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
'Mission Impossible' Is A Fun Adrenaline Rush
Spies are back in style as the "Mission Impossible" and 007 franchises serve up new entries, and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." TV show gets a big screen reboot. The latest "Mission Impossible" film looks…
00:01:19 |
Thu 30 Jul 2015
'Pigeon' Film Delivers Deadpan Art House Comedy
“A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” which opened Friday at the Digital Gym Cinema, is the final part of a Swedish trilogy about being human.
00:01:29 |
Sat 25 Jul 2015
'The Third Man' 4K Digital Restoration Comes To Ken Cinema
A 4K restoration of "The Third Man" opens at the Ken Cinema and that's cause for celebration.
00:01:36 |
Thu 23 Jul 2015
War Boy Nicholas Hoult
Actor Nicholas Hoult, of "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Warm Bodies," was nineteen when I interviewed him. He was starring with Gabriel Byrne in Richard E. Grant autobiographical film about growing up in …
00:28:39 |
Thu 23 Jul 2015
Sir Ian McKellan On ‘Richard III’
This week Sir Ian McKellan appears as Sherlock Holmes in a new film. So Cinema Junkie looks back to the archives for an interview with the actor about playing Richard III.
00:50:32 |
Fri 17 Jul 2015
The Game's Afoot With An Aging 'Mr. Holmes'
After more than a century, Sherlock Holmes’ popularity continues to rise with a play at the Globe, more of the BBC series in the wings, and now Sir Ian McKellan taking on the role of the great detect…
00:01:59 |
Thu 16 Jul 2015
'The Overnight' Is Like A Horror Film Where 'Sex Is The Monster'
"The Overnight” has been stirring buzz since its premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It's a raunchy comedy but with more than sex on its mind.
00:12:16 |
Wed 01 Jul 2015
Old Globe Presents Summer Shakespeare Films
It’s summer so that means Shakespeare takes the stage at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. But for its 80th anniversary, the Globe is adding a twist to the Summer Shakespeare season — films.
00:16:45 |
Mon 29 Jun 2015
'We Are Still Here' Slow Build, Big Pay Off
In an era of fast food entertainment, “We Are Still Here” (opening June 25 at the Digital Gym Cinema) serves up a slow meal of haunted house horrors.
00:00:42 |
Fri 26 Jun 2015
'Me And Earl And The Dying Girl' Tackles Life, Death, And Horrors Of High School
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (opening June 19 in select San Diego theaters) won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
00:04:38 |
Fri 19 Jun 2015
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