By Tim Winterstein - Honestly, I can't believe we'd never thought of it before. My brother, Jay, and I talk a lot about movies. He's the one who went to film school. He's the one who introduced me to the Newport Beach Film Festival. He's the one who tells me which classic movies I've missed … Continue reading Talking Movies With My Brother
By Tim Winterstein - The older I get, the more I realize just how unreliable my memories actually are. It is easy to assume without reflection that what we “remember” is true. Memento is one of the movies that first hinted to me that (even without a brain injury) what we think we remember is … Continue reading The Past that is not Past
By Tim Winterstein - Maybe it begins as an attempt by a doctor to expunge her guilt over not allowing a girl in danger into the medical practice where she is filling in. But as Jenny (the impressive and understated Adèle Haenel) is pulled into the orbit of The Unknown Girl (La fille inconnue, the … Continue reading The Healing Arts
By Tim Winterstein - Any piece of art can age in essentially two ways. Whether it's a book or a movie, a sculpture or a painting, its impact on the reader or viewer can be significant or shocking at first, but age blunts the impact. What was important when it was first produced can be … Continue reading All You Need Is Love
By Tim Winterstein - [CONTAINS SPOILERS] Every year, there are certain themes that stand out from the films I watch at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Some of that is intentional, especially with short film blocks, but the confluence of themes in the films that are submitted seems more organic. A couple of years ago, … Continue reading Living Together
By Tim Winterstein - By the time you read this, I'll be at the 20th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival. Before my first festival in 2012, I had never really watched short films. Where do you see them? Unless you have a small, art house theater, you probably won't see them in theaters. Amazon and … Continue reading In Short, 2019
By Tim Winterstein - Today is a day for the silence of God. Through all the false accusations, the trials, the beating, the mocking, the crucifying: silence and abandonment. Jesus, the Son, cries out, asking why God, His Father, has forsaken Him, and there is no answer. For everyone who has prayed and heard no … Continue reading The Silence of God
