Film-Forward

About Phil Guie

Phil Guie first began writing about movies while working as an editor for The Queens Ledger and Brooklyn Downtown Star. His film reviews, interviews, and feature articles have appeared both in print and online. He has been writing at Film Forward since 2016.

The Third Murder

A handsomely made, well-acted entry in the legal procedural genre, which, despite its references to Japanese criminal law, should be accessible to most viewers.

By |July 29th, 2018|Crime|0 Comments

Far from the Tree

This intimate documentary mostly centers on parent-child relationships in which the latter is different, often making day-to-day life challenging.

By |July 23rd, 2018|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Generation Wealth

When it comes to sex, money, and power, the American way means never having enough.

By |July 20th, 2018|Documentary|0 Comments

Constructing Albert

A mostly reverent approach to Albert Adrià, the one-time pastry chef at elBulli, once considered among the world’s best restaurants.

By |July 13th, 2018|Documentary|0 Comments

Path of Blood

Jonathan Hacker’s eerie collage of a documentary interweaves footage of real-life Al Qaeda operatives in Saudi Arabia and the country's security forces responding to the terrorist group.

By |July 11th, 2018|Documentary|0 Comments

This Is Home: A Refugee Story

The documentary, an audience award winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival, follows four Syrian refugee families relocating and adapting to Baltimore.

By |July 11th, 2018|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Sorry to Bother You

A playful—maybe to the point of self-indulgence—morality tale about the evils of selling out.

By |July 6th, 2018|Satire|0 Comments

The Citizen

An exceptionally poignant drama that takes a critical lens at European ethnonationalism.

By |July 5th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments

Three Identical Strangers

The engrossing film raises the age-old debate: Is nature or nurture the more dominant force?

By |June 27th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments