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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Eisners: The "Oscars" of the comics industry
Indie film explores challenges of being an adjunct professor
Cinema Junkie recommends 'Superman'
WorldBeat Cultural Center celebrates Threads of Freedom
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Ben Model's new book defines the visual language and lasting impact of silent cinema. -
Cinema Junkie joins Midday Movies to spotlight Digital Gym Cinema, a microcinema keeping cult classics, international gems and community film events alive in San Diego. -
Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" is a vampire tale, a story of the Jim Crow South, an Afrofuturistic vision and a heart-pounding tribute to the blues and Black culture. Cinema Junkie takes a deep dive into the film with critics and authors. -
Cinema Junkie celebrates Walpurgisnacht with Joe Bob Briggs, host of Shudder's "The Last Drive-In." -
Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando talks with Pacific Arts Movement artistic director Brian Hu and filmmaker Jota Mun about must-see Asian cinema — from iconic kung fu classics to groundbreaking new films featured in this year's Spring Showcase. -
Hit the dark alleys of film noir with the usual suspects from the Midday Movies gang to find some femme fatales who made the genre iconic. -
Cinema Junkie presents a special Midday Movies honoring Black women on screen and behind the camera. -
Cinema Junkie welcomes back David F. Walker, but this time to discuss his new graphic novel, "Big Jim and the White Boy," a clever reimagining of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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Director of 'Blindspotting' scores another indie winner -
San Diego Pride enters its biggest weekend with a mix of in-person and virtual events, a milestone for construction of the new SDSU stadium in Mission Valley, and KPBS relaunches its Cinema Junkie podcast about all things film. -
KPBS Midday EditionVirtual reality gaming facility is fully open after pandemic closure -
Marvel's standalone film for Scarlett Johansson is uneven but fun -
After 50 years in a basement footage of 'Black Woodstock' lights up the screen -
KPBS' "Cinema Junkie" has been on a quarantine break, but returns July 14 with new features. -
KPBS Midday EditionSix-part podcast releases second episode on Tuesday -
Can Vin Diesel latest 'Fast and Furious' rescue cinemas?
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.