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.

Sing Sing

The stereotype-busting drama is a rarity, an optimistic film set in a prison.

By |July 12th, 2024|Drama|0 Comments
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Who better to promote the filmmaking duo than director and film preservation proponent extraordinaire Martin Scorsese.

By |July 11th, 2024|Film History|0 Comments
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Back to Black

Amy Winehouse gets the biopic treatment.

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

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

By |November 17th, 2023|Satire, Thriller|0 Comments
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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
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Anatomy of a Fall | NYFF 2023

Ambiguity conspicuously reigns supreme in this enigma. Expect many post-screening conversations, and some frustration, to ensue.

By |October 9th, 2023|Drama|0 Comments
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Strange Way of Life/The Human Voice | NYFF 2023

Pedro Almodóvar’s 31-minute Western-cum-queer-love-story is on a double-bill with The Human Voice.

By |October 3rd, 2023|Festivals, GLBT, Western|0 Comments
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Shayda | TIFF 2023

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

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