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Newport Beach Film Festival The Absense of Eden
September 20, 2023
The Newport Beach Film Festival has set the opening and closing night films for the 24th annual festival — The…
Colm Bairéad's The Quiet Girl Is a Love Letter to the Irish Language
March 12, 2023
Colm Bairéad directed drama film The Quiet Girl is a love letter to the Irish language, following a shy girl…
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Involved 'Absolutely No Research on Al's Actual Life,' Director Eric Appel Says
October 20, 2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story involved "absolutely no research" into Weird Al Yankovic's actual life, according to director Eric Appel
Anne-Sophie Bine's 'Dog Lover' Explores How Far We'll Go For Love
October 20, 2022
Anne-Sophie Bine directed Dog Lover, a short about how far a person will go for love. It screened on Monday…
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story How Director Eric Appel Handled 2 Weird Al's on Set
October 20, 2022
Director Eric Appel had to come up with a way to distinguish between Daniel Radcliffe and Weird Al on set…
The Crown Season 5 Trailer; Cheese Master; Filmmaker's Nightmare
October 20, 2022
The Crown Season 5 trailer is here; A true cheese master gets a movie; Every indie filmmaker's nightmare came true…
Harrison Ford Joins MCU; Paul Dano's Tracking Device; Notes From Newport Beach
October 18, 2022
Harrison Ford is the newest member of the MCU; Paul Dano had a tracking device on his The Batman script;…
Machine Gun Kelly Tired of Being 'Laughed At,' Hopes Taurus Will Make Studio Take Him Seriously
October 16, 2022
Colson Baker — AKA Machine Gun Kelly — is tired of being "laughed at" and hopes his new film Taurus…
A Little White Lie Director: Michael Shannon 'Seduced Everybody' With His Acting
October 15, 2022
A Little White Lie director Michael Maren says Michael Shannon was so moving as an actor in the literary drama,…
Keeping Company
October 18, 2021
Josh Wallace and Devin Das on Keeping Company, their horror-comedy about two insurance salesmen who become trapped in a serial…
April 25, 2019
Heading into its 20th year, Newport Beach Film Festival is expected to attract 55,000 visitors, making it the largest film…
July 27, 2017
I had a problem: My movie had been accepted to Thin Line Fest but was scheduled to screen at two…
May 17, 2017
Editor Nat Sanders discusses what he's learned about editing thus far, how he cut a key scene from Moonlight the…
May 2, 2017
In its 18th year, Newport Beach Film Festival rode the waves of surfing culture and hosted the largest pool of…
April 22, 2016
My wife and I had just settled into a quiet evening at a friend’s house when I saw a call…
April 28, 2015
Moviemaker Kyle Ham recalls the difficulties of working with a vintage truck on the set of his film Reparation.
April 8, 2015
The 50 film festivals worth the entry fee in 2015. MovieMaker Magazine's annual list of the venues where attendees get…
April 22, 2014
50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, 2014 - Invest in these fests and you’ll see results in your career…
April 29, 2013
Los Aldeanos is an underground rap duo based in Havana whose lyrics challenge the Cuban dictatorship. Jesse Acevedo documents their…
January 16, 2013
Sundance-winning director Drake Doremus takes "Like Crazy" to the Newport Beach Film Festival.