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 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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Back to Black

Amy Winehouse gets the biopic treatment.

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

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

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