 2021|Festivals, Thriller|0 Comments

            Zalava | TIFF 2021

            The award for the most intriguing one-off at the festival goes to this story of demonic possession and romance, mixed with devilishly dark satire.

            By |September 22nd, 2021|Festivals, Thriller|0 Comments

              Where Is Anne Frank | TIFF 2021

              Departing from a straightforward biopic, the filmmakers throw in a twist: Anne Frank's life is told from the perspective of Kitty, Anne’s imaginary friend to whom she wrote diary entries from 1942–44.

              By |September 22nd, 2021|Animated, Festivals|0 Comments

                7 Prisoners | TIFF 2021

                One movie that will be accessible soon to millions internationally is Brazilian-American director Alexandre Moratto’s taut, terse, gritty drama.

                By |September 21st, 2021|Festivals, South American|0 Comments

                  Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over | TIFF 2021

                  Directors Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner successfully make the case for Warwick’s exalted place in the pop music canon.

                  By |September 20th, 2021|Festivals, Pop Culture|0 Comments

                    The Gravedigger’s Wife | TIFF 2021

                    From Somalia, a family drama that ranks high among the gems of the festival.

                    By |September 17th, 2021|Family drama, Festivals|0 Comments