Beth Accomando
Arts & Culture ReporterBeth Accomando covers arts and culture around San Diego for KPBS News. Beth studied film at UCSD and had her student film Writer’s Notebook screened as part of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s "Forty-Two Emerging Artists" showcase in 1981. She has edited the sequels to "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and video documentaries on Billy Wilder and roller hockey. Beth is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Online Film Critics Society, and is the past President and former Education Chairperson for the San Diego Film Critics Society. She served as the festival director of Film School Confidential: A Showcase of San Diego Student Filmmaking. In the past she has served on the film selection committee for the San Diego State University Student Film Festival, San Diego International Film Festival and San Diego Latino Film Festival. Now she volunteers as part of The Film Geeks at the Digital Gym Cinema to bring independent and envelope-pushing genre filmmaking to the Media Arts Center San Diego's micro cinema. Beth has been a film critic for more than 25 years and began at KPBS in 1987. Since 1997 she has been covering independent and international cinema as well as pop culture for National Public Radio and Public Radio International’s The World. She has received numerous Society of Professional Journalist Awards and San Diego Press Club Awards for her radio and web site work at KPBS. She has also received 11 southwestern area Emmy Awards in the categories of producing, writing, and sound design for promotional spots as well as national Pro Max and Telly Awards while working at Fox. She has a passion for Hong Kong cinema, Japanese monster movies, horror, and film noir. She collects movie posters and toys, and loves putting on a haunted house every year.
-
KPBS Midday EditionTen days of shorts, features and documentaries from around the globe screen at AMC Mission Valley and Digital Gym Cinema.
-
Last night's 96th Academy Awards had happy surprises, moving moments and embarrassments.
-
In the past, a cinematographer's job was done when the shooting wrapped. But now, visual effects can extend their work into post-production.
-
KPBS Midday EditionAuthor Tia Williams' latest romance book blurs the boundaries between the 1920's and present-day Harlem.
-
Digital Gym Cinema opens a trio of award-worthy foreign films this weekend.
-
Ethan Coen goes solo with "Drive-Away Dolls" while Jonathan Glazer takes a look at an Auschwitz commandant in "The Zone of Interest."
- A glimpse of the chaos in Haiti, a country reeling with effectively no leader
- Del Mar youth sports venue draws controversy and a lawsuit
- A Florida man who refused to sell his home to a developer now lives in the shadows
- Plan to watch the eclipse from a wild mountain summit? Be ready for harsh conditions
- Mayor Gloria announces 'Complete Communities Now' housing program