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Remembering Jerry Stiller In 'The Independent'
- May 11
- By Beth Accomando
Actor and comedian Jerry Stiller has died of natural causes at the age of 92. Here's a film that you need to see to remember his genius.
Cinema Junkie Podcast 193: Become A Digital Explorer During The Pandemic
- May 9
- By Beth Accomando
If you are sheltering at home and growing tired with what Netflix is offering, or need to cut back on expenses and are looking for something free, here are some options.
South Bay Drive-In Reopens Friday Night
- May 8
- By Beth Accomando
Cinemas may be closed but South Bay Drive-In has just announced that they will be re-opening Friday night for business.
Silent Films With Live Music Every Sunday On YouTube
- May 8
- By Beth Accomando
With cinemas closed because of the coronavirus pandemic people are looking more and more to other options for entertainment. Here's one suggestion that harkens back to a cinema tradition more than a century old.
Watch 'The Beer Jesus From America' With Stone's Greg Koch On Friday
- May 7
- By Beth Accomando
San Diego currently has more than 150 craft breweries. One of the earliest, and now one of the largest and most successful of these is Stone Brewing Co. On Friday you have an online opportunity to watch the documentary “The Beer Jesus From America” about Stone co-founder Greg Koch with Koch and filmmaker Matt Sweetwood.
San Diego Top Mother's Day Weekend Events: From Opera To Cartooning To Nature Mandalas To Brunch
- May 7
- By Julia Dixon Evans
Looking for a few ways to infuse art and culture into your pandemic weekend and Mother's Day?
Without Walls Festival Goes Site Specific From Quarantine Starting May 14
- May 5
- By Beth Accomando
Theaters are struggling to create content online but La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival actually lends itself well to producing art from quarantine during a pandemic.
DGC@Home Offers Guatemalan Drama 'Nuestras Madres'
- May 1
- By Beth Accomando
With sheltering at home people are turning more and more to streaming options for diversion. Here are just a few of those choices for this weekend including the DGC@Home virtual engagement of "Nuestras Madres."
Shudder Originals: Cursed Films And Zombies
- April 28
- By Beth Accomando
When dealing with real world stress and anxiety, sometimes horror can offer escape. Shudder has a few options for you.
La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival Explores Site-Specific Work From Quarantine
- April 28
- By Beth Accomando
La Jolla Playhouse's WOW, or Without Walls Festival, highlights site-specific work. Now that everyone is sheltering at home the festival has gone online. Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley explains how the theater is putting content online.
Angus Macfadyen Returns To 'Robert the Bruce'
- April 27
- By Beth Accomando
Twenty-five years ago Angus Macfadyen played Robert the Bruce in Mel Gibson's "Braveheart." Now he has crafted a new film to allow him to reprise the role.
Cinema Junkie Podcast 192: Bond, Not James Bond, Spy Films
- April 27
- By Beth Accomando
This was the month we were supposed to get Bond 25, "No Time To Die" but the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the opening to November so here are some fun, more tongue-in-cheek spy films for you to seek out while in quarantine.
Pop Culture And Climate Change
- April 23
- By Beth Accomando
Max Brooks' "World War Z" book and Steven Soderbergh's film "Contagion" accurately predicted many aspects of today's current pandemic and even suggested ways to better prepare for such global catastrophes. But since they were works of fiction most people dismissed them as mere entertainment. Here's how pop culture has been considering the notion of climate change for more than a century.
Diversionary Theatre Moves Its Fundraising Gala Online
- April 22
- By Beth Accomando
Diversionary Theatre is the third oldest LGBTQ theatre in the U.S. But, as with other live theaters, it had to close its doors because of the coronavirus pandemic and will be offering two events online.
Old Globe Looks To Shakespeare For Inspiration To Surviving Coronavirus
- April 20
- By Beth Accomando
Theaters rely on doing live performances but the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to close their doors and find new ways to deliver content and find audiences. The Old Globe Theatre quickly moved three strands of its programming online.
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