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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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

San Diego Italian Film Festival celebrates courage
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A bonus holiday edition! Cinema Junkie's Beth Accomando and Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala have created a cinematic shopping list to get you through the holidays and avoid any lumps of coal.
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Apple TV+ recently launched Season 3 of "Slow Horses" starring Gary Oldman. It is also midway through its "Monarch Legacy of Monsters" show that expands Legendary’s Monsterverse.
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Cinema Junkie speaks with Fil-Am filmmaker H.P. Mendoza about human flight, ghosts on the set, and 'grief release.'
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Cinema Junkie wants to extend the spooky season to 365 days a year with some home haunting memories and scary movie recommendations.
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Cinema Junkie speaks with filmmaker Errol Morris about his new documentary "The Pigeon Tunnel," which explores the life and work of David Cornwell, better known by his pen name of John Le Carré.
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Moises Esparza looks back on ten years of programming for San Diego Latino Film Festival to curate a list of film recommendations.
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In the early Twentieth Century, Anna May Wong was deemed too Chinese to play white roles and too American to play Chinese roles but that did not stop her from becoming an international icon. Cinema Junkie speaks with Yunte Huang, author of a new biography on the Asian American Actress.
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Steve Chu juggles duties as a judge and a pop culture nerd.
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The Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park will introduce you to an umbrella monster and more.
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The small, intimate San Diego Comic Fest returns this weekend, offering fans a grassroots comic experience with no lines and plenty of art.
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Chef Phillip Esteban shares food and culture at his restaurants and special dinner Thursday night at Artifact.
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The Count gets a comic makeover to die for.
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The new Apple TV+ doc explores South Korea's haenyeo.
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The San Diego Italian Film Festival showcases features, shorts and a gala over the next two weekends.
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The festival expands to include a film trade expo as well as movies from around the globe.
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