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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Interview with 'Sunshine' actress Maris Racal

San Diego Filipino Film Festival serves up packed weekend

I was a scare actor for a night at Haunted Trail

San Diego Italian Film Festival celebrates courage
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If you grew up in the 1980s then you probably saw a Cannon Film like “Lifeforce,” “Missing in Action,” or “Death Wish 2.” The new documentary “Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films” chronicles the crazy history of this indie film company.
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Horrible Imaginings's lively panel for Edgar G. Ulmer's 'Bluebeard' (1944). On the panel are Ulmer's daughter Arianne Ulmer Cipes and his biographer Noah Isenberg. Panel was moderated by Miguel Rodriguez.
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Two young filmmakers, Erick Msumanje and Gigi Saul Guererro, with wildly different films and styles talk about their work and how they define horror at the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival that took place over the weekend.
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Yes! I just found out that "Hobo With a Shotgun" has been held over, and you will have at least one more shot at this grindhouse homage.
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You may think you’ve seen bad movies but you haven’t seen anything quite as bad as “The Room." Listen to my radio feature about how a film’s badness is turning it into a cult hit on the midnight movie circuit. This is like a car crash that you cannot avoid looking at.
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Horrible Imaginings Film Festival director Miguel Rodriguez discusses his upcoming horror fest.
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Landmark’s Ken Cinema has found success with its classic film weeks and midnight movies. "They Live" pays tribute to the late Roddy Piper.
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If you found "Turbo Kid" on a VHS tape in someone's garage you'd probably swear it was a movie from the 1980s and that's just part of its charm.
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Actor Tom Steward turns his SD Fringe one-man show into a musical for Coronado Playhouse this weekend
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Taiwanese film inspired by video game deals with history and the period of White Terror
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Japan's pop culture icon is increasing his footprint in the U.S. market for Christmas
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Attendees share their experiences at the scaled back pop culture convention.
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Looking beyond just the usual suspect of the femme fatale to explore the diversity of women in classic Hollywood film noir
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KPBS Midday EditionComic-Con Special Edition runs through Sunday at San Diego Convention Center
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KPBS Midday EditionAfter two virtual conventions Comic-Con is back at San Diego Convention Center with a scaled down in-person show.
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