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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Bond. James Bond. My obsession with 007 began as a child and I continue to thrill at the new films, including the latest "SPECTRE."
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Last week I gave you a tease of my Cinema Junkie podcast about the first film people remember scaring them, now listen to more memories including some horror celebrities.
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Feminist western barely qualifies as a subgenre since there are so few entries but "The Keeping Room" offers a strong entry.
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This week's horror-themed October Cinema Junkie podcast pays tribute to "Re-Animator The Musical."
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It's all about obedience and madness with reviews of "The Experimenter" and National Theatre Live's "Hamlet" with Benedict Cumberbatch.
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This week's horror-themed edition of the KPBS Cinema Junkie Podcast looks at "The Babadook" through the eyes of a psychoanalyst.
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Guillermo del Toro returns to the realm of ghosts for his gothic romance, "Crimson Peak."
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If you have ever had the secret desire to look through medical books with their explicit photos of disease, deformities and medical science, then I have the perfect thing for you.
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Transgender actress Daniela Vega makes history at Academy Awards show
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Academy Awards focus on diversity
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Could this be the most diverse pool of nominees in Oscar history?
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New documentary finds the complex woman behind the glamorous Hollywood star
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KPBS Midday EditionPuccini's opera gets some new shadings
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Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell go for the jugular and the funny bone in Starz original series
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Filmmaker Sally Potter delivers her most entertaining film to date
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He woke up writing: Steve Fisher and the origins of noir
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.