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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Two new docuseries look back to the making of George Lucas' "Star Wars" and the founding of Industrial Light and Magic. -
Get ready for a bonkers ass ride through the wildest and most extreme horror and exploitation cinema as Greg Dohler and author Matt Rotman take the wheel to kick a new season of Cinema Junkie into high gear. -
Cinema Junkie is on a season break but serves up this Bonus Podcast on the bold visionaries behind "Mad God" and "Neptune Frost." Host Beth Accomando speaks with stop motion effects genius Phil Tippett about the 30-year journey to bringing his magnum opus "Mad God" to the screen. Then she talks with poet Saul Williams and Rwandan filmmaker Anisia Uzeyman who created the Afrofuturist musical "Neptune Frost." -
TCM Classic Film Festival is back in person in Hollywood. TCM host Alicia Malone and TCM programmer Scott McGee will both be at the festival to sign copies of their new books. Cinema Junkie speaks with both authors. -
Cinema Junkie speaks with actors Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden as well as director James Hawes about bringing Micke Herron's acclaimed spy novel "Slow Horses" to the small screen. The Apple Original series is currently streaming. -
Today, Paramount releases the 4K Ultra HD of the newly restored "Godfather Trilogy" overseen by Francis Ford Coppola. Actor Robert Duvall talks about being in the film. -
Joel Coen's "The Tragedy of Macbeth" is a tale told by a master.
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The world premiere of Sasha Velour's show is selling out. -
Eisner award-winning letterer Stan Sakai talks about his art. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Midday Movie Critics are highlighting some films that reflect trans representation on the big screen. -
The latest season of the Apple TV+ series based on Mick Herron's spy novels kicks off Sept. 4. -
New film shows how the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program changed the lives of incarcerated men. -
San Diego Central Library is launching The Swiftie Book Club. -
Renée Westbrook's award-winning one-woman show will be performed in Los Angeles on Friday. -
Black cultural center in Balboa Park looks to unite through music, art and culture.
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!