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.

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

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

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

Shayda | TIFF 2023

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

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

American Fiction | TIFF 2023

First time director Cord Jefferson accomplishes quite a balancing act. He has made a family drama and, more pungently and winningly, a satire aimed at an adult audience. 

By |September 19th, 2023|Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments

Four Daughters | TIFF 2023

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania cleverly strips off layer after layer of a family history in this engrossing, intimate, and expansive documentary.

By |September 18th, 2023|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Flora and Son | TIFF 2023

With a main character spouting piss, spit, and vinegar, as well as raunchy talk, John Carney's latest has an edge—and an R rating.

By |September 15th, 2023|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Festivals, Musical|0 Comments

The Teachers’ Lounge | TIFF 2023

Ilker Catak’s pressure cooker drama has been chosen as Germany’s Best International Feature Oscar submission for 2023.

By |September 15th, 2023|Festivals, Germany|0 Comments

Viva Varda! | TIFF 2023

Pierre-Henri Gibert is the first director to take on the biography of maverick filmmaker Agnès Varda, apart from Varda herself.

By |September 14th, 2023|Documentary, Festivals, Film History|0 Comments