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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WorldBeat Cultural Center celebrates Threads of Freedom
Escape to Arcade Monsters
From the World of John Wick: You want action? Yeah.
SD Fringe top pick: 'Smile'
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I'm in the mood for Italian horror thanks to composer Fabio Frizzi coming to San Diego to perform scores from his films. So let's talk about Frizzi, Fulci and the fever dream of Italian horror. -
Sometimes there’s just too much good stuff to cover so this week I am going to talk with a pair of filmmakers from wildly divergent films but what makes them fun to combine into one podcast is that one is a real documentary — "For the Love of Spock" — and one is a fake documentary — "Operation Avalanche." -
The seventh annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival wrapped this past Sunday. Here are interviews with filmmakers from around the globe who came. -
Something wicked this way comes! It is time for the seventh annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, which runs Sept. 7 through 11 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. -
The comic-turned-playwright's latest work, "Meteor Shower," has its world premiere at the Old Globe. -
"Hell or High Water" is a throwback to 1970s indie films. Director David Mackenzie and actor Gil Birmingham talk about making a contemporary Western that delivers social commentary. -
There are less than three months until Halloween. Spirit stores are already posting signs looking for employees and I am still trying to track down tentacles for my Lovecraft haunt this year. So basically it’s panic mode. Fortunately, I spent this past weekend at ScareLA where my sense of panic was understood by fellow Halloween enthusiasts. -
Mike Birbiglia's new film "Don't Think Twice" looks to an improv group experiencing some growing pains.
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New festival showcases 40 films in person and more online -
Exploring the cinematic and literary world of 007 -
Daniel Craig's final appearance as Bond was worth the wait. (Spoiler-free review.) -
Haunted Hotel Disturbance returns to Mission Valley and the Haunted Trail is back at Balboa Park with a mile long haunt. -
Event features panels, costumes, teapot racing -
Play "One in Two" begins preview performances then runs through Oct. 24 -
SDSU uses comics to teach students how to think critically in an age of disinformation -
KPBS Midday EditionActor Tom Prior will host post film Q&A
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.