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
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
-
The new documentary “Tura!” pays tribute to badass actress and pop culture icon Tura Satana. Cinema Junkie speaks with director Cody Jarrett and Satana’s friend and manager Siouxzan Perry. Warning: Episode contains mature language. -
Cinema Junkie presents this month's Midday Movies with an exploration of surprising takes on Shakespeare, from Bollywood's "Angoor" to Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood." -
Ben Model's new book defines the visual language and lasting impact of silent cinema. -
Cinema Junkie joins Midday Movies to spotlight Digital Gym Cinema, a microcinema keeping cult classics, international gems and community film events alive in San Diego. -
Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" is a vampire tale, a story of the Jim Crow South, an Afrofuturistic vision and a heart-pounding tribute to the blues and Black culture. Cinema Junkie takes a deep dive into the film with critics and authors. -
Cinema Junkie celebrates Walpurgisnacht with Joe Bob Briggs, host of Shudder's "The Last Drive-In." -
Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando talks with Pacific Arts Movement artistic director Brian Hu and filmmaker Jota Mun about must-see Asian cinema — from iconic kung fu classics to groundbreaking new films featured in this year's Spring Showcase. -
Hit the dark alleys of film noir with the usual suspects from the Midday Movies gang to find some femme fatales who made the genre iconic.
-
Festival kicks off Thursday with 130 films from 30 different countries. -
New Spanish language opera celebrates Mexico's iconic artists through a new lens. -
New production looks at the impact the pandemic has had on people. -
Filmmaker Todd Field wrote a film specifically for actress Cate Blanchett and was ready to shelf it if she turned down the role. -
Digital Gym Cinema and 'See It on 16mm' pay tribute to the horror classic that redefined the genre. -
This PoeFest will be the fifth annual celebration of the macabre features works by Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Shakespeare and Robert Louis Stevenson. -
Festival will showcase 69 shorts, features and documentaries from around the globe and across the U.S. -
First festival without late founder Victor Laruccia, kicks off Wednesday at Museum of Photographic Arts.
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.