As the Newport Beach Film Festival comes to a close, I want to express my appreciation to the festival for allowing me to take part in so much over the last week. I also want to thank the staff and especially the volunteers for all the work they put in to make the...
Why should people go to film festivals? Because it may be the only chance they get to see films like Meerkat Moonship. This South African film by Hanneke Schutte features wonderful cinematography and a story of overcoming fear to be able to embrace life. Young...
I began Tuesday by watching Cardinals, a film directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley that was the Canadian Spotlight film on Friday night, . It is the story of a woman who has returned home after years in prison after being convicted of killing her neighbor in a...
The interaction of news events and the journalists covering the events made up the focus of the first two films of the day. Another News Story, directed by Orban Wallace, follows the story of immigrants to Europe from the time they land on the Greek island of Lesbos...
It certainly isn?t news that most films are made by men. Women have been working for the chance to be directors for a very long time. Half the Picture,?a documentary by Amy Adrion, speaks with some of the women directors who have found success about the hurdles that...
I always like to fit in some shorts at NBFF. From time to time I?ve seen shorts here that end up with Oscar nomination the following year. I started my day with a group of shorts called ?Held Back & Shortly Set Free?, which was described in the program as...
Welcome to the 19th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival. Over the next week over 350 films will be showing at various venues on the Orange Coast. The festival features a wide range of films, including a selection of culinary films, films about art and design, action...
?Mathematics, science, being able to use the English language. These tests don?t measure it and they don?t improve it. So why do they exist?? (Leon Botstein, President, Bard College) Eighty percent of graduating high school students will take the SAT and/or ACT tests....
Wisdom is information passed from generation to generation about how to live a good life. There are even books of the Bible dedicated to passing on such wisdom. Some of that Biblical wisdom is fairly simple and straightforward (like Proverbs), or it may require some...