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 Truth, Who You Think I Am, An Easy Girl, Proxima | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2020

Year in and year out, the festival showcases recent star vehicles for France’s leading actresses. During its first week, Juliette Binoche was the series' secret sauce.

By |March 14th, 2020|Festivals, French|0 Comments

1917

Danger comes from all corners: snipers; huge, voracious rats; and land mines. World War I, in its many facets, is the central character.

By |December 24th, 2019|Top Picks, War|0 Comments

Little Women

The March sisters are back, and Greta Gerwig’s got ‘em, but do moviegoers need another movie of Louisa May Alcott’s family saga?

By |December 24th, 2019|Book adaptation|0 Comments

The Best of 2019

There is no escaping that the films favored this year (with the exception of two) are all somehow crime related, though they broadly range from the elegant to the earthy.

By |December 19th, 2019|Top Picks|0 Comments

Richard Jewell

Distrust of the federal government’s machinations and suspicion of journalists permeate Clint Eastwood’s account of the 1996 Summer Olympics bombing.

By |December 13th, 2019|Book adaptation|0 Comments

A Hidden Life

Not since The Sound of Music have the Austrian Alps been such scene stealers. The dramatic, mountain landscapes are the go-to visual motifs in Terrence Malick's new meandering movie.

By |December 12th, 2019|Biopic|1 Comment

Dark Waters

Even with a prestigious cast that includes Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman, this feels like a throwback to the made-for-HBO movies of the 1990s and early 2000s.

By |December 9th, 2019|Drama|0 Comments

The Kingmaker

Imelda Marcos is charming, ever defiant, and not the least of all, boastful, or perhaps delusional. Her responses are pithy, quotable, and wholly narcissistic.

By |November 17th, 2019|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Report

Take a deep dive into the U.S. Senate’s investigation of the CIA’s use of detention and enhanced interrogation techniques.

By |November 15th, 2019|Drama|0 Comments