Beth Accomando[1][2] is a film and theatre critic for KPBS, who formerly worked as an arts reporter for NPR, XETV and The Star-News. She hosts the Cinema Junkie podcast and has curated several film events throughout San Diego County. Accomando edited the 1991 to 1992 sequels of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise and is part of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Her work has been distributed through several publications, including RogerEbert.com.
Beth Accomando | |
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| Born | Beth Accomando |
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| Known for | Cinema Junkie |
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| Awards | 2023 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award |
Early life
editUpon graduating from Bonita Vista High School in 1978,[2] Accomando was the recipient of the Bank of America certificate for English and was Chula Vista Elks Most Valuable Scholar.[3] While in college, she was a special writer for The Star-News.[4] Accomando graduated from University of California, San Diego in 1982[5] with a degree in communications and visual arts.[6]
Career
editAccomando is a theatre and film critic[7] for KPBS[8] who reviewed films such as Sucker Punch,[8] The Fall,[9] The Brave One,[10][11] and Knocked Up.[12] She runs a podcast called Cinema Junkie[9] and in 2014, Accomando organized the Film Geeks late-night screenings at Digital Gym Cinema.[13] She described just how much George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead influenced Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead.[14]
In 1985, Accomando was one of 12 women featured in A San Diego Exhibition: Forty-two Emerging Artists at La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art.[15] In the early 1990s, she was the film editor for Killer Tomatoes Strike Back and Killer Tomatoes Eat France.[16] Accomando worked for XETV-TDT in 1992[17] and in 1998, introduced the film Rashomon at Landmark's Ken Cinema.[18]
In 2000, Accomando curated an event in San Diego that held premieres for Butterfly and Sword, Eastern Condors, Holy Weapon, The Magic Crystal, Pedicab Driver and Shanghai Blues.[19] She wrote for National Public Radio[20] and helped put together an Asian festival at University of California, San Diego.[21] In a 2007 interview, Lee Ann Kim described Accomando as the one "who really plugged me into international Asian film".[22] Accomando has interviewed Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong and John Woo.[23] She was a panelist at UCSD's Up & Coming Film Festival with Ham Tran in 2008,[24] Ligiah Villalobos in 2009,[25] and with Arthur Ollman in 2011.[26] In 2016, Accomando judged a play called Killing Buddha at San Diego International Fringe Festival.[7]
In 2021, Accomando was part of a Storytelling in Film panel with Neal Hallford and Jonathan Hammond at San Diego Comic Con.[27] She hosted Flicks on the Bricks in 2018,[28] 2022 and 2023 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library.[29][30][31]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1991 | Killer Tomatoes Strike Back | Editor[16] |
| 1992 | Killer Tomatoes Eat France |
Awards
edit| Award | Year | Result | Ref. |
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| Chula Vista Elks Most Valuable Scholar | 1978 | Won | [3] |
| Bank of America English certificate | Won | [3] | |
| Promotional Announcement Emmy | 1992 | Won | [17] |
| Light Feature Story/Series | 2006 | Runner-up | [32] |
| Inkpot Award | 2022 | Won | [33] |
| Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award | 2023 | Won | [34][35] |
Selected works
editArticles
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editReferences
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- ^ a b "Article clipped from Chula Vista Star-News". The Star-News. 1978-06-11. p. 27. Retrieved 2023-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Bonita Vista". The Star-News. 1978-06-25. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Accomando, Beth (1981-04-30). "'Curious Savage' deals delightfully with insanity". The Star-News. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DIEGO STUDENT FILMMAKERS PUSH ENVELOPE IN THIRD ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL". Federal News Service. 2010-05-18. ProQuest 288242884. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Peggy Sue's trip back is revealing". The Star-News. 1986-10-19. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Theatre Dojo honored". Deming Headlight. 2016-07-06. ProQuest 2306836208. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ a b Diego, Voice of San (2011-03-26). "'Trite and Laughable' and Other Opinions". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ a b Garrett, Daniel (2008). "Liberations of Mind, Spirit, and Vision: The Fall by Tarsem Singh". Offscreen. 12 (9). Montreal. ProQuest 2064787310 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Gillmor, Alison (2007-09-14). "In Foster's case, revenge is far-fetched". Winnipeg Free Press. ProQuest 752197956. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Other Voices. Selected excerpts from reviews of The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster". CanWest News. Don Mills. 2007-09-14. ProQuest 460122176. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Coddon, David L. (2007-06-22). "Schlubs and knockouts are match made in La-La Land". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 273056017. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Digital Gym Cinema: Bringing unique and engaging films to San Diego". La Prensa. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "English class provides food for thought". University Wire. 2014-10-23. ProQuest 1615465746. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Damsker, Matt (1985-01-23). "CHOICE OF SPOTS IN LOCAL ART SHOW RAISES IRE". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 292033471. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ a b "Beth Accomando Movie Reviews & Previews - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ a b Brass, Kevin (1992-06-15). "Small Stations Reap Harvest of Emmys Awards: Channel 39 took the most Emmys at the local awards but the show belonged to the small stations that seldom share the limelight". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 281694949 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Elliott, David (1998-07-09). "Tribute to a fallen samurai | The Ken pays homage to the great Toshiro Mifune". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 271610624. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Elliott, David (2000-07-06). "MoPA gives Western moviegoers chance to catch up with some of the best of Asia". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 271687369. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "The Smash Hit of Asia Comes to America". The Los Angeles Times. 2002-02-09. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Elliott, David (2000-09-03). "Movie summer wasn't so hot". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 271711939. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Elliott, David (2007-10-07). "In Asian film, Kim's the edge of our Pacific Rim". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 273006265. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Elliott, David (1997-01-05). "Screen's Queen Latifah looks poised to ascend". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 271565312. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "POLITICS GIVES WAY TO SELF-EXPLORATION IN STUDENT FILMS". Federal News Service. 2008-10-03. ProQuest 473088939. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "ASPIRING MARTIN SCORSESES, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLAS DISPLAY TALENT AT STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL". Federal News Service. 2009-05-26. ProQuest 472683201. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Student Cinema Takes Center Stage of Fourth Annual Up and Coming Film Festival". Targeted News Service. Washington, D.C. 2011-05-17. ProQuest 867336313. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "SAM Guests and Program Participants". San Diego Comic-Con. 2016-10-26. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ Rocha, Michael James (2018-08-09). "At Athenaeum's Flicks on the Bricks, next up is the 1949 film 'Tension'". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 2085862315. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Peterson, Karla (2022-07-05). "From free parks to swanky rooftops, a guide to San Diego's outdoor movie venues". Tribune Content Agency. ProQuest 2693866361. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Hubbard, Anne. "Flicks on the Bricks — Athenaeum Music & Arts Library". Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Flicks on the Bricks Series: The Lubitsch Touch". Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "2006 Journalism Award Winners". San Diego Society of Professional Journalists. 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Inkpot Awards". Comic-Con International. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ Garrity, Shaenon K. (2023-07-31). "Kate Beaton, Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Win Graphic Novel Eisners". Publishers Weekly. New York. ProQuest 2843476248. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ Solan, Colin (2023-07-23). "35th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Announced". Convention Scene. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ Accomando, Beth. "Women Film Editors: Shedding the Cloak of Invisibility | Features | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Beth Accomando – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS". 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Beth Accomando | Critics Choice Awards". Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Retrieved 2023-12-20.