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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Pac-Arts Spring Showcase features brilliant documentaries
Prepare to be WoWed!
'Art with Teeth' showcases femme filmmakers who bite back
SD Arab Film Festival returns for final weekend
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Cinema Junkie joins Midday Movies to spotlight Digital Gym Cinema, a microcinema keeping cult classics, international gems and community film events alive in San Diego. -
Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" is a vampire tale, a story of the Jim Crow South, an Afrofuturistic vision and a heart-pounding tribute to the blues and Black culture. Cinema Junkie takes a deep dive into the film with critics and authors. -
Cinema Junkie celebrates Walpurgisnacht with Joe Bob Briggs, host of Shudder's "The Last Drive-In." -
Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando talks with Pacific Arts Movement artistic director Brian Hu and filmmaker Jota Mun about must-see Asian cinema — from iconic kung fu classics to groundbreaking new films featured in this year's Spring Showcase. -
Hit the dark alleys of film noir with the usual suspects from the Midday Movies gang to find some femme fatales who made the genre iconic. -
Cinema Junkie presents a special Midday Movies honoring Black women on screen and behind the camera. -
Cinema Junkie welcomes back David F. Walker, but this time to discuss his new graphic novel, "Big Jim and the White Boy," a clever reimagining of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." -
Find out what our critics and San Diego Cinephiles think about the 97th Academy Award nominations — including the biggest snubs, surprises and upcoming must-watch movies in 2025.
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Critics revisit classic and modern films exploring U.S. ideals, history and contradictions. -
The 17th edition celebrates the immigrants who shaped Hollywood and the classic films audiences still love. -
The San Diego festival runs Friday through Sunday, featuring local and international films highlighting Asian and Asian American cinema. -
The Without Walls (WOW) Festival features interactive, site-specific performances across campus this weekend. -
The new one-night festival at Queen Bee's showcases five films from queer and femme filmmakers who bite back. -
A trio of filmmakers is crowdfunding a short neo-Western film, "The Last Favor," as the campaign nears its deadline. -
After a sold-out opening night, the festival returns April 17-19 with new screenings at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. -
The Comic-Con sister convention overlaps with No Kings protests this year, so attendees may need to plan for additional crowds and possible traffic impacts.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.