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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Cinema Junkie travels to Egypt by way of an actor described as the "Egyptian Brad Pitt." In other words, he’s a big star even though most Americans don’t know his name, Khaled El Nabawy. -
Cinema Junkie serves up two archive interviews featuring Steve Martin and George Takai, both of whom have musicals currently on Broadway that premiered at the Old Globe Theatre. -
Cinema Junkie takes you on a pilgrimage to mecca, also known as the TCM Film Festival. -
Monsterpalooza, a convention celebrating the art of movie monsters, has grown so big that it has moved from the Burbank Marriott to the Pasadena Convention Center. Cinema Junkie checks in with some of the people at the convention. -
The 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor inspired playwright Joe DiPietro to write "Hollywood," which has its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in May. Cinema Junkie gets an early behind the scenes look at the play in progress. -
Academy Award-winning film editor Alan Heim was at Groovy Like a Movie for a San Diego Filmmakers event on April 12. Cinema Junkie sits down with the veteran craftsman for a master class in how to cut a film. -
FilmOut San Diego is screening John Waters' 1977 film "Desperate Living" at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of Photographic Arts. The perfect excuse to dust off a 1997 archive interview. -
Cinema Junkie speaks with a veteran filmmaker and a newcomer whose works were featured in this month's San Diego Latino Film Festival.
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This scaled down live theatre festival means you can actually see all 19 shows in 11 days! -
Army Capt. Jennifer Moreno and Navy Capt. Kathy Bruyere are influential women who are the subjects of two G.I. Film Festival documentaries. -
The San Diego International Fringe Festival returns to Balboa Park for 2023 — here's how to take it all in. -
This world premiere event invites visitors into what it calls “a realm of ringside thrills and backstage secrets.” -
Enjoy a quartet of films from classic golden age Hong Kong to new releases. -
Jose Trinidad Camacho gets binational exhibition with art from his four-decade career. -
Imagined cinematic futures will be used by guest speakers to discuss current issues about race, gender, healthcare and artificial intelligence. -
Spoiler-free review of Marvel's latest and final(?) "Guardians" film.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.