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
Celebrating Women In Horror Month With Jen And Sylvia Soska
February is Women In Horror Month and Cinema Junkie checks in with the Twisted Twins Jen and Sylvia Soska. The Soskas have a new film currently streaming, it's the remake of fellow Canadian David Cro…
00:48:00 |
Fri 21 Feb 2020
Cinema Junkie Awards For Best Of 2019
The Academy Award nominations always incite me to give out my own awards for best of the year. So here are the Cinema Junkie Awards to highlight the films that I loved this year, some of which I feel…
00:33:40 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
Giallo: Killing It With Style... Again
Imagine a body as your canvas, a knife as your paintbrush, and blood as your medium. That in a nutshell is the Italian giallo film.
Cinema Junkie is on holiday break so I am serving up a tasty archi…
01:20:00 |
Thu 09 Jan 2020
Gearhead Cinema Reprise
Fasten your seatbelts! Cinema Junkie is racing off on a vacation break and playing a favorite archive episode this week. I'll be back with new episodes in January. Since I will be co-hosting a yearlo…
01:10:00 |
Sat 28 Dec 2019
Filmmaker Trey Edward Shults
At a time when much of Hollywood's award hopefuls feel familiar in their storytelling formula, it's refreshing to find films like "Waves" and the upcoming "A Hidden Life" from Terrence Malick that sp…
00:20:00 |
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Giving Thanks For Cinematic Memories
It's the holidays and I'm feeling sentimental. My dad died on Aug. 23 this year and he's the person responsible for making me fall in love with movies. So for my holiday edition of Cinema Junkie I gi…
00:32:00 |
Thu 28 Nov 2019
Ford, Ferrari, And 20 Best Asian American Films
It's crazy gearheads to crazy rich Asians as Cinema Junkie goes from the Le Mans track to debating the best in Asian American films from the past two decades. First up, director James Mangold discuss…
00:43:00 |
Sat 09 Nov 2019
'The Lighthouse' And 'Jojo Rabbit'
Two films that will make my ten best list are arriving in theaters: "The Lighthouse" and "Jojo Rabbit" so I'm thrilled to be able to highlight both films with interviews. I speak with filmmaker Rober…
00:30:15 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Dolemite, Eddie Murphy, And Rudy Ray Moore
Eddie Murphy stars in the Netflix film "Dolemite is My Name." The film introduces audiences to singer, musician, stand up comic, actor and film producer Rudy Ray Moore. Moore found success in the 197…
01:58:00 |
Sat 12 Oct 2019
Author Joe Hill On NOS4A2 And Horror
With AMC's "NOS4A2" renewed for a second season Cinema Junkie digs into the archives for a 2013 interview with author Joe Hill at the KPBS studios. He talks about his best-selling novel, horror, and …
00:30:00 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Steam Room Stories
John Waters' Odorama has inspired filmmaker JC Calciano to make his new film "Steam Room Stories: The Movie" in Cinema Scent. I talk with Calciano about scratch 'n' sniff cards, going from YouTube to…
00:18:00 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Talking Horror And HIFF
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this Labor Day Weekend at the Frida Cinema so that is the perfect excuse to speak with the festival's founder and executive director…
00:30:00 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Radio Silence's 'Ready Or Not'
The new horror film 'Ready or Not' was brought to the screen by a collaborative known as Radio Silence. Filmmakers and online pranksters Chad Villella, Matt Bettineli-Olpin, and Tyler Gillett have a …
00:30:45 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
National Whistleblowers Day: 'Official Secrets'
In honor of National Whistleblowers Appreciation Day Cinema Junkie speaks with director Gavin Hood. His new film "Official Secrets" tells the story of Katherine Gun (played by Keira Knightley), a Bri…
00:26:00 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
Reflecting On Comic-Con 50
Comic-Con celebrated its 50th show and I celebrated my 41st. Join me as I speak with a trio of people who have attended all 50 shows plus some exhibitors who describe the changes they have seen over …
00:45:00 |
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Lulu Wang's 'The Farewell'
Chinese-American filmmaker Lulu Wang talks about her film "The Farewell" that she says is based on an "actual lie." The Sundance hit draws on her own family and first came to life as an episode on "T…
00:28:30 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
The Female Perspective in Film, Part Two: 'Ophelia'
In this two-part Cinema Junkie podcast I look to the female perspective in film. In part two, I explore the film "Ophelia," which reimagines Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" from Ophelia’s point of view. I wil…
00:31:24 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
The Female Perspective in Film, Part One: Etheria Film Night
In this two-part Cinema Junkie podcast I look to the female perspective in film. In this first part I speak with Heidi Honeycutt, director of programming for Etheria Film Night. Founded in 2014, Ethe…
00:29:57 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
'Hollywood Black' Author Donald Bogle
African Americans and Hollywood have a long, troubled, and complicated past. I am going to explore that history with Donald Bogle author of the new book "Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Fi…
00:34:30 |
Fri 14 Jun 2019
Summer Shakespeare
Shakespeare has been dead for four centuries but this summer there is a film about his life called "All is True," an adaptation of the book "Ophelia" that looks at "Hamlet" from Ophelia's point of vi…
00:30:00 |
Fri 31 May 2019
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