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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.

Anora | NYFF 2024

If directing is 90% casting, then that is the main reason why Anora remains engaging through its ups and downs. 

By |September 27th, 2024|Comedy, Festivals|0 Comments
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Diciannove | TIFF 2024

The debut film by Giovanni Tortorici, a spry filmmaker, has moxie.

By |September 16th, 2024|Festivals, Italian|0 Comments
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Anywhere Anytime | TIFF 2024

Director Milad Tangshir’s feature debut expands upon a certain Italian neorealism classic, Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves.

By |September 16th, 2024|Drama, Festivals|0 Comments
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Saturday Night | TIFF 2024

The movie certainly gets one thing right: Many on the original Saturday Night Live were stoned and/or coked-out of their minds.

By |September 13th, 2024|Festivals, TV series|2 Comments
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The Mother and the Bear | TIFF 2024

A sweet, amicable, and droll comedy that honors nosy, overprotective, and concerned mothers everywhere.

By |September 12th, 2024|Family drama, Festivals|0 Comments
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The Last Showgirl | TIFF 2024

It’s the G-string versus the PTA.

By |September 11th, 2024|Drama, Festivals|0 Comments
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Hollywoodgate

An extremely rare exposé of an under-reported story and an opportunity to have an inside look into Afghanistan.

By |July 18th, 2024|Afghanistan, Top Picks|0 Comments
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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 | Tribeca Festival 2024

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

By |June 9th, 2024|Film History|0 Comments
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