It?s time to note the top films from the Newport Beach Film Festival. Like other film festivals, NBFF has awards. There are jury awards and audience awards. And, of course I have my favorites as well. We?ll start with my top films. Rather than noting a best of fest,...
My movie choices at Newport Beach Film Festival on Tuesday were stories filled with humanity, love, and compassion. From Ireland came Sanctuary, a film that features actors of the Blue Teapot Theatre Company who have intellectual disabilities. Larry, who has Downs,...
There was a threat of existential angst that ran through the films I saw yesterday at Newport Beach Film Festival. But the films were all very different and approached those questions in different ways. The documentary Courses shows us chef Jake Bickelhaupt, who has...
You?ll note I never give you a preview of what I?ll see the next day when I make my report each day. That is because one never knows what will be sold out leading me to figure out a plan B (or plans B throughout the day). But then that is part of the charm of film...
If I were to note a theme for the day in the pictures I saw at Newport Beach Film Festival on Saturday, it would be finding satisfaction in life. The two films I saw were very different kinds of films, but each had that as a key element. Take My Nose . . . Please is a...
The tag line for the Newport Beach Film Festival this year is ?Go Deeper.? It no doubt refers to the idea that independent films may have a deeper meaning that more commercial films. (Although we at Screenfish often look at popular commercial films for deep...
