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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"Drown" premiered in San Diego earlier this year at FilmOut where it won six awards including Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Soundtrack and Outstanding Artistic Achievement. "Drown" is a difficult film to watch but for all the right reasons.
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Oscar-winner George Chakiris talks about his work on "West Side Story."
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In 1968, ABC News was trailing miserably in the ratings and to offset its inability to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions it came up with the idea of offering a series of debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal. The new documentary, "Best of Enemies" focuses on these debates.
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Horror and science fiction frequently turn to bugs and the insect world to scare people and this podcast features theNAT's entomologist Dr. Michael Wall talking about the interplay of science and pop culture.
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Giant bugs attack humanity in the new sci-fi horror film, "Stung" and meet TheNAT's curator of entomology.
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ScareLA's Extreme Haunt Panel featuring McKamey Manor, Blackout, and Gates of Hell's Victim Experience. Each haunt brought along a "victim" to discuss the experience. Here's the audio from the panel.
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David Foster Wallace won accolades for his 1,000-page tome “Infinite Jest” in 1996. Then he saddened fans by committing suicide just over a decade later. Actor Jason Segel talks about playing the late writer in the new film “End of the Tour."
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"The End of the Tour" reviewed by Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando.
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The 28th annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival has some strong screenings this year.
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New Clint Eastwood film looks to three Americans who thwarted a terrorist attack
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KPBS Midday EditionClosing night film from Australian director Greg McLean chronicles real life story
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Documentary looks to 2014 police shooting of Dontre Hamilton
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Action, sci-fi, romance, and foreign films fill the bill at Landmark this week
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The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to the Museum of Photographic Arts with films that resonate locally.
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New dētour series production is already close to sold out
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KPBS Midday EditionDigital Gym Cinema series explores the hard-boiled literary roots of film noir
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!