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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'Park Opera' redefines opera in Balboa Park

Unpacking the virtues of Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners'

La Jolla Playhouse serves up audacious theatre to WOW you

Cinema Junkie recommends 'Sinners' and 'Gazer'
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This week's horror-themed October Cinema Junkie podcast pays tribute to "Re-Animator The Musical."
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It's all about obedience and madness with reviews of "The Experimenter" and National Theatre Live's "Hamlet" with Benedict Cumberbatch.
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This week's horror-themed edition of the KPBS Cinema Junkie Podcast looks at "The Babadook" through the eyes of a psychoanalyst.
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Guillermo del Toro returns to the realm of ghosts for his gothic romance, "Crimson Peak."
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If you have ever had the secret desire to look through medical books with their explicit photos of disease, deformities and medical science, then I have the perfect thing for you.
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This week's Cinema Junkie podcast looks to the new horror film "Goodnight Mommy" that hails from Austria.
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All the hype this week is focused on "The Martian" (opening Oct. 2 throughout San Diego), but there are plenty of other film choices for this weekend.
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An archive interview with Clive Barker from 2005 launches a month of horror themed podcasts on Cinema Junkie.
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Micro cinema finds new home in East Village at UC San Diego's Park and Market building
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Latest Marvel entry disappoints even with Sam Raimi at the helm.
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Naval Station North Island, the headquarters for naval aviation, was part of the premiere for the movie.
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Hanna Bergholm's film premiered virtually at Sundance and now arrives in cinemas and starts streaming next month.
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San Diego Shakespeare Society and Write Out Loud present K-12 students performing the Bard for free on Saturday.
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PacArts hosts more than two dozen films ranging from animation to documentary, science fiction to lush melodrama.
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TCM host Alicia Malone and TCM programmer Scott McGee will be signing new books.
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'The friendly, intimate comic convention experience' has a new president and will have a belated 100th birthday celebration for Gene Roddenberry.
Beth Accomando is taking a short break from film reviews and arts coverage to create a six-part video podcast called Stripper Energy. Check it out!