Cinema Junkie
Satisfy your celluloid addiction with the "Cinema Junkie" podcast, where you can mainline film 24/7. This film and entertainment series is run by KPBS Film Critic Beth Accomando. So if you need a film fix, want to hear what filmmakers have to say about their work, or just want to know what's worth seeing this weekend, then you've come to the right place.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 148 minutes
- Episodes
- 270
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Unconventional Shakespeare films
Cinema Junkie presents this month's Midday Movies, with Beth Accomando and Yazdi Pithavala, and an exploration of unconventional cinematic adaptations of the Bard.
00:16:49 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
The Silent Film Universe
Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando speaks with musician Ben Model who has written a book defining the cinematic language of "The Silent Film Universe."
00:26:50 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Celebrating Digital Gym Cinema
Cinema Junkie joins Midday Movies to celebrate San Diego's last indie art house cinema.
00:18:41 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Unpacking the virtues of Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners'
Ryan Coogler’s "Sinners" has been dominating the box office the last two weeks. One of the reasons is that people don't just want to see it once, they want to see it multiple times. That’s because th…
01:04:03 |
Fri 02 May 2025
Joe Bob Briggs and Halfway to Halloween
Cinema Junkie celebrates Walpurgisnacht with Joe Bob Briggs, host of Shudder's "The Last Drive-In."
00:33:20 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Celebrating Asian Cinema, Old and New
Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando speaks with PacArts artistic Brian Hu and filmmaker Jota Mun about some Asian cinema classics as well as bold new work.
00:20:04 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Dark City Dames to die for
Cinema Junkie once again hosts Midday Movies. Hit the dark alleys of film noir with the usual suspects from the Midday Movies gang to find some Dark City Dames to die for. With KPBS Cinema Junkie Bet…
00:18:09 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Midday Movies celebrate Black women
To close out Black History Month, Cinema Junkie presents Midday Movies as critics create a suggested viewing list to celebrate Black women on screen and behind the camera. AND to remind people that c…
00:21:34 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
David F. Walker, Mark Twain, and Big Jim
Cinema Junkie welcomes back David F. Walker but this time to discuss his new graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy," a clever reimagining of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
00:52:20 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Caitlin Cronenberg on her directorial debut and her horror film family
Check out what our critics and San Diego Cinephiles think about the 97th Academy Award nominations plus what to look forward to in 2025.
00:35:58 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Cinema Junkie presents Midday Movies Oscars Hot Takes!
Check out what our critics and San Diego Cinephiles think about the 97th Academy Award nominations plus what to look forward to in 2025.
00:17:34 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Midday Movies Christmas Smackdown
KPBS Midday Movies critics Beth Accomando and Yazdi Pithavala face off in a battle between Christmas action/horror and feel good holiday fare. The Christmas Smackdown is refereed by KPBS Midday Editi…
00:16:00 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
In Appreciation of Grindhouse Cinema
Film programmers Matt Rotman of Bonkers Ass Cinema and Eddie Gurrola of Popcorn Reef join Cinema Junkie to sing the praises of grindhouse cinema.
00:21:05 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
BONUS EPISODE: Snow leopards, giant ants and Oscar-winning special effects artists
A cinephile's dilemma of having two film festivals happening at the same time: TCM Film Festival and San Diego Asian Film Festival's Spring Showcase.
00:23:50 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Crew Call: 'Anatomy of a Fall' film editor
Cinema Junkie is doing another Crew Call edition, this time to speak with Laurent Sénéchal whose fine work on 'Anatomy of a Fall' just garnered him a Best Film Editing Oscar nomination. He’ll explain…
00:29:03 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
BONUS Episode: Holiday Movies
Cinema Junkie's Beth Accomando and Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala go shopping for the best films to watch this holiday season... and the lumps of coal to avoid.
00:23:40 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Apple TV+: From 'Slow Horses' to big monsters
Apple TV Plus recently launched Season 3 of Slow Horses starring Gary Oldman as the disheveled, flatulent, and often drunk Jackson Lamb. It is also midway through its Monarch Legacy of Monsters show …
00:36:50 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Discover 'The Secret Art of Human Flight'
Cinema Junkie speaks with Fil-Am filmmaker H. P. Mendoza about human flight, ghosts on the set, and 'grief release.'
00:32:08 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Halloween 365
Cinema Junkie wants to extend the spooky season to 365 days a year with some home haunting and scary movies.
00:31:28 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
Errol Morris' 'The Pigeon Tunnel'
Cinema Junkie speaks with filmmaker Errol Morris about his new documentary "The Pigeon Tunnel," which explores the life and work of David Cornwell, better known by his pen name of John Le Carré.
00:40:29 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
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