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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La Jolla Playhouse serves up audacious theatre to WOW you

Cinema Junkie recommends 'Sinners' and 'Gazer'

WorldBeat Center's Sound Healing Garden

Cinema Junkie presents Midday Movies and Dark City Dames to die for
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A wrap-up from last weekend's Son of Monsterpalooza Convention in Burbank with a trio of interviews.
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Let's talk anime. "Cowboy Bebop" is my all-time favorite anime and this Saturday the Ken Cinema is showing the movie as it’s midnight film. If you have never seen an anime before then make this the one to pop your cherry.
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Tenor Rene Barbera talks about opera, breathing, and heavy metal as we take a field trip outside the world of film.
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If you grew up in the 1980s then you probably saw a Cannon Film like “Lifeforce,” “Missing in Action,” or “Death Wish 2.” The new documentary “Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films” chronicles the crazy history of this indie film company.
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Horrible Imaginings's lively panel for Edgar G. Ulmer's 'Bluebeard' (1944). On the panel are Ulmer's daughter Arianne Ulmer Cipes and his biographer Noah Isenberg. Panel was moderated by Miguel Rodriguez.
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Two young filmmakers, Erick Msumanje and Gigi Saul Guererro, with wildly different films and styles talk about their work and how they define horror at the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival that took place over the weekend.
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Yes! I just found out that "Hobo With a Shotgun" has been held over, and you will have at least one more shot at this grindhouse homage.
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You may think you’ve seen bad movies but you haven’t seen anything quite as bad as “The Room." Listen to my radio feature about how a film’s badness is turning it into a cult hit on the midnight movie circuit. This is like a car crash that you cannot avoid looking at.
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A trio of new films cover diverse subjects
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KPBS Midday EditionFest kicks off 28th year on March 11
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'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday' is now streaming on Hulu
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KPBS Midday Edition'Day of Absence' available online through Sunday
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Playhouse's free Digital WOW show invites people to take the sermon challenge
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Cinema Junkie suggests your best options
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Sundance hit offers a different kind of coming out story
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KPBS Midday EditionIn a two-part interview author David F. Walker discusses his new graphic novel
Beth Accomando is taking a short break from film reviews and arts coverage to create a six-part video podcast called Stripper Energy. Check it out!