Vas-y Coupe! (Wine Crush) – The People Behind Wine
What goes into a bottle of Champagne? Easy answer: grapes. But how do they get there? Laura...
Newport Beach FF
Newport Beach Film Fest underway
Each spring, I usually attend and cover the Newport Beach Film Festival. As with just about...
For Sama – Oscar-Nominated Love Letter
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature, For Sama brings a personal perspective to the Syrian conflict. The conflict in Syria has been fertile ground for documentary films. Two years ago The Last Men in Aleppo was among the doc...
Katie Says Goodbye – More than a Victim
?Thank you for this day, Daddy. I hope I lived right and if I see you one day that I make you...
The Tomorrow Man – Earthly Treasures
Blythe Danner and John Lithgow appear in The Tomorrow Man by Noble Jones. In the Sermon on the...
Monday at #NBFF20
I mentioned in one of my earlier reports that I?m stingy with my ratings of Excellent on the Audience Award ballots we are given for each film. The choices are Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor. My default is Good. To get an...
Sunday at #NBFF20
The Newport Beach Film Festival presented by Pacific Sales continues to bring interesting films...
Saturday at #NBFF20
Welcome back to the Newport Beach Film Festival presented by Pacific Sales. It was a full day for...
Friday at #NBFF20
The 20th edition of the Newport Beach Film Festival presented by Pacific Sales is now up and running. Films are shown at several venues, including Starlight Cinemas, Edward?s Big Newport Cinemas, the historic Lido Theater, and...
In a New York Minute: Lost Together
Premiering today at the Newport Beach Film Festival, In a New York Minutegives a glimpse into...
Why I won’t be seeing Endgame this week – #NBFF20
While many of my Screenfish colleagues (and most of the rest of the world) will be seeing The Avengers: Endgame this weekend, I?ll be absent from that crowd. Instead, I?ll be starting my weeklong coverage of the 20th Newport...
The Girl and the Picture – 1 on 1 Interview with Director Vanessa Roth
I recently had the chance to talk by phone with Academy Award winner Vanessa Roth about her new...
Day 7 (the finale) at NBFF
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 festival run smoothly and for the hospitality they share.