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.

The Last Showgirl | TIFF 2024

It’s the G-string versus the PTA.

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

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

Sing Sing

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

By |July 12th, 2024|Drama|0 Comments

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

Back to Black

Amy Winehouse gets the biopic treatment.

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

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

Saltburn

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

By |November 17th, 2023|Satire, Thriller|0 Comments

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