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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Unpacking the virtues of Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners'
La Jolla Playhouse serves up audacious theatre to WOW you
Cinema Junkie recommends 'Sinners' and 'Gazer'
WorldBeat Center's Sound Healing Garden
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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. -
Meet The Glamorous Victim, The Lady Sleuth. The Redeeming Angel and more as Cinema Junkie explores the diversity of women in film noir. -
Looking beyond just the usual suspects of the femme fatale for Noir-vember
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Theatre company performs at 66-seat black box space at Mission Valley Shopping Center. -
KPBS Midday EditionFilm Geeks SD will present a year-long film series dedicated to the iconic monster at Digital Gym Cinema. -
Revisiting the East County water tower Cloud Project and its controversy. -
'All of Us Strangers' and 'American Fiction' are indie films trying to catch the Academy's eye. -
Writer-producer Ron Jackson serves up "Murder and Cocktails" in his Little Italy condo. Find out whodunit when the film starts streaming in January. -
As the year comes to an end, Oscar-hopefuls fill theaters but some indie gems may get overlooked. -
WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park has been sharing music, art, dance and Black culture since 1995. -
KPBS Midday EditionActor Gary Oldman talks about Mick Herron, British spies and why James Bond doesn't fart
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!