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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'Park Opera' redefines opera in Balboa Park
Unpacking the virtues of Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners'
La Jolla Playhouse serves up audacious theatre to WOW you
Cinema Junkie recommends 'Sinners' and 'Gazer'
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This week's horror-themed October Cinema Junkie podcast pays tribute to "Re-Animator The Musical." -
It's all about obedience and madness with reviews of "The Experimenter" and National Theatre Live's "Hamlet" with Benedict Cumberbatch. -
This week's horror-themed edition of the KPBS Cinema Junkie Podcast looks at "The Babadook" through the eyes of a psychoanalyst. -
Guillermo del Toro returns to the realm of ghosts for his gothic romance, "Crimson Peak." -
If you have ever had the secret desire to look through medical books with their explicit photos of disease, deformities and medical science, then I have the perfect thing for you. -
This week's Cinema Junkie podcast looks to the new horror film "Goodnight Mommy" that hails from Austria. -
All the hype this week is focused on "The Martian" (opening Oct. 2 throughout San Diego), but there are plenty of other film choices for this weekend. -
An archive interview with Clive Barker from 2005 launches a month of horror themed podcasts on Cinema Junkie.
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"The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" opens at The Globe and explores the mind of one of the world's greatest thinkers. -
This week Loud Fridge Theatre Group kicks off its first full season with the San Diego premiere of former San Diegan Rachel Bublitz' "Ripped," about a campus sexual assault. -
Balboa Park museum is reimagining its "Race: Are We So Different?" exhibit. -
Beginning in the 1940s, the Ken Cinema brought foreign and independent films to San Diego. But the single-screen landmark has been vacant for the past two years and has just been sold. -
'RRR' and indie films screen for your consideration as awards season ramps up. -
'Mad God,' 'Crimes of the Future,' 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' top list -
KPBS Midday Edition"Die Hard" is just one of many action films can kindle the holiday spirit. Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando gives us her top 12. -
James Cameron's sequel to his 2009 film is pretty to look at but lacks a compelling narrative.
Beth Accomando is taking a short break from film reviews and arts coverage to create a six-part video podcast called Stripper Energy. Check it out!