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.

Flee | Sundance Film Festival 2021

Expertly paced and among the most suspenseful films in recent memory.

By |February 1st, 2021|Animated, Festivals, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Best of 2020

In many ways, 2020 was the year of the indies; they were often the only game in town.

By |December 23rd, 2020|Top Picks|0 Comments

5 Highly Recommended Films | DOC NYC 2020

Viewers across the United States are just a login away from seeing some of the best nonfiction films of the year.

By |November 17th, 2020|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments

Smooth Talk | New York Film Festival 2020

Laura Dern returns to the festival with her very first lead role from 1985.

By |October 8th, 2020|Festivals, Teen|0 Comments

Lovers Rock | New York Film Festival 2020

Steve McQueen's quasi-musical more than made up for the subdued feeling that many might have felt this year.

By |October 5th, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Festivals|0 Comments

Nomadland | New York Film Festival 2020

For an off-kilter year in which moviegoing has been curtailed and new films have debuted online and not in theaters, it’s fitting that this low-key and muted film has recently been celebrated.

By |September 29th, 2020|Book adaptation, Festivals, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Human Voice | New York Film Festival 2020

In only 30 minutes, Pedro Almodóvar’s elegant take on Jean Cocteau’s 1930 one-act/one-woman meltdown packs more drama than many movies four times its length.

By |September 25th, 2020|Festivals, New York Film Festival|0 Comments

MLK/FBI | New York Film Festival 2020

A sharply detailed account of how the Federal Bureau of Investigation used its resources to target civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

By |September 22nd, 2020|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

The clip and talking-head-fest is a compilation of R-rated reveals, and note the subtitle. It really is a history lesson as well as a catalog of the nude and famous.

By |August 18th, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Film History|0 Comments