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.

Mary Poppins Returns

It’s as though the filmmakers of Mary Poppins Returns have stepped back in time—54 years to be exact—to continue the adventures of the firm and fantastical British nanny.

By |December 19th, 2018|Musical|0 Comments

The Best of 2018

A list of acclaimed documentaries and feature films that might have slipped between the cracks over the course of this past—very good—year.

By |December 17th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments

If Beale Street Could Talk

The score composed by Nicholas Britell propels the entire film, even when the onscreen energy sags.

By |December 15th, 2018|Book adaptation|0 Comments

Amazing Grace

The best posthumous tribute to the singer imaginable and an opportunity to see her at a career peak.

By |December 13th, 2018|Music|0 Comments

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Morgan Neville’s wistful documentary focuses primarily on the ideas that propelled the work of Fred Rogers.

By |December 12th, 2018|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Vox Lux

Perhaps a trigger warning for this movie wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

By |December 7th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments

Mary Queen of Scots

Perhaps every generation has its own take on the oft-told tragic tale of the Scottish queen.

By |December 7th, 2018|Biopic|0 Comments

A Private War/Under the Wire

Two films based on the life of war correspondent Marie Colvin: one is factual, the other sensorial.

By |November 16th, 2018|Biopic|0 Comments

Green Book

If this film works at all, it’s because of Mahershala Ali.

By |November 16th, 2018|Road Trip|0 Comments