Cinema Junkie

Satisfy your celluloid addiction and mainline film 24/7 with Cinema Junkie’s Beth Accomando. So if you need a film fix, want to hear what filmmakers have to say about their work, feel like taking a deep dive into a genre, or just want to know what's worth seeing this weekend, then you've come to the right place. You can also find Beth's coverage of other arts and culture events here.
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Escape to Arcade Monsters

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SD Fringe top pick: 'Smile'
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WonderCon 2016 took place over the weekend in Los Angeles, and KPBS' Beth Accomando took advantage of the event to talk with Seth Laderman of Comic-Con HQ and Ted Adams of IDW Publishing.
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"Mad Max: Fury Road" was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar this year and took home more awards than any other film, but none of the stunt people received any recognition from the Academy. Stuntman Jeff Wolfe talks about a rally and petition to get an Oscar category for stunts.
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Masked wrestlers, nunsploitation, monsters, and San Diego Latino Film Festival's Un Mundo Extraño — Cinema Junkie looks to extreme Latin cinema with Horrible Imaginings' Miguel Rodriguez.
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Turner Classic Movies launches its March spotlight program, Condemned, a look at more than four decades of censorship, the Catholic Legion of Decency, and the film industry.
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For almost two decades, starting in the late 1950s, you could count on Hammer Films for breathtakingly lurid Gothic horror tales that served up vampires, werewolves, monsters and luscious ladies. British author Antony Earnshaw talks about the studio and it legacy for the launch of a yearlong film series Get Hammered at the Digital Gym Cinema.
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Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer talks about making documentaries from a subjective point of view in "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence," which is up for a Best Documentary Oscar this Sunday.
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This year is off to a good start with "Bone Tomahawk" and "The Witch" (now playing throughout San Diego) serving up well-crafted horror tales that challenge expectations about the genre.
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"Bone Tomahawk" gets a one-time screening in San Diego on Feb. 21 at the Digital Gym Cinema. Writer-director S. Craig Zahler talks about ramping up his slow-burn horror western.
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As the year comes to an end, Oscar-hopefuls fill theaters but some indie gems may get overlooked.
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WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park has been sharing music, art, dance and Black culture since 1995.
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KPBS Midday EditionActor Gary Oldman talks about Mick Herron, British spies and why James Bond doesn't fart
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Hive of creativity will hold a party on Tuesday.
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San Diego's micro-cinema has diverse offerings for this weekend and beyond.
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Tuesday, Digital Gym Cinema hosts a single screening of the gorgeous 4K restoration of the 1951 Mexican film noir "Victims of Sin." Take advantage of this rare opportunity to see it on the big screen.
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Eli Roth carves up a 'Thanksgiving' feast while Ridley Scott serves up an overstuffed 'Napoleon.'
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"Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" expands the monsterverse with 10-part streaming show on Apple TV+.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.