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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'Park Opera' redefines opera in Balboa Park
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Sometimes there’s just too much good stuff to cover so this week I am going to talk with a pair of filmmakers from wildly divergent films but what makes them fun to combine into one podcast is that one is a real documentary — "For the Love of Spock" — and one is a fake documentary — "Operation Avalanche."
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The seventh annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival wrapped this past Sunday. Here are interviews with filmmakers from around the globe who came.
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Something wicked this way comes! It is time for the seventh annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, which runs Sept. 7 through 11 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.
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The comic-turned-playwright's latest work, "Meteor Shower," has its world premiere at the Old Globe.
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"Hell or High Water" is a throwback to 1970s indie films. Director David Mackenzie and actor Gil Birmingham talk about making a contemporary Western that delivers social commentary.
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There are less than three months until Halloween. Spirit stores are already posting signs looking for employees and I am still trying to track down tentacles for my Lovecraft haunt this year. So basically it’s panic mode. Fortunately, I spent this past weekend at ScareLA where my sense of panic was understood by fellow Halloween enthusiasts.
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Mike Birbiglia's new film "Don't Think Twice" looks to an improv group experiencing some growing pains.
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If Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland were geeks, they would be putting on a "Hobbits" version of "Les Mis" or a "Star Wars" take on "The Phantom of the Opera." That's what Turning Tydes is doing at Comic-Con.
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San Diego Comic-Con Museum hosts a day of panels paying tribute to pioneer of graphic storytelling.
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Bhangra sets the beat for this energetic cultural mash up
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KPBS Midday Edition'Cyrano' is one of a trio of new movie musicals recently nominated for Oscars
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After going virtual during the pandemic, the festival returns in person at The Brooks Theatre in downtown Oceanside.
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The mini-convention celebrating Black comics creators is back after a two-year pandemic break.
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Mozart's 'Così Fan Tutte' welcomes audiences back to Civic Theatre after an almost two-year absence
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The festival will host 12 days of films online and in person from around the globe.
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The San Diego-based company is still working remotely and passing on in-person shows.
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!