‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and ‘Devotion’ Among Winners at Newport Beach...
The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced its 2022 award winners, including an Audience Award for “The Banshees of Inisherin” and Festival Awards for “Devotion” and “The Lost King.” In its 23rd...
View ArticleRon Howard and Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch Among Honorees in Newport Beach...
PBS SoCal and KCET are partnering with the Newport Beach Film Festival for a broadcast premiere of the “Newport Beach Film Festival HONORS,” scheduled to air Sunday. The 30-minute special will be...
View ArticlePaul Mescal, Letitia Wright Among Honorees at Newport Beach Film Festival...
Paul Mescal, Letitia Wright and Gemma Chan are among those set to be honored at the Newport Beach Film Festival’s U.K. honors in London. Eleven actors have been shortlisted for their outstanding work...
View ArticleBill Nighy To Receive Newport Beach Film Festival Icon Award at U.K. Honors
Bill Nighy is set to be honored with an Icon Award at Newport Beach Film Festival’s U.K. honors on Thursday. Nighy has been selected as the recipient of the annual event’s highest accolade this year in...
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Festival Unveils 2023 Lineup: ‘May...
The 24th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) has unveiled its lineup for this year’s festival, taking place Oct. 12-19. It includes 91 films from 19 countries, including 14 world premieres. In...
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Festival Announces ‘The Absence of Eden’ and ‘The...
The Newport Beach Film Festival, which will run from Oct. 12-19 this year, has announced their opening and closing night films. Marco Perego’s “The Absence of Eden,” which stars Zoë Saldaña, will open...
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Festival Honors to Include William Shatner, Patricia...
The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced its 2023 Festival Honors. Among this year’s honorees are William Shatner, Patricia Clarkson, Eugenio Derbez, Todd Haynes, Glenn Howerton, Jack Huston, Phil...
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Fest Adds Screening and Talk on ‘Are You There God? It’s...
The Newport Beach Film Festival has added a screening of “Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret” to its Fashion Island main stage line-up. The screening on Sunday, Oct. 15 will include a Q&A with...
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Fest Boasts Strong Lineup of Awards Contenders Including...
Co-founder and CEO of the Newport Beach Film Festival Gregg Schwenk muses that there are several reasons the fest, which will run Oct. 12-19 this year, has grown in popularity over the last 24 years....
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Festival Announces 2023 Winners, “American Fiction” and...
The 2023 annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF), hosted from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19, has announced its slate of awards winners. The 24th annual NBFF showcased over 300 films. Over eight days, the...
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Festival Returns to London for U.K. Honors in 2025
The Newport Beach Film Festival will return to London Feb. 13 2025 for its U.K. Honors, recognizing outstanding work by British and Irish actors across film and television. The U.K. Honors will take...
View ArticleSimon West’s ‘Old Guy’ to World Premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival...
Simon West’s “Old Guy,” starring Christoph Waltz, Cooper Hoffman and Lucy Liu, will make its world premiere as the opening night film at this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival. West and Waltz are...
View ArticleNicolas Cage, Colman Domingo and June Squibb Among Newport Beach Film...
Oscar winner Nicolas Cage and Oscar nominees June Squibb, Colman Domingo and Marianne Jean-Baptiste are among the honorees at this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival Honors on Oct. 20 at the Balboa Bay...
View ArticleArianne Phillips Honored With Creative Visionary Award at Newport Beach Film...
Costume designer Arianne Phillips will be honored with the Newport Beach Film Festival Creative Visionary Award. The festival and its partner, Fashion Island, will be honoring Phillips with the award...
View ArticleMargaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Kiernan Shipka Added as Newport Beach Fest...
Margaret Qualley and Bobby Cannavale are among the names being added to the starry line-up of honorees at the Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs Oct. 17-24. In addition, the fest announced a...
View ArticleNewport Beach Film Festival Turns 25 with Honors for Nicolas Cage, Colman...
In 1999, Orange County natives Gregg Schwenk and Todd Quartararo were working in the corporate sector but shared a love for cinema and producing events. They looked around their seaside locale and saw...
View ArticleDP Greig Fraser on the Biggest Challenge Shooting ‘Dune 2’, How He Manages...
“One doesn’t come out of the womb wanting to be a cinematographer,” says Greig Fraser, the go-to director of photography for such helmers as Garth Davis, Matt Reeves, Denis Villeneuve and more. Fraser...
View ArticleRyan Destiny, Drew Starkey and More Standout Actors of 2024 on Biopics,...
Since 1998, Variety has been celebratinng up-and-coming performers with their annual 10 Actors to Watch list. Past recipients have included Oscar winners and nominees like Timothée Chalamet, Viola...
View Article‘Lost & Found in Cleveland’ Review: Antique Appraisals Rile Up Midwest...
Though it’s something of a backhanded paean to its eponymous city in question, the most enjoyable element to “Lost & Found in Cleveland” is its locations, locations, locations — cinematographer...
View Article‘Space Cowboy’ Review: A Skydiving Cameraman Looks Back on His Rise and Many,...
If you were to find entire dinette sets, automobiles and living rooms — with people sitting in them — tumbling Earthward from the clouds, you might think “Okay, so End Times really are a thing.” But it...
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