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.
Ways To Subscribe

Go behind the scenes of Primal Pro Wrestling School

Highlights from the Lucas Museum Panel

Little Fish takes kids to Comic-Con to get work reviewed by pros

How to prepare for George Lucas coming to Hall H
-
"The End of the Tour" reviewed by Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando.
-
With Simon Pegg returning in "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation," I decided to reach into the archives for a 2007 interview with Pegg about "Hot Fuzz."
-
Spies are back in style as the "Mission Impossible" and 007 franchises serve up new entries, and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." TV show gets a big screen reboot. The latest "Mission Impossible" film looks a lot like an old James Bond film.
-
“A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” which opened Friday at the Digital Gym Cinema, is the final part of a Swedish trilogy about being human.
-
A 4K restoration of "The Third Man" opens at the Ken Cinema and that's cause for celebration.
-
Actor Nicholas Hoult, of "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Warm Bodies," was nineteen when I interviewed him. He was starring with Gabriel Byrne in Richard E. Grant autobiographical film about growing up in Swaziland, "Wah-Wah." Hoult has grown up on screen in starting with "About A Boy" and on through playing Hank/Beast in the "X-Men" films.
-
This week Sir Ian McKellan appears as Sherlock Holmes in a new film. So Cinema Junkie looks back to the archives for an interview with the actor about playing Richard III.
-
After more than a century, Sherlock Holmes’ popularity continues to rise with a play at the Globe, more of the BBC series in the wings, and now Sir Ian McKellan taking on the role of the great detective for the feature film, “Mr. Holmes."
-
KPBS Midday Edition“Party Lines: The History, Art and Politics of Editorial Cartoons” opens Thursday at San Diego State University's downtown gallery. It features more than 120 political cartoons, including works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune.
-
Highlighting what looks good at this year's festival
-
Bio-pic of famous literary editor and writer Thomas Wolfe
-
Filmmaker Brian De Palma rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s with “Carrie,” “Scarface” and “The Untouchables.” A new documentary that sets him in front of the camera opens June 17 at Landmark's Ken Cinema.
-
Unconventional adaptations of the Bard are showcased Thursdays through July 7
-
Film premiered at San Diego Latino Film Festival in March
-
Opera performed during Holocaust in Theresienstadt
-
Politician claims he wants to be more than a punchline
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.