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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Cygnet Theatre opens 'The Joan' at Arts District Liberty Station
Kurosawa classics restored and on big screen
Cinema Junkie recommends ABA doc, grindhouse gem and 3D animation
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The First Folio — the book that gave us Shakespeare — is touring the U.S. so what better time to talk about Shakespeare on film. -
Cinema Junkie travels to Egypt by way of an actor described as the "Egyptian Brad Pitt." In other words, he’s a big star even though most Americans don’t know his name, Khaled El Nabawy. -
Cinema Junkie serves up two archive interviews featuring Steve Martin and George Takai, both of whom have musicals currently on Broadway that premiered at the Old Globe Theatre. -
Cinema Junkie takes you on a pilgrimage to mecca, also known as the TCM Film Festival. -
Monsterpalooza, a convention celebrating the art of movie monsters, has grown so big that it has moved from the Burbank Marriott to the Pasadena Convention Center. Cinema Junkie checks in with some of the people at the convention. -
The 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor inspired playwright Joe DiPietro to write "Hollywood," which has its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in May. Cinema Junkie gets an early behind the scenes look at the play in progress. -
Academy Award-winning film editor Alan Heim was at Groovy Like a Movie for a San Diego Filmmakers event on April 12. Cinema Junkie sits down with the veteran craftsman for a master class in how to cut a film. -
FilmOut San Diego is screening John Waters' 1977 film "Desperate Living" at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of Photographic Arts. The perfect excuse to dust off a 1997 archive interview.
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KPBS Midday EditionAlso explores how the successful slave rebellion inspired video games -
Art Show, Marketplace Open To Public Through Sunday -
KPBS Midday EditionGet an insider's look at job where you get set on fire, thrown off buildings -
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KPBS Midday EditionGuests share cinematic addictions -
KPBS Midday EditionIn-person event planned for Thanksgiving weekend -
Director of 'Blindspotting' scores another indie winner -
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.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.