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
25th anniversary of 'In the Mood for Love'
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With "John Wick: Chapter 2," stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski proves that he knows what's best for American action films. -
Cinema Junkie podcast celebrates Black History Month by speaking with filmmaker Raoul Peck about his Oscar-nominated documentary, "I Am Not Your Negro" (opening Feb. 10 at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas), based on the writings of James Baldwin. -
Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker and Emmy-winning editor Janet Ashikaga received Career Achievement Honors at the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards. They talk about the art of editing. -
John Carpenter celebrated his 69th birthday on Jan. 16 so it is the perfect time to pay tribute to the filmmaker and launch a film series dedicated to his work. -
Who was the first woman in the Directors Guild of America? What was the first X-rated film to win a Best Picture Oscar? What was the first film Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro worked on? Get the answers with a discussion of famous film firsts. -
Cinema Junkie Podcast is back from holiday break with a show all about real scientists talking about reel science. -
Cinema Junkie closes out 2016 with a tribute to the irreverent and hilarious musical revue "Christmas Smackdown." Warning: What follows pushes the boundaries of good taste to the breaking point ... and beyond. -
"1948: Creation and Catastrophe" looks to the pivotal year that David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel and how that impacted the Middle East.
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Professor and Eisner Award-winning author Qiana Whitted dissects captions and corpses. -
New exhibit celebrates the history of animation from hand-drawn cels to CGI. -
Cinema Junkie chronicles a century of Black cinema, from silent films to superheroes and beyond. -
Over the years Cinema Junkie has done a number of podcasts about Black cinema and the incredible diversity it contains. -
Filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg shares DNA with his famous father, David Cronenberg, but also proves to have his own unique cinematic voice. -
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"The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" opens at The Globe and explores the mind of one of the world's greatest thinkers. -
This week Loud Fridge Theatre Group kicks off its first full season with the San Diego premiere of former San Diegan Rachel Bublitz' "Ripped," about a campus sexual assault.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.