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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How FilmOut, San Diego's LGBTQ+ Film Festival, began
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The Old Globe has a bold new production of “Hamlet” on stage now. It is directed by Barry Edelstein and it made me see the play with new eyes. This podcast is dedicated to Shakespeare’s great play and to understanding it better through film and an interview with Edelstein. -
George A. Romero died on July 16. The zombie community paid tribute to him during Comic-Con, and I gather some of those memories and an archive interview with him for this remembrance. -
Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, Hitch — however you want to refer to him — is a filmmaker who has left an indelible mark on cinema. His career spanned the silents and talkies, black and white, Technicolor, and 3-D, plus film industries on both side of the pond. -
Edgar Wright has a new film out and that is cause for celebration. I speak with the director about "Baby Driver." -
San Diego's Old Globe Theatre has an eight decade history of performing Shakespeare on stage. Now its artistic director Barry Edelstein wants to highlight the Bard on film. -
Found footage is a tired trope in horror but those films all manufacture their supposed found footage. That kind of fakery holds no interest for filmmaker Bill Morrison. He is interested in the real deal, genuine footage that has been unearthed, uncovered or just waiting to be found and brought to light. His latest film, "Dawson City: Frozen Time," finds treasures in the arctic ice. -
FilmOut San Diego is hosting its first-ever block of gay horror shorts and it highlights how LGBT filmmakers are turning more and more to genre filmmaking. So I felt it was time to pay tribute to queer cinema and talk to some filmmakers about why they choose to work in the genre. -
With the return of "Twin Peaks" and a revival screening of "Fire Walk With Me," I decided it was time to dig into the archives for an interview with David Lynch.
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In-person and virtual festival will showcase 35 feature films. -
Mezzo soprano Stephanie Blythe sings male baritone role in four performances of "The Puccini Duo" — a first for professional opera performances. -
Black Com!x Day, a free convention showcasing Black creators, returns to the WorldBeat Cultural Center this weekend. -
Triathlete and filmmaker Lesley Paterson received a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for "All Quiet on the Western Front." -
Professor and Eisner Award-winning author Qiana Whitted dissects captions and corpses. -
New exhibit celebrates the history of animation from hand-drawn cels to CGI. -
Cinema Junkie chronicles a century of Black cinema, from silent films to superheroes and beyond. -
Over the years Cinema Junkie has done a number of podcasts about Black cinema and the incredible diversity it contains.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.