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Cinema Junkie

Satisfy your celluloid addiction and mainline film 24/7 with Cinema Junkie’s Beth Accomando. So if you need a film fix, want to hear what filmmakers have to say about their work, feel like taking a deep dive into a genre, or just want to know what's worth seeing this weekend, then you've come to the right place. You can also find Beth's coverage of other arts and culture events here.

Director Denis Villeneuve and cinematographer Greig Fraser on the set of "Dune: Part Two." (2024) Playing
'Dune' cinematographer Greig Fraser sheds light on his craft
Matteo Garrone's "Io Capitano" looks to a pair of young boys from Senegal who want to find a better life if Italy. The film is nominated for Best International Feature at this year's Academy Awards. (2023) Playing
Foreign films for the win
Pedro Pascal stars as "The Collector" in director Ethan Coen's "Drive-Away Dolls." (2024) Playing
Now playing: 'Drive-Away Dolls' and 'The Zone of Interest'
Scorpion kimchi is just one of the dishes being prepared by Brooklyn Bugs' chef Joseph Yoon for Friday's Bug Banquet. Feb. 21, 2024. Playing
Crickets as the gateway bug to scorpion kimchi
  • Film editor Laurent Sénéchal just received an Oscar nomination for his work on 'Anatomy of a Fall' and he discusses the challenges of editing the tense thriller.
  • A bonus holiday edition! Cinema Junkie's Beth Accomando and Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala have created a cinematic shopping list to get you through the holidays and avoid any lumps of coal.
  • Apple TV+ recently launched Season 3 of "Slow Horses" starring Gary Oldman. It is also midway through its "Monarch Legacy of Monsters" show that expands Legendary’s Monsterverse.
  • Cinema Junkie speaks with Fil-Am filmmaker H.P. Mendoza about human flight, ghosts on the set, and 'grief release.'
  • Cinema Junkie wants to extend the spooky season to 365 days a year with some home haunting memories and scary movie recommendations.
  • 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.
  • Moises Esparza looks back on ten years of programming for San Diego Latino Film Festival to curate a list of film recommendations.
  • 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 Junkie speaks with Yunte Huang, author of a new biography on the Asian American Actress.
We want to hear your voice on "Cinema Junkie." Submit your idea for "Share Your Addiction" (something cinematic you love and want to rave about on the show for 60 seconds) or "Going Cold Turkey" (where you get to rant about a film thing that needs to stop for 60 seconds) by emailing Beth with the subject line "Rant" or "Rave."

baccomando@kpbs.org

Also, be sure to check out "Cinema Junkie: Geeky Gourmet," a video series about what food or drink to pair with the films or themes discussed in the podcast.
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