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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Marigold Bagels opens new storefront in North Park
'89 Carson Junction Road' is a Christmas play with a body count
Maxx Moses reimagines Black Friday
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The 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor inspired playwright Joe DiPietro to write "Hollywood," which has its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in May. Cinema Junkie gets an early behind the scenes look at the play in progress. -
Academy Award-winning film editor Alan Heim was at Groovy Like a Movie for a San Diego Filmmakers event on April 12. Cinema Junkie sits down with the veteran craftsman for a master class in how to cut a film. -
FilmOut San Diego is screening John Waters' 1977 film "Desperate Living" at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of Photographic Arts. The perfect excuse to dust off a 1997 archive interview. -
Cinema Junkie speaks with a veteran filmmaker and a newcomer whose works were featured in this month's San Diego Latino Film Festival. -
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. -
"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. -
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. -
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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KPBS Midday EditionCritics recommend some overlooked Black films from 2023 -
San Diego Legendary Lion Dance Association will be celebrating Lunar New Year all month with lion dances. -
On the menu: a slow food film about the joys of cooking opens this weekend at Digital Gym Cinema plus some other cinematic treats. -
Director Matthew Vaughn explains the inspiration behind "Argylle." -
The new production of "Don Giovanni" gives a modern spin to Mozart's bad boy. -
SDIJFF offers 12 days of in person films at the Garfield Theatre in La Jolla and then goes online. -
Kick off Black History Month by celebrating Black creators. -
The Stay Strange Short Film Festival and 'Lumpia with a Vengeance' release parties taking place on Saturday will satisfy diverse tastes.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.