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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25th anniversary of 'In the Mood for Love'

How FilmOut, San Diego's LGBTQ+ Film Festival, began
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After more than a century, Sherlock Holmes’ popularity continues to rise with a play at the Globe, more of the BBC series in the wings, and now Sir Ian McKellan taking on the role of the great detective for the feature film, “Mr. Holmes."
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"The Overnight” has been stirring buzz since its premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It's a raunchy comedy but with more than sex on its mind.
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It’s summer so that means Shakespeare takes the stage at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. But for its 80th anniversary, the Globe is adding a twist to the Summer Shakespeare season — films.
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In an era of fast food entertainment, “We Are Still Here” (opening June 25 at the Digital Gym Cinema) serves up a slow meal of haunted house horrors.
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“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (opening June 19 in select San Diego theaters) won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
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Tim Burton and Michael Keaton return with their trickster ghost and a perfect reason to head to cinemas to escape the heat.
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The world premiere of Sasha Velour's show is selling out.
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Eisner award-winning letterer Stan Sakai talks about his art.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Midday Movie Critics are highlighting some films that reflect trans representation on the big screen.
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The latest season of the Apple TV+ series based on Mick Herron's spy novels kicks off Sept. 4.
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New film shows how the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program changed the lives of incarcerated men.
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San Diego Central Library is launching The Swiftie Book Club.
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Renée Westbrook's award-winning one-woman show will be performed in Los Angeles on Friday.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.