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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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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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Director of 'Blindspotting' scores another indie winner
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San Diego Pride enters its biggest weekend with a mix of in-person and virtual events, a milestone for construction of the new SDSU stadium in Mission Valley, and KPBS relaunches its Cinema Junkie podcast about all things film.
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KPBS Midday EditionVirtual reality gaming facility is fully open after pandemic closure
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Marvel's standalone film for Scarlett Johansson is uneven but fun
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After 50 years in a basement footage of 'Black Woodstock' lights up the screen
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KPBS' "Cinema Junkie" has been on a quarantine break, but returns July 14 with new features.
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KPBS Midday EditionSix-part podcast releases second episode on Tuesday
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Can Vin Diesel latest 'Fast and Furious' rescue cinemas?
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.