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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Little Fish takes kids to Comic-Con to get work reviewed by pros
How to prepare for George Lucas coming to Hall H
Eisners: The "Oscars" of the comics industry
Indie film explores challenges of being an adjunct professor
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Directors talk about staging the Bard's romantic comedies and why they are still relevant. -
Ben Model has dedicated himself to creating music scores to bring silent films back to glorious life. He discusses the process to creating these scores and his passion to save these films and share them with new audiences. -
Here are some must-see LGBTQ+ films for Pride Month. -
Author and SDSU professor William Nericcio considers the art of Mexican cartoonist Jose Trinidad Camacho at Comic-Con Museum. -
Austin Dean Ashford won Best of Fringe in 2018 and returns to spread message of diversity and inclusivity. -
Cinema Junkie takes a film noir road trip to Shanghai and the Old West by way of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs. Can't make it? Then just use this as a roadmap for your own noir journey. -
Host Maureen Cavanaugh has Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando and Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala pick their favorite movies about moms and the results might surprise you. -
KPBS Arts reporter Beth Accomando invites Pac-Arts artistic director Brian Hu to examine Asian representation in Hollywood films through the years, and how recent independent films have played a role in changing how Asians are represented on screen.
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Hollywood in 1969 provides the backdrop for Tarantino's 9th film -
KPBS Midday EditionActor John Wells III creates theater company to bring play to San Diego -
The view from the fringes -
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Screen icon rebrands and gets on social media -
KPBS Midday EditionComic-Con celebrates its 50th show this week and has evolved into an event that sprawls out from the convention center and attracts upwards of 130,000 attendees. But it wasn't always that big. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando speaks with some long-time attendees, including a pair who have been to every single show. -
Toho's first booth at Comic-Con showcases its 65-year-old icon -
KPBS Midday EditionPop culture convention runs through Sunday
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.