The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced that The Absence of Eden will open the 24th annual festival and The…
The Quiet Girl director Colm Bairéad grew up speaking Irish with his father. Now, he's helping to preserve and share…
When you watch Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, don't expect it to give you the factual story of Weird Al's…
Anne-Sophie Bine balances humor and darkness in her short "Dog Lover," an exploration of how far a person will go…
When Eric Appel was shooting his new movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — which is essentially the Weird Al…
The trailer for The Crown Season 5 is here and this is not a drill; Meet the Master of Cheese; The…
Harrison Ford has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as General Ross; Paul Dano says he had a tracking device on…
Colson Baker — known in the music industry as Machine Gun Kelly — is tired of being "laughed at" when…
When Michael Shannon performed a certain scene in the new literary drama A Little White Lie, director Michael Maren says…
Josh Wallace (director, co-writer) and Devin Das (co-writer, producer, actor) are the filmmakers behind Keeping Company, a horror-comedy that follows…
If the Newport Beach Film Festival could be described in a phrase, "Think globally, act locally" might be it. Showcasing…
When I learned my documentary What Happened in Vegas, about police corruption in Las Vegas, had gotten accepted to the…
Though his nomination for a Best Editing Oscar for Moonlight wasn't as monumental as his co-editor Joi McMillon's—she was the first African-American to…
Newport Beach Film Festival's 18th annual run has come to a close, marking another year that the SoCal luxury spot…
My wife and I had just settled into a quiet evening at a friend’s house when I saw a call…
This is a story about how I nearly fired one of the lead actors in our film the day before…
Was it worth it? Indie film, by definition, resides on the margins. It’s a medium of miracles, of squeezing so…
Feast your eyes on MovieMaker's complete list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2014. Despite original…
Los Aldeanos is an underground rap duo based in Havana whose lyrics challenge the status quo of Cuba's dictatorship. Filmmaker…
I first got involved with the Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) back in 2009 with my film Spooner. Even then…