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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.

    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

            In the Rearview | TIFF 2023

            In the week of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, director Maciek Hamela sits behind the steering wheel as a volunteer transporting displaced refugees fleeing the frontlines.

            By |September 12th, 2023|Documentary, Festivals, War|0 Comments

              Stamped from the Beginning | TIFF 2023

              If Ibram X. Kendi’s 2016 bestseller has been banned from your local library, Netflix has come to the rescue.

              By |September 11th, 2023|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

                The Boy and the Heron | TIFF 2023

                Without a doubt, the 82-year-old Hayao Miyazaki pulls out all stops visually in perhaps his most beautiful movie.

                By |September 10th, 2023|Animated, Festivals|0 Comments

                  Dicks: The Musical | TIFF 2023

                  The best way to enjoy this four-letter-word-filled frolic is probably to be inebriated. (This reviewer could have used a drink while watching it.)

                  By |September 10th, 2023|Festivals, Musical|0 Comments

                    Toll | TIFF 2023

                    The latest addition to the growing number of Brazilian films that offer pungent perspectives on the country’s rising Evangelical movement.

                    By |September 9th, 2023|Family drama, Festivals|0 Comments