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CRITICS / AUTHORS REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
BETH ACCOMANDO
PUBLICATION(S)
• KPBS.org
• NPR
• PRI's The World

BIOGRAPHY
I've been a film critic for more than 20 years, in addition to reviews I freelance for NPR and Public Radio International, and I edited the sequels to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
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STATS
Total Reviews: 313
Total QuickRatings: 67

CRITICS GROUP(S)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association
• San Diego Film Critics Society

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• Location: San Diego CA


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"Joachim Trier's brash cinematic sampling draws on diverse sources yet it spins something defiantly fresh and original." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
 
Reprise (2008)88%
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"The characters are so rich and so human that they transcend the simple animation.The vocal performances also help give the film universal appeal." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jan 29, 2008
 
Persepolis (2007)96%
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"Let me just say up front what a pleasure it is to watch a well-crafted film in which not a word or a gesture is wasted. " -- KPBS.org
Posted Nov 17, 2007
 
No Country for Old Men (2007)95%
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"Hou Hsiao Hsien is quite simply one of the world's premier filmmakers yet his films are lucky to play a few festival dates here in the U.S." -- KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
 
Three Times (2006)86%
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"The story revolves around Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun), a sleek and elegant mobster whose cat-like grace recalls Alain Delon in Le Samourai." -- KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
 
A Bittersweet Life (2005)100%
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"Cronenberg reveals an intellect constantly at work. You feel that you are in the hands of a master at the peak of his craft." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
 
Spider (2003)85%
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"If you only buy one DVD this year make it Spaced. Seriously, it's funny. Very funny. This show will not only make you laugh, it will get better with each viewing as you pick up on more and more of the pop culture references." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jul 22, 2008
 
Spaced: The Complete Series (1999/2001)n/a
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"Its visual style is gritty... and yet there is also a sense of the fantastical and of an achingly lush romanticism." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
 
Suzhou River (1999)89%
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"As played by McKellen, Richard is a consummate actor who knows what role to assume, what props to use, and what words and actions to employ to turn a "scene" to his best advantage." -- KPBS.org
Posted Oct 6, 2007
 
Richard III (1995)95%
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"But what makes the film such wicked fun is the way Tarantino delivers the familiar with a twist. He continually prepares us for one thing and then delivers another." -- KPBS.org
Posted May 19, 2008
 
Pulp Fiction (1994)96%
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"With Full Contact, Lam takes the action genre and proceeds to not merely transcend it but explode it." -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
 
Full Contact (1992)88%
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"Brazil serves up one of the most breathtakingly imaginative worlds ever to be put on screen." -- KPBS.org
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Brazil (1985)97%
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"Blade Runner has only gotten better with time. Do yourself a favor and pass over anything new in theaters and go for this old classic, it still has the power to dazzle and amaze." -- KPBS.org
Posted Dec 4, 2007
 
Blade Runner - The Final Cut (1982)97%
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"It's truly rare to find something this original, honest and insightful." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jul 2, 2007
 
Killer of Sheep (1977)97%
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"Leone also endows the film with a clever visual style. His sense of scale is especially inspired. " -- KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)100%
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"In fact, in the scene where Lady Asaji leaves a room and disappears into the darkness to get sake to make the guards drunk, the ominous rustling of her silk gown is as chilling as Lady Macbeth's lines." -- KPBS.org
Posted Oct 6, 2007
 
Throne of Blood (1957)97%
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"La Grande Illusion, even after more than a half a century, is still a phenomenal work of art-- elegant, eloquent and powerfully moving.'" -- KPBS.org
Posted Mar 30, 2003
 
Grand Illusion (1937)97%
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"The Visitor presents a rich, complex world where people connect in unexpected ways. It is a fitting follow up to the themes McCarthy covered in The Station Agent." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
 
The Visitor (2008)92%
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"This may not be what the Academy has in mind when it's considering the Oscar worthy performances but Downey finds the reality of being a superhero and makes us buy into that. Final verdict: Iron Man is cool and Downey is hot." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jun 8, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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"In just the opening minutes, Romero reveals more filmmaking smarts than most horror films display in two hours. " -- KPBS.org
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)60%
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"Imagine Little Miss Sunshine and Alien mixed together and you'll have an inkling of what South Korea's The Host has in store for you." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
The Host (2007)92%
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"Tekkon Kinkreet: Black and White is an enthralling anime and easily the best-animated film you will see this year." -- KPBS.org
Posted Nov 8, 2007
 
Tekkon Kinkreet (2007)72%
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"But more startling are the original tape recordings and 16mm films made by the solitary competitors as they spent more than ten months alone trying to sail around the globe." -- KPBS.org
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
Deep Water (2007)96%
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"Eastern Promises reveals yet again what a master craftsman and artist Cronenberg is. His film is elegant in its ability to disturb. It serves up a twisted morality tale that flashes a fleeting and unexpected tenderness." -- KPBS.org
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
Eastern Promises (2007)88%
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"Davis rigs his action scenes like intricate and deliciously clever Rube Goldberg devices that are a delight to see play out." -- KPBS.org
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)66%
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"A meticulously crafted film in which nothing is ever forced or overstated. There's a grace and subtlety that pervades the film and quietly impresses." -- KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
 
Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles (2006)79%
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"I would like to commend Mitchell for making a warm, funny and very human film about people who don't just want sex but want to enjoy sex with someone they love. What a concept!" -- KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
 
Shortbus (2006)65%
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"Whether she's acting like Marilyn Manson or Marilyn Monroe, Monica Cervera delivers an audaciously over the top and delectably rich comic performance." -- KPBS.org
Posted Oct 28, 2006
 
20 Centimeters (2005)44%
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"The film offers a heartbreaking drama told in reverse chronology and spanning twenty years in both the life of the main character and the political history of Korea." -- KPBS.org
Posted Jan 29, 2008
 
Peppermint Candy (2000)80%
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"Very Bad Things is a deliciously nasty morality tale that simply warns viewers that what goes around comes around. " -- KPBS.org
Posted Jun 29, 2008
 
Very Bad Things (1998)40%

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