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Artscapes: See Who Made the Cut at the Newport Beach Film Festival

Wonder who made the cut at the 2018 Newport Beach Film Festival? Every year, the festival gets more than 3,000 submissions but only accepts about 10 percent of those submitted. The rest are indeed cut. That’s why this year’s festival has the theme of “See Who Made the Cut,” but...
Posted On 17 Apr 2018
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Artscapes: NB Film Festival Unveils 2018 Lineup

“American Animals,” a 2018 British-American crime drama written and directed by Bart Layton and starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, and Jared Abrahamson, will have its West Coast Premiere at the 19th annual Newport Beach Film Festival as the opening night film on...
Posted On 01 Apr 2018
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Off the Menu Side Dish: 42 Grams of Culinary Cinema

“Food is just the medium. It’s really a connection of random people that want one thing—a good time. A good experience. That’s all it is. Food is just my way of talking.” Chef Jake Bickelhaupt does indeed do a lot of talking through his incredible culinary creations in the fi...
Posted On 05 Jan 2018
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Charity Spotlight: Women of Chapman Presents Endowments to Film Students

Wonder where the next crop of young filmmakers are coming from? The answer is simple: Chapman University. At its annual Summer Luncheon at Balboa Bay Resort on June 20, the Women of Chapman support group, which has numerous Newport Beach members, bestowed $50,000 worth of...
Posted On 14 Jul 2017
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Special Events Receive $280,000 in City Support

A number of events in Newport Beach have the support of City Council this week as they approved more than a quarter of a million dollars for the city’s Special Event Support Program. Council voted 6-0 on Tuesday to support most of the staff’s recommendations, with a few added...
Posted On 13 Jul 2017
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Insights: Courage in Film

When I think of courage, I think about having to dig deep down inside to find resources we may not know we had. It is sometimes going through difficult times and finding this strength that we learn so much more about ourselves. I can look back at my own life and see my times of...
Posted On 10 May 2017
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2017 Newport Beach Film Festival Went Deep

The Newport Beach Film Festival decided to “Go Deeper” for its 18th annual incarnation that ran April 20 – 27, starting with the opening night film, “Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton” (a documentary about an American icon who forever changed the sport of big wave...
Posted On 28 Apr 2017
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“Sea Gypsies” is a Wild Voyage

Whenever I watch a nautical film that is based on little boating experience or “fly by the seat of your pants” long distance cruising, I am simply amazed by sheer blind luck or divine intervention, (or both), which is the case with “Sea Gypsies” in this year’s Film Festival. My...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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On Faith: “Strange Occurrences” Offers Insights into Religion

On the evening of Thursday, August 21, in 1879, 15 people claimed to see the same miraculous occurrence, and now over one million people make the pilgrimage to the village of Knock in Ireland every year in hopes of experiencing their own miracles. You have the opportunity to...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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Ageless Tennis Players Seek “Gold Balls”

In her movie “Gold Balls,” Kate Dandel tracks a group of ageless (mostly over 80) geezers as they train, travel, laugh and claw through tennis tournaments across the United States, hoping to win a Gold Ball. John Powless, 81, and ranked number one in the over 80 group, eventually...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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“The Bullish Farmer” Takes Aim at Big Ag and GMOs

As a long time health fanatic that has understood what is at stake for our health and well-being, from our community to our nation, I was a relieved to learn a movie about farming, “The Bullish Farmer,” made it into the film festival. My editor, connoisseur of all foods great and...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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“I’ll Push You” is an Astounding Emotional Journey

“ll Push You” is an emotion packed documentary of two best friends, Justin and Patrick, hiking the 500-mile pilgrimage trail through France and Spain called the Camino de Santiago. What makes this journey more challenging than most is Justin has a rare neurological...
Posted On 24 Apr 2017
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“California Typewriter” is an Homage to Typewriters

“I feel something for these machines. I look at it and my mind just goes ‘Where has this machine been at?’ If it could talk, man it could tell some stories.” Ken Alexander, master typewriter repairman, while waxing sentimental on what’s to love about the humble typewriter, hit...
Posted On 23 Apr 2017
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“Remembering Leonard Nimoy” at Newport Beach Film Fest

Many of us want to leave a legacy behind. Something that we will be remembered for. Leonard Nimoy had no such problem since he is forever and indelibly engraved in our collective social conscience as the iconic Mr. Spock on the Star Trek series. For 40 years Nimoy shared his...
Posted On 23 Apr 2017
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat…Across the Pacific Ocean

There was absolutely no way that four girls weren’t going to set a world record. After all, they were the first humans to row across the entire Pacific Ocean – from San Francisco, to Cairns, Australia. Their incredible odyssey spanning 8,579 miles over nine months is humanly and...
Posted On 23 Apr 2017
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“Augie” Documentary Inspires Hope

Moviegoers may not expect a film involving amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, to inspire hope, but “Augie” certainly does. The documentary centers on Augie Nieto, the fitness entrepreneur responsible for LifeCycle, and his fight with the disease. ALS attacks nerve cells in...
Posted On 23 Apr 2017
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“Take My Nose” Offers Comedic Insights into Plastic Surgery

“Take My Nose…Please” is a documentary that focuses on female comedians such as Jackie Hoffman, Emily Askin and Jacque Lynn Foltyn, and their thoughts, feelings and obviously humor on plastic surgery.  Each comedian shared the pressures they feel as a woman and being in the...
Posted On 22 Apr 2017
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“Cassette” Documentary is a Cinematic Mixtape

Music’s worst format. That’s one of the monikers most frequently given to the cassette tape. Others include obsolete, antiquated, and out-of-date. Still, the compact cassette refuses to die, thanks to the small but mighty group of nostalgic music nuts, fanatical collectors, and...
Posted On 22 Apr 2017
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“RiverBlue: Can Fashion Save the Planet?”

The film “RiverBlue: Can Fashion Save the Planet?” takes a look at the contamination of the worlds water supply caused by exportation and manufacturing of textile goods, and the lack of regulation of toxins at those factories. With only one percent of the earths water coming from...
Posted On 22 Apr 2017
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“The Scent of Rain and Lightning”

Long-standing resident families vying for advantage, deep-rooted conflicts over land, moneyed power players competing with less affluent interests, authorities straddling alliances. Hmmm…sounds a little like another town we know… The Midwest-set mystery, “The Scent of Rain and...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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