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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Immerse yourself in the master of the macbre, Edgar Allan Poe
Interview with 'Sunshine' actress Maris Racal
San Diego Filipino Film Festival serves up packed weekend
I was a scare actor for a night at Haunted Trail
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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. -
With "Humane," Caitlin Cronenberg channels her father David Cronenberg's influence while carving out her own unique voice in horror filmmaking. -
KPBS Midday Movies critics Beth Accomando and Yazdi Pithavala face off in a battle between Christmas action-horror and feel good holiday fare. The Christmas Smackdown is refereed by KPBS Midday Edition host Jade Hindmon. -
Film programmers Matt Rotman of Bonkers Ass Cinema and Eddie Gurrola of Popcorn Reef join Cinema Junkie to sing the praises of grindhouse cinema. -
A cinephile's dilemma of having two film festivals happening at the same time: TCM Film Festival and San Diego Asian Film Festival's Spring Showcase. -
Film editor Laurent Sénéchal just received an Oscar nomination for his work on 'Anatomy of a Fall' and he discusses the challenges of editing the tense thriller.
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KPBS Midday EditionRelax to a meditation on the natural world -
'Nomadland' takes top awards, Netflix nabs 7 Oscars -
Cinema Junkie picks the best films of 2020 -
KPBS Midday EditionAfter a year of pandemic lockdown, the Oscars will go ahead this Sunday — this time with a much different format. -
Semi-autobiographical film looks to homophobia in Bolivia -
Rossini's comic opera will be performed live at Pechanga Sports Arena parking lot -
KPBS Midday EditionSidebar programming includes 'Songs Our Elders Taught Me,' 'Sovereign Cinema' -
KPBS Midday Edition'One Amazing Night' and 'The Barber of Seville' coming at end of month
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.