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." -
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. -
Feminist western barely qualifies as a subgenre since there are so few entries but "The Keeping Room" offers a strong entry. -
This week's horror-themed October Cinema Junkie podcast pays tribute to "Re-Animator The Musical." -
It's all about obedience and madness with reviews of "The Experimenter" and National Theatre Live's "Hamlet" with Benedict Cumberbatch. -
This week's horror-themed edition of the KPBS Cinema Junkie Podcast looks at "The Babadook" through the eyes of a psychoanalyst. -
Guillermo del Toro returns to the realm of ghosts for his gothic romance, "Crimson Peak." -
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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Jesse Kornbluth's play looks to the later life of artist Henri Matisse -
Guest blogger D.A. Kolodenko looks to the literary roots of film noir -
Agnes Varda's 'Faces Places' opens and 'Haunters: The Art of the Scare' hits Netflix -
Show highlights challenging and adventurous music you can 'feel' -
Aaron Sorkin makes feature film directing debut with biopic on Molly Bloom -
Art studio wants people to appreciate comic book culture year round -
KPBS Midday EditionKPBS Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando picks the best films of the year -
KPBS Midday EditionRebels, white trash, and first love at the movies
Stripper Energy just received an Emmy for Journalistic Enterprise, you can watch the six-part video podcast now.