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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.

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Cinema Junkie talks with Dolph Lundgren

2026/10/08

Action movie icon Dolph Lundgren talks about "Dolph: Unbreakable," the new documentary about his life, career and battle with cancer.

Midday Movies Celebrate Hitchcock

2026/10/02

Cinema Junkie presents Midday Movies celebrate Alfred Hitchcock. Angelika Film Center's annual Hictchcocktober Film Series puts the best from the master of suspense on the big screen in October, so we share our love for Hitch.

Cinema Junkie The Undead Podcast

2026/09/18

At the KPBS San Diego Book Festival, Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando rose from the grave to record a live 'undead' podcast with author and neuroscientist Bradley Voytek.

Cinema Junkie presents Midday Movies and serial killers

2026/08/27

Today is the birthday of infamous murderer and grave robber, Ed Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield. And while we are not celebrating his birth, we are using it as an excuse to discuss serial killer films and streaming shows.

Queer Horror at the End of the World

2026/08/13

Cinema Junkie talks about queer horror and indie filmmaking with Michael Varrati and Brendan Haley, the filmmakers behind a new apocalyptic, supernatural horror tale called 'Scorch Marks.' Their film will have its world premiere at FilmOut, San Diego’s LGBTQ Film Festival.

Best of KPBS Podcasts - Cinema Junkie

2026/08/10

Best of KPBS Podcasts brings the best of KPBS storytelling to our listeners. Each episode features curated highlights from across the KPBS podcast lineup, paired with conversations with the producers and hosts. This episode features the podcast Cinema Junkie

Midday Movies: Is 'The Odyssey' worth the journey?

2026/07/16

Christopher Nolan wants you to see his epic tale of ancient Greece in 70mm IMAX but is it worth a trip to the cinema? Cinema Junkie hosts Midday Movies to find out.

'Your Fluff is Enough'

2026/07/02

Find out how a film critic and a drag queen created and self-published a delightful children's book about 'Your Fluff is Enough.'

Cinema Junkie and Midday Movies go on a summer viewing vacation

2026/06/25

This summer there are big Hollywood blockbusters like 'Supergirl' but also indie hits like 'The Furious,' so here's a rundown of what's in theaters now and coming up in cinemas later this season.

'Dead, White and Blue' -- A green movie!

2026/06/05

'Dead, White and Blue' is made from 100 percent recycled film and filmmaker Mike Davis explains what that means.

Cinema Junkie Book Club: 'Black Film' by David F. Walker

2026/04/03

Cinema Junkie has a new book recommendation, David F. Walker's "Black Film: A History of Black Representation and Participation in the Movies."

Cinema Junkie and Midday Movies celebrate women directors

2026/03/27

To close out Women's History Month, here's a tribute to both the women directors who blazed a trail as well as the provocative new female voices emerging today.

Tackling Tactical Frivolity, Part Two: Joy as Rebellion

2026/02/07

"Protest is a form of art. Let's treat it as such." And that's what Cinema Junkie is doing as we go a little off topic to don an inflatable T-Rex costume and discuss tactical frivolity as a protest tool and then see how it has played out in movies.

Pre-Code Essentials

2025/12/08

Cinema Junkie speaks with authors Kim Luperi and Danny Reid about their new book, “Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood’s Untamed Era 1930-1934," which is the perfect gift for any cinephile.

Tackling Tactical Frivolity, Part One

2025/11/20

Since current protests have taken on a decidedly more theatrical and even humorous tone, Cinema Junkie explores the notion of tactical frivolity as a tool in both movies and the real world. In Part One Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithaval joins the discussion.

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4.9 out of 5

42 reviews

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Perkcasso 2023/06/30

News, insight, deep dives and entertainment

An enjoyable podcast that covers cinema history, niche films and genres, speaks with cinema historians and cinephiles and takes the occasional deep di...

★★★★★

DeborahWalshFNP 2021/09/17

Great podcast!

Great podcast. Beth is an encyclopedia of cinema, love hearing her pieces! Always brings a unique spin to her interviews.

★★★★★

tommy12111123 2019/10/28

Great

Crushing’ It!

★★★★★

just jimm 2019/07/31

Amazing podcast

This is an amazing podcast , in depth interviews about all the things I love , and a deeper look at my fields of interest. Comics , movies , horror , ...

★★★★★

Jonbhamm 2018/02/12

Changed my life!

The presense of Cinema Junkie is invaluable to San Diego and the Thelma Schoonemaker interview literally changed my life as an editor! I could not re...

★★★★★

Loopy McLoopy 2018/02/01

Interview with Twisted Twins (In bed)

Such an awesome podcast! Listening again!! Amazing Directors and amazing Podcast!

★★★★★

natty film goer 2017/05/16

Nitrate nirvana

I can only wish I had had the opportunity to see one of my favorite classic films, Laura (1944), on which I did my master's thesis, screened in nitrat...

★★★★★

Giblet77 2016/10/22

Love this!

I learn more from Beth Accomando than I ever did as a grad student in film school. Always entertaining and insightful.

★★★★★

SMK89 2016/06/21

My favorite cinema show

I won't see a movie before I hear what these guys have to say. I highly suggest subscribing!

★★★★★

Rainesonfilm 2016/04/22

Under-Appreciated Black Filmmakers

Loved this piece on Blaxploitation, black cinema history and the 2016 Oscars controversy. It was great hearing Dante and Sanns give their personal his...

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