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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"The Overnight” has been stirring buzz since its premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It's a raunchy comedy but with more than sex on its mind. -
It’s summer so that means Shakespeare takes the stage at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. But for its 80th anniversary, the Globe is adding a twist to the Summer Shakespeare season — films. -
In an era of fast food entertainment, “We Are Still Here” (opening June 25 at the Digital Gym Cinema) serves up a slow meal of haunted house horrors. -
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (opening June 19 in select San Diego theaters) won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
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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.