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
Hispanic Heritage Month Film Recommendations
Cinema Junkie invites Moises Esparza to look back on ten years of programming for the San Diego Latino Film Festival and Digital Gym Cinema to curate a list of film recommendations for Hispanic Herit…
00:35:53 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
In the early Twentieth Century, Anna May Wong was deemed too Chinese to play white roles and too American to play Chinese roles but that did not stop her from becoming an international icon. Cinema J…
00:38:21 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Noir Bar
Get ready for some intoxicating cocktails as well as hard drinking as TCM Noir Alley host Eddie Muller invites you to the Noir Bar.
00:37:37 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Bringing Silent Films To Life
Ben Model has dedicated himself to creating music scores to bring silent films back to glorious life. This month marks a special anniversary for Model since it was ten years ago that he created Under…
00:36:05 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
Film Noir Road Trip
Cinema Junkie takes a film noir road trip to Shanghai and the Old West by way of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs. Can't make it? Then just use this as a roadmap for your own noir …
00:37:04 |
Thu 11 May 2023
Celebrating TCM Underground
Former TCM programmer Millie DeChirico talks about her new book, "TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema."
00:32:16 |
Sat 25 Feb 2023
Get Shooked Part 3: Kevin Grevioux
In the final episode of Cinema Junkie's three-part series focused on Black Com!x Day's Get Shooked! New Masters of Horror panel, Kevin Grevioux talks about his latest projects, owning your own IPs, a…
00:18:39 |
Sat 11 Feb 2023
Get Shooked Part 2: John Jennings
Cinema Junkie continues its three-part series talking with the Get Shooked panelists coming for Black Comix Day. In this episode, John Jennings talks about cosmic superheroes, a crowd-funded horror a…
00:29:35 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Get Shooked Part One: Rodney Barnes
Cinema Junkie speaks with three of the new masters of horror contributing stories to the new comics anthology "Shook." In Part One, Rodney Barnes talks about vampires, real world horror and juggling …
00:33:42 |
Thu 09 Feb 2023
Official guide to Godzilla
At 68, Japan's Godzilla is nowhere near ready for retirement. Toho's iconic monster was born out of an atomic blast in 1954 and now is poised for a live action series called "Godzilla and the Titans"…
00:41:51 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Viva Hollywood
Author Luis Reyes explores the legacy of Latin and Hispanic artists in American film in his new TCM book "Viva Hollywood."
00:30:20 |
Sat 17 Dec 2022
Bonus Episode: Giving Thanks for TÁR
For Thanksgiving Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala joins Cinema Junkie to give thanks for the film "TÁR."
00:20:24 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Bonus Episode: See It on 16mm
What makes someone feel driven to tour around with a film projector in tow and screen films on 16mm? Find out on this Bonus edition of Cinema Junkie.
00:14:02 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
The slow burn of 'Speak No Evil'
Get ready for slow burn horror of "Speak No Evil.” I got to see “Speak No Evil” at virtual Sundance earlier this year. It was my favorite film of the festival and it’s in my top ten for 2022. It’s in…
00:26:15 |
Sat 17 Sep 2022
Celebrating Star Wars
VICE TV’s Icons Unearthed Star Wars and Disney Plus’ Light and Magic serve up a wealth of interviews and behind the scenes materials that will dazzle and delight not just Star Wars fans but anybody w…
00:42:55 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Cinema Junkie Goes Bonkers Ass
Get ready for a bonkers ass ride through the wildest and most extreme horror and exploitation cinema as Greg Dohler and author Matt Rotman take the wheel to kick a new season of Cinema Junkie into hi…
00:47:50 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Bonus Episode: Bold Visionaries
Cinema Junkie is on a season break but serves up this Bonus Podcast on the bold visionaries behind "Mad God" and "Neptune Frost." Host Beth Accomando speaks with stop motion effects genius Phil Tippe…
00:43:41 |
Sat 18 Jun 2022
Bonus Episode: TCM Classic Film Festival
TCM Classic Film Festival is back in person in Hollywood. TCM host Alicia Malone and TCM programmer Scott McGee will both be at the festival to sign copies of their new books. Cinema Junkie speaks wi…
00:44:33 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Bonus Episode: 'Slow Horses'
Cinema Junkie speaks with actors Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden as well as director James Hawes about bringing Micke Herron's acclaimed spy novel "Slow Horses" to the small screen.…
00:31:38 |
Sat 02 Apr 2022
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