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.
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2025 Eisners: Highlights and backstage
Comic-Con Museum celebrates Mexico's lucha libre in new exhibit
Go behind the scenes of Primal Pro Wrestling School
Highlights from the Lucas Museum Panel
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For almost a century nitrate base film was the standard for motion pictures and for good reason. The image looked stunning on the huge screens of movie palaces. But now only a handful of theaters can project the film stock, which has a reputation for spontaneous combustion. -
You must remember this … after 75 years, the film “Casablanca” still maintains an iconic place in pop culture. A new book explores the life, legend and afterlife of Hollywood’s most beloved film. -
Forty years ago, Stuart Gordon adapted Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “The Sirens of Titan” to the stage. Now, Sacred Fools Theater Company in Los Angeles is reviving that adaptation and finding it surprisingly topical. -
It is that time of year for classic film zealots to make the pilgrimage to the mecca known as the TCM Film Festival, running April 6 through 9 in Los Angeles. -
Cannibal films — in which people mindlessly slaughter and eat others or where carnage soaks the screen — are a dime a dozen. But films in which great care is taken with both the filmmaking and the preparation of human flesh for consumption are more rare. And that's what we are going to be talking about on this gourmet cannibal podcast. -
This week, the 24th annual San Diego Latino Film Festival kicks off, and that is a perfect excuse to look at Latin cinema — so good it’s scary. -
The wait is finally over. After 13 years "Samurai Jack" is back for his fifth and final season and I speak with Phil LaMarr, the voice actor who has brought Jack to life since his debut in 2001. -
February is Women in Horror Month and just before the month closes I want to pay tribute to some wickedly talented filmmakers, Jen and Sylvia Soska and their second feature, "American Mary."
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Toho's first booth at Comic-Con showcases its 65-year-old icon -
KPBS Midday EditionPop culture convention runs through Sunday -
Author and photographer has been to all 50 shows -
Pop culture convention's spokesperson recalls his first Comic-Con -
KPBS Midday EditionSundance hit opens in San Diego -
KPBS Midday EditionKate DiCamillo's 'The Tale of Despereaux' becomes a new musical at The Globe -
New documentary unearths new material -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego playwright Renee Westbrook connects her work to a new film
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.