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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Escape to Arcade Monsters
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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.
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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.
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Cinema Junkie takes you on a pilgrimage to mecca, also known as the TCM Film Festival.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Cinema Junkie speaks with a veteran filmmaker and a newcomer whose works were featured in this month's San Diego Latino Film Festival.
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Film festivals are invitations to adventure, so here is a guide to expand your horizons.
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KPBS Midday EditionPacArts new executive director talks about the 24th annual film festival and telling Asian stories.
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New La Jolla Historical Society exhibit pays tribute to iconic landmark of 60s and 70s.
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Martin Scorsese adapts best-selling nonfiction book about a series of 1920s murders known as "The Reign of Terror."
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Movie choices run the gamut from "Dicks: The Musical' to Errol Morris" doc on John Le Carré.
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KPBS Midday EditionPreview the 2023-24 offerings with general director David Bennett.
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Arcade Monsters, a new arcade venue set to open in East Village, has two floors of graffiti art that expand the idea of public art.
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San Diego filmmaker Michael Foster talks about the west coast premiere of his romantic drama.
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