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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.

Nancy Warwick is the fourth generation to run the family owned Warwick's in La Jolla. Nov. 18, 2025 Playing
Warwick's indie bookstore has been family run for 128 years
Marigold Bagels had its grand opening on Saturday at its new storefront on El Cajon Blvd. Dec. 5, 2025 Playing
Marigold Bagels opens new storefront in North Park
Poster for Michael Mizerany's new play "89 Carson Junction Road." Undated. Playing
'89 Carson Junction Road' is a Christmas play with a body count
Artist Maxx Moses painting in his studio at Graffiti Gardens in Encanto. Nov. 17, 2025 Playing
Maxx Moses reimagines Black Friday
  • Austin Dean Ashford won Best of Fringe in 2018 and returns to spread message of diversity and inclusivity.
  • Cinema Junkie takes a film noir road trip to Shanghai and the Old West by way of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs. Can't make it? Then just use this as a roadmap for your own noir journey.
  • Host Maureen Cavanaugh has Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando and Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala pick their favorite movies about moms and the results might surprise you.
  • KPBS Arts reporter Beth Accomando invites Pac-Arts artistic director Brian Hu to examine Asian representation in Hollywood films through the years, and how recent independent films have played a role in changing how Asians are represented on screen.
  • Former TCM programmer Millie DeChirico talks about her new book, "TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema."
  • In the final episode of Cinema Junkie's three-part series focused on Black Com!x Day's Get Shooked! New Masters of Horror panel, Kevin Grevioux talks about his latest projects, owning your own IPs, and monsters.
  • Cinema Junkie continues its three-part series talking with the Get Shooked panelists coming for Black Comix Day. In this episode, John Jennings talks about cosmic superheroes, a crowd-funded horror anthology, and getting hooked on comics.
  • Cinema Junkie speaks with three of the new masters of horror contributing stories to the new comics anthology "Shook." In Part One, Rodney Barnes talks about vampires, real world horror and juggling a career in TV, film and comics.
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