Podcasts by Cinema Junkie
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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Discover 'The Secret Art of Human Flight' from 2023-11-10T15:30
Cinema Junkie speaks with Fil-Am filmmaker H. P. Mendoza about human flight, ghosts on the set, and 'grief release.'
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Halloween 365 from 2023-11-03T11:06
Cinema Junkie wants to extend the spooky season to 365 days a year with some home haunting and scary movies.
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Errol Morris' 'The Pigeon Tunnel' from 2023-10-21T10:00
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.
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Hispanic Heritage Month Film Recommendations from 2023-09-29T16:00
Cinema Junkie invites Moises Esparza to look back on ten years of programming for the San Diego Latino Film Festival and Digital Gym Cinema to curate a list of film recommendations for Hispanic Her...
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Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History from 2023-08-24T10:10
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...
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Bringing Silent Films To Life from 2023-06-06T09:00
Ben Model has dedicated himself to creating music scores to bring silent films back to glorious life. This month marks a special anniversary for Model since it was ten years ago that he created Und...
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Film Noir Road Trip from 2023-05-10T17:30
Cinema Junkie takes a film noir road trip to Shanghai and the Old West by way of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs. Can't make it? Then just use this as a roadmap for your own noi...
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Celebrating TCM Underground from 2023-02-24T19:24
Former TCM programmer Millie DeChirico talks about her new book, "TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema."
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Get Shooked Part 3: Kevin Grevioux from 2023-02-11T10:12
In the final episode of Cinema Junkie's three-part series focused on Black Com!x Day's Get Shooked! New Masters of Horror panel, Kevin Grevioux talks about his latest projects, owning your own IPs,...
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Get Shooked Part 2: John Jennings from 2023-02-09T23:17
Cinema Junkie continues its three-part series talking with the Get Shooked panelists coming for Black Comix Day. In this episode, John Jennings talks about cosmic superheroes, a crowd-funded horror...
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Get Shooked Part One: Rodney Barnes from 2023-02-08T23:30
Cinema Junkie speaks with three of the new masters of horror contributing stories to the new comics anthology "Shook." In Part One, Rodney Barnes talks about vampires, real world horror and jugglin...
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Official guide to Godzilla from 2022-12-21T10:19
At 68, Japan's Godzilla is nowhere near ready for retirement. Toho's iconic monster was born out of an atomic blast in 1954 and now is poised for a live action series called "Godzilla and the Titan...
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Viva Hollywood from 2022-12-17T13:54
Author Luis Reyes explores the legacy of Latin and Hispanic artists in American film in his new TCM book "Viva Hollywood."
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Bonus Episode: Giving Thanks for TÁR from 2022-11-24T13:14
For Thanksgiving Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala joins Cinema Junkie to give thanks for the film "TÁR."
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Bonus Episode: See It on 16mm from 2022-10-19T12:32
What makes someone feel driven to tour around with a film projector in tow and screen films on 16mm? Find out on this Bonus edition of Cinema Junkie.
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The slow burn of 'Speak No Evil' from 2022-09-17T10:24
Get ready for slow burn horror of "Speak No Evil.” I got to see “Speak No Evil” at virtual Sundance earlier this year. It was my favorite film of the festival and it’s in my top ten for 2022. It’s ...
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Celebrating Star Wars from 2022-07-29T10:32
VICE TV’s Icons Unearthed Star Wars and Disney Plus’ Light and Magic serve up a wealth of interviews and behind the scenes materials that will dazzle and delight not just Star Wars fans but anybody...
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Cinema Junkie Goes Bonkers Ass from 2022-07-15T08:45
Get ready for a bonkers ass ride through the wildest and most extreme horror and exploitation cinema as Greg Dohler and author Matt Rotman take the wheel to kick a new season of Cinema Junkie into ...
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Bonus Episode: Bold Visionaries from 2022-06-18T12:30
Cinema Junkie is on a season break but serves up this Bonus Podcast on the bold visionaries behind "Mad God" and "Neptune Frost."
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Bonus Episode: TCM Classic Film Festival from 2022-04-21T16:49
TCM Classic Film Festival is back in person in Hollywood. TCM host Alicia Malone and TCM programmer Scott McGee will both be at the festival to sign copies of their new books. Cinema Junkie speaks ...
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Bonus Episode: 'Slow Horses' from 2022-04-02T07:00
Cinema Junkie speaks with actors Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden as well as director James Hawes about bringing Micke Herron's acclaimed spy novel "Slow Horses" to the small scree...
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Robert Duvall reflects on 'The Godfather' from 2022-03-22T14:30
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather." Actor Robert Duvall played Tom Hagen and talks about working on the classic film.
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Bonus Episode: The Tragedy of Macbeth from 2022-01-24T15:00
Joel Coen’s "The Tragedy of Macbeth," currently streaming on Apple TV+, came in at number three on my ten best list for 2021. It’s breathtakingly cinematic and delivers Shakespeare’s play in a kind...
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Talking noir dames with the Nitrate Diva from 2021-12-17T12:00
Cinema Junkie extends Noir-vember because one month was not enough time to explore the spectrum of women found on the shadowy streets of film noir. Nora Fiore, the Nitrate Diva, returns for part ...
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Talking noir dames with The Nitrate Diva, Part One from 2021-11-26T09:00
Noir dames. None were sassier, sexier or more lethal than the women of film noir. They lied, stole, cheated, murdered and more importantly just refused to conform to any standard notions of feminin...
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Down Noir Alley With Eddie Muller from 2021-11-12T16:59:51
Femme fatales, private dicks, wooden kimonoes... welcome to the world of film noir. The term was coined by French film critics to describe a style of cinema rooted in hard-boiled crime fiction of t...
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John Le Carré's Real World Spies from 2021-10-29T12:00
Cinema Junkie takes on another mission, this time to explore the world of spies presented in the film and television adaptations of John Le Carré's books. Previously on Cinema Junkie we looked at ...
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Bond. James Bond. Part Two from 2021-10-22T09:00
Cinema Junkie speaks again with espionage aficionados and Spybrary Podcast contributors Gary Dexter and Jeff Quest (of spywrite.com) to look at the evolution of female characters across nearly six ...
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Bond. James Bond. Part One from 2021-10-08T12:00
Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando goes on a special mission with spy aficionados Gary Dexter and Jeff Quest to explore the cinematic and literary universe of James Bond 007. Get a spoiler-free review of...
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Asians On Screen From Yellow Peril To Superhero from 2021-09-22T12:00
Earlier this month Marvel delivered its first Asian superhero in its cinematic universe with "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." But it’s been a long hard road getting to this point in Hol...
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Bonus Episode: Unpacking 'Candyman' from 2021-09-17T06:00
The new "Candyman" has a lot to unpack for a 90-minute horror film. It cleverly continues the story of the original 1992 film that boasted Tony Todd in the title role but it is also a stunning reim...
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Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' Director Destin Cretton from 2021-09-08T12:00
It's not often that I get to say that I was there when a filmmaker's career began but I can say that about Destin Cretton. Currently he is ushering in Marvel's first Asian superhero with "Shang-Chi...
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Hooray For Bollywood, Part 2 from 2021-08-25T12:00
Get ready for the Indian Macbeth, Mumbai noir, and Bollywood rap. Cinema Junkie returns to India for Hooray For Bollywood, Part 2. This time we look to contemporary Bollywood cinema and redefine t...
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Hooray For Bollywood, Part 1 from 2021-08-11T10:00
There is nothing quite like a Bollywood film. It’s about impossibly gorgeous stars, deliciously overripe melodrama, spectacular production numbers, an explosion of colors, and music with such an ir...
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Crew Call: Stunt Performers Edition from 2021-07-28T14:00
When Brad Martin goes into work there’s a very real possibility his boss could ask to set him on fire. That's because he’s a stunt man. Comic-Con just wrapped up another virtual edition and I’ll ...
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Critical Thinking And The Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2021-07-14T09:00
Cinema Junkie has been on a quarantine break but I decided that July, the month of Comic-Con, would be a great time to make a comeback. My first guest is someone who not only fits the spirit of Com...
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Escape From Quarantine from 2021-07-01T09:45:05
"Cinema Junkie" has been on a quarantine break, but returns healthier than ever on July 14. It will be a leaner, 30-minute format, but will still feature in-depth interviews with filmmakers, scho...
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Black People And A Sense Of Place from 2021-02-27T06:00
To close out Black History Month I will be speaking with Caroline Collins, a post doctoral fellow in the department of Communication at UC San Diego, about films that look to Black people and a sen...
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The Black Panther Party, Part Two from 2021-02-13T06:00
My celebration of Black History Month continues with Part Two of my interview with David F. Walker, author of the new graphic novel "The Black Panther Party." We finish our discussion about the Bla...
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The Black Panther Party, Part One from 2021-02-05T12:00
For Black History Month I am dedicating a two-part podcast to the Black Panthers and speaking with author David F. Walker ("Bitter Root," "Shaft," "The Life of Frederick Douglas") about his new gra...
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Giving Thanks To Film Editors, Part Three from 2020-12-19T13:30
The final episode in Cinema Junkie's Giving Thanks to Film Editors trilogy. This time I speak with Oscar-nominated film editor Paul Machliss. He has had a wildly creative and innovative partnership...
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Giving Thanks To Film Editors, Part Two from 2020-12-04T09:00
On the last episode of Cinema Junkie I kicked off a trio of podcasts that give thanks to film editors. I started with an interview with Tatiana S Riegel, the Oscar-nominated film editor of "I, Tony...
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Giving Thanks For Film Editors, Part One from 2020-11-18T06:00
Join me in a three-part tribute to film editors. Most people can name a film's director and maybe even its writer, cinematographer or composer but far fewer can name editors. But film editors can a...
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Halloween Double Dare Radio Dramas from 2020-10-31T03:12:19
This episode of Cinema Junkie serves up a Halloween Double Dare, playwright Michael Mizerany and I dare you to listen to a pair of his one-act horror plays. So turn out the lights, put on some head...
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Bonus Episode: San Diego Asian Film Festival Innovates For Pandemic from 2020-10-21T14:00
San Diego Asian Film Festival's artistic director Brian Hu gives Cinema Junkie a preview of the most exciting films from Johnnie To's new boxing romance to Lav Diaz' epic Philippine melodrama to zo...
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Fascism Through The Lens Of Italian Cinema from 2020-10-17T12:00
Can films help us remember history so that we don't repeat it? That's the question Cinema Junkie poses to Kimber Quinney, professor of history at Cal State San Marcos, and Antonio Iannotta, artisti...
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SDLFF Pushing The Envelope from 2020-09-18T14:30
The 27th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival streams its first virtual edition now through Sept. 27 and the film choices push the envelope in terms of diversity and cinematic styles. I speak with...
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The Role Of Horror In A Scary World from 2020-09-02T14:35
As the real world feels scarier each day with a pandemic in full swing, police brutality and people just behaving badly filling social media, and a president fanning the flames of hate and unrest, ...
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First Look: Troma Takes On The Bard from 2020-08-22T13:07:37
Get a first look, I mean, listen, to Troma Entertainment's latest film "#Shakespeare's Sh--storm." Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman talks with me about finally being old enough to play Prospero in his 1...
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How COVID Is Ruining The Zombie Apocalypse from 2020-08-07T17:00
As if the zombies knew a real pandemic was heading our way, there was a surge of undead films in 2019 with more than a dozen infecting cinemas. So as we deal with a real pandemic Cinema Junkie gets...
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Aim For The Head: Max Brooks On Zombies And Coronavirus from 2020-07-24T05:00
Everything you need to know you can learn from zombies. Author Max Brooks pretty much laid out a lot of what we're been dealing with during this coronavirus pandemic in his novel "World War Z" that...
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Quarantined With 'Mythic Quest' from 2020-07-10T06:00
While in quarantine I discovered the Apple TV show "Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet" created by "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's" Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Megan Ganz. The show debuted in F...
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Bonus Podcast: Revisiting The Black Panthers from 2020-07-06T18:00
David F. Walker, author of the upcoming "The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel," talks more about the research he's done for his book and I have my full interview with a member of the San Diego ...
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Black Films That Matter from 2020-07-03T20:00
David F. Walker (writer of "Shaft" and "Luke Cage" comics, and graphic novels on Frederick Douglas and The Black Panther Party) picks some Black films that matter to provide context for today's pro...
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From Final Girls To The Final Boy from 2020-06-20T06:00
This month and into July Shudder is hosting the Etheria Film Festival, a showcase of genre shorts by women filmmakers, and a Queer Horror Collection featuring the new documentary "Scream Queen! My ...
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Yes! The Matt Berry Podcast from 2020-06-08T12:30
Matt Berry has given us a gallery of hilarious characters from the buffoonish Douglas Reynholm in "The IT Crowd" to full of himself actor Steven Toast in "Toast of London" to the Staten Island vamp...
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The Global Pandemic Film Primer from 2020-05-22T12:30
Cinema Junkie has been exploring escapist films to distract you from our current coronavirus pandemic but as parts of the country and some businesses start to reopen I decided it was time to explor...
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Become A Digital Explorer During The Pandemic from 2020-05-09T14:30
Write, blogger, and classic film enthusiast Will McKinley will be your guide to becoming a more adventuresome digital explorer as you navigate the quarantine landscape. He suggest skip the entertai...
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Bond, Not James Bond Spy Films from 2020-04-26T06:00
April was to have been the month we got Bond 25, "No Time To Die" but the film has been postponed to November because of the current pandemic. So here's a discussion about the best and most outrage...
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TCMFF Home Edition Plus Screwball Comedies from 2020-04-11T02:00
Cinema Junkie offers up some quarantine viewing options that provide escapism. First up, TCM Classic Film Festival had to cancel its Hollywood event but has moved it to its TCM cable channel for a ...
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'Contagion' Film As Teaching Tool For Coronavirus Pandemic from 2020-03-25T10:45
UC San Diego professor Joel Wertheim uses the 2011 Steven Soderbergh film "Contagion" to teach a class every fall in epidemiology because it is so accurate in depicting a global pandemic. I talk to...
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Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin And 'Wendy' from 2020-03-12T11:59:04
I became a fan of Benh Zeitlin after his first film "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Now almost eight years later he has a second film that once again captures the wonder of childhood through a young...
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Celebrating Women In Horror Month With Jen And Sylvia Soska from 2020-02-21T09:00
February is Women In Horror Month and Cinema Junkie checks in with the Twisted Twins Jen and Sylvia Soska. The Soskas have a new film currently streaming, it's the remake of fellow Canadian David C...
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Cinema Junkie Awards For Best Of 2019 from 2020-02-06T09:50
The Academy Award nominations always incite me to give out my own awards for best of the year. So here are the Cinema Junkie Awards to highlight the films that I loved this year, some of which I fe...
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Giallo: Killing It With Style... Again from 2020-01-09T06:00
Imagine a body as your canvas, a knife as your paintbrush, and blood as your medium. That in a nutshell is the Italian giallo film. Cinema Junkie is on holiday break so I am serving up a tasty arc...
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Gearhead Cinema Reprise from 2019-12-27T23:55
Fasten your seatbelts! Cinema Junkie is racing off on a vacation break and playing a favorite archive episode this week. I'll be back with new episodes in January. Since I will be co-hosting a year...
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Filmmaker Trey Edward Shults from 2019-12-13T09:00
At a time when much of Hollywood's award hopefuls feel familiar in their storytelling formula, it's refreshing to find films like "Waves" and the upcoming "A Hidden Life" from Terrence Malick that ...
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Giving Thanks For Cinematic Memories from 2019-11-28T04:00
It's the holidays and I'm feeling sentimental. My dad died on Aug. 23 this year and he's the person responsible for making me fall in love with movies. So for my holiday edition of Cinema Junkie I ...
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Ford, Ferrari, And 20 Best Asian American Films from 2019-11-08T16:30
It's crazy gearheads to crazy rich Asians as Cinema Junkie goes from the Le Mans track to debating the best in Asian American films from the past two decades. First up, director James Mangold discu...
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'The Lighthouse' And 'Jojo Rabbit' from 2019-10-25T13:03:52
Two films that will make my ten best list are arriving in theaters: "The Lighthouse" and "Jojo Rabbit" so I'm thrilled to be able to highlight both films with interviews. I speak with filmmaker Rob...
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Dolemite, Eddie Murphy, And Rudy Ray Moore from 2019-10-11T18:00
Eddie Murphy stars in the Netflix film "Dolemite is My Name." The film introduces audiences to singer, musician, stand up comic, actor and film producer Rudy Ray Moore. Moore found success in the 1...
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Author Joe Hill On NOS4A2 And Horror from 2019-09-27T05:43:35
With AMC's "NOS4A2" renewed for a second season Cinema Junkie digs into the archives for a 2013 interview with author Joe Hill at the KPBS studios. He talks about his best-selling novel, horror, an...
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Steam Room Stories from 2019-09-13T06:00
John Waters' Odorama has inspired filmmaker JC Calciano to make his new film "Steam Room Stories: The Movie" in Cinema Scent. I talk with Calciano about scratch 'n' sniff cards, going from YouTube ...
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Talking Horror And HIFF from 2019-08-23T10:57:14
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this Labor Day Weekend at the Frida Cinema so that is the perfect excuse to speak with the festival's founder and executive direct...
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Radio Silence's 'Ready Or Not' from 2019-08-09T12:50:26
The new horror film 'Ready or Not' was brought to the screen by a collaborative known as Radio Silence. Filmmakers and online pranksters Chad Villella, Matt Bettineli-Olpin, and Tyler Gillett have ...
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National Whistleblowers Day: 'Official Secrets' from 2019-07-30T09:37:13
In honor of National Whistleblowers Appreciation Day Cinema Junkie speaks with director Gavin Hood. His new film "Official Secrets" tells the story of Katherine Gun (played by Keira Knightley), a B...
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Reflecting On Comic-Con 50 from 2019-07-26T16:32:25
Comic-Con celebrated its 50th show and I celebrated my 41st. Join me as I speak with a trio of people who have attended all 50 shows plus some exhibitors who describe the changes they have seen ove...
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Lulu Wang's 'The Farewell' from 2019-07-12T06:00
Chinese-American filmmaker Lulu Wang talks about her film "The Farewell" that she says is based on an "actual lie." The Sundance hit draws on her own family and first came to life as an episode on ...
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The Female Perspective in Film, Part Two: 'Ophelia' from 2019-06-28T10:02:16
In this two-part Cinema Junkie podcast I look to the female perspective in film. In part two, I explore the film "Ophelia," which reimagines Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" from Ophelia’s point of view. I w...
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The Female Perspective in Film, Part One: Etheria Film Night from 2019-06-28T09:57:25
In this two-part Cinema Junkie podcast I look to the female perspective in film. In this first part I speak with Heidi Honeycutt, director of programming for Etheria Film Night. Founded in 2014, Et...
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'Hollywood Black' Author Donald Bogle from 2019-06-14T10:43:41
African Americans and Hollywood have a long, troubled, and complicated past. I am going to explore that history with Donald Bogle author of the new book "Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the ...
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Summer Shakespeare from 2019-05-31T11:51:10
Shakespeare has been dead for four centuries but this summer there is a film about his life called "All is True," an adaptation of the book "Ophelia" that looks at "Hamlet" from Ophelia's point of ...
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'John Wick 3' and Director Chad Stahelski from 2019-05-16T14:55:26
"John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum" finally arrives and stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski delivers an exhausting, exhilarating film. I have a review of the new film and have a 2017 interview...
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'Tolkien' Director Talks About Making A Biopic from 2019-05-10T12:00
J.R.R. Tolkien famously wrote "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" books that inspired Peter Jackson's recent films. Now a film biography about the author hits theaters. I'll discuss the allure of ...
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Reel Science 3.0 from 2019-05-03T12:00
Reel Science returns with the San Diego Natural History Museum and Digital Gym Cinema pairing sci-fi films with real scientists to put the movie science into a broader context. Whether you want pre...
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Academy Film Archive from 2019-04-26T12:00
I may hate the Academy for some of its Oscar choices but I have nothing but praise for the work it does to preserve film history. I speak with Josef Lindner, the preservation officer at the Academy...
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TCM Classic Film Festival, Part Two from 2019-04-12T10:40:17
In part one of my look at the 10th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival I spoke with TCM Film Festival programmer Charles Tabesh. Now for part two, I speak with Fox archivist Schawn Belston about the s...
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TCM Classic Film Festival, Part One from 2019-04-11T10:36:20
TCM Classic Film Festival is a four-day event held in Hollywood and showcasing films from the silents on up into the 1980s. In part one of this week's podcast I speak with TCM Film Festival program...
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Dissecting 'Us' from 2019-03-29T10:44:36
This spoiler-filled episode examines the hidden meanings of Jordan Peele's latest box office hit with the help of a UC Riverside professor of media and cultural studies.
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Guillermo Del Toro And San Diego Latino Film Festival from 2019-03-15T12:15:14
With Alfonso Cuaron’s recent multiple Oscar win and San Diego Latino Film Festival entering its second quarter century, I felt it was the perfect time to pull up an archive interview I did with Mex...
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The Lady From The Black Lagoon from 2019-03-01T12:20:19
You may not know Milicent Patrick's name and that's precisely why filmmaker, monster lover, and author Mallory O'Meara decided to write "The Lady From the Black Lagoon." It reveals the lost legacy ...
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Black Comix And Scary Black Folks from 2019-02-15T12:31:23
Cinema Junkie celebrates Black History Month by speaking with Keithan Jones, founder of Black Comix Day, about black comics and movies, and professor John Jennings about a new collective called Sca...
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Breaking the Commandments With Pre-Code Hollywood from 2019-02-01T12:34:32
Films made between 1930 and 1934 have come to be known as pre-Code and display defiance of the self-censorship rules Hollywood laid down for itself. I will talk about the delicious naughtiness and ...
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Women Editors Discuss The Art, Craft Of Editing from 2019-01-18T12:39:40
Oscar nominations come out Jan. 22 and, since many people may not know a lot about what a film editor does, here is an archive edition of Cinema Junkie that will enlighten you about the art and cra...
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Cinema Junkie Awards And Reel Science Revisited from 2019-01-04T12:44:09
Cinema Junkie is technically on holiday break but here's something old and something new to start the year: an archive of my Reel Science episode plus my picks for the best films of 2018.
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Holy Archives Batman from 2018-12-21T12:46:23
Holy archives! Cinema Junkie is on holiday break but enjoy this popular episode dedicated to the 1960s Batman TV show and movie, which are the subject of The Hollywood Museum's exhibit that runs th...
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Revisiting ‘Christmas Smackdown’ from 2018-12-07T12:48:20
Cinema Junkie is taking a holiday break and will be re-posting popular podcasts in the interim. This week I pull up an archive show appropriate for the Christmas season but with some perverse holid...
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Stunt Driver Picks Best Car Movies from 2018-11-27T12:50:58
Stunt driver Steve Lepper picks his favorite car movies as well as the best car chases ever put on film.
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From Raymond Chow To Current Asian Cinema from 2018-11-08T12:53:16
Legendary Hong Kong producer Raymond Chow died earlier this month. This podcast pays tribute to his legacy with San Diego Asian Film Festival artistic director Brian Hu. Plus we get a preview of th...
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Witches In History And On Film from 2018-10-30T12:55:26
A discussion of witches through history and on film from ancient Rome to "Rosemary's Baby" and Monty Python.
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Remembering Your First Scary Movie from 2018-10-12T12:57:56
Cinema Junkie asks people about the first film they remember scaring them. Listen to memories from horror fans and some famous horror celebrities.
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Teaching Zombies from 2018-09-14T13:03:26
The Doctor of the Dead, Arnold T. Blumberg, uses zombies to teach media literacy and critical thinking. He has also just written a geeky, well-researched history of the zombie, "Journey of the Livi...
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Adapting Shakespeare from 2018-08-31T13:05:33
William Shakespeare's plays are more than four centuries old yet they can still captivate an audience and deliver themes that resonate. On today's podcast, I speak with theater and film artists abo...
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Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft from 2018-08-17T13:07:20
Aug. 20 will mark the 128th anniversary of H.P. Lovecraft’s birth. But how did this man who was born in Providence Rhode Island come to create a body of horror fiction that continues to influence t...
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Remembering Tab Hunter from 2018-08-03T13:09:56
Last month actor and golden boy Tab Hunter died of cardiac arrest at the age of 86. I got to interview him in 2015. Here's a podcast dedicated to him.
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Comic-Con Fans And Creators from 2018-07-20T13:13:01
Comic-Con, my home away from home, is this week and I wanted to provide a little insight into why it gives me such joy.
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One Man Bond And Boots Riley from 2018-07-07T13:15:33
Time to geek out about two very different things: James Bond and the directorial debut of rapper Boots Riley.
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Celebrating Master Showman William Castle from 2018-06-22T13:18:03
If you do not know the name William Castle then it's time for you to discover the master showman who invented Illusion-O, Fright Break, Coward's Corner, Percepto, Emergo and much more. And if you a...
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TCM Mad About Musicals from 2018-06-08T13:20
Cinema Junkie Podcast goes Mad About Musicals as Turner Classic Movies launches new online film class.
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LGBTQ Cinema And FilmOut At 20 from 2018-05-25T13:21:37
Since San Diego’s LGBTQ film festival FilmOut celebrates its 20th anniversary this year I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the state of LGBTQ cinema and what a festival focusing on tha...
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TCM 50 Must-See Sci-Fi Films from 2018-05-11T13:24:10
Author Sloan De Forest talks about the challenges and agonies of compiling a list of films for her new book, "TCM Must-See Sci-Fi: 50 Movies That Are Out Of This World."
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TCMFF And Reel Science 2.0 from 2018-05-04T13:26:28
My apologies for getting this podcast out a week late, but I had the TCM Classic Film Festival and Reel Science 2.0 to cover!
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Hemlock Society And Right To Die Films from 2018-04-13T09:47:50
Death. No one likes to talk about it and no one likes to think about how he or she might actually exit this world. But the Hemlock Society of San Diego has some film suggestions that might change y...
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Comic-Con Museum And More from 2018-03-30T09:52:23
If you are a geek like I am, then the news that Comic-Con is going to open a museum was something to be excited about. Cinema Junkie sits down with executive director Adam Smith to discuss what the...
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Armando Iannucci, Political Comedy In The Age Of Trump from 2018-03-16T09:57:26
Armando Iannucci, creator of "Thick of It" and "Veep," makes his feature film writing and directing debut with "The Death of Stalin." I talk with the comic genius about the challenges of doing poli...
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ACE Editors On Oscars Podcast from 2018-03-03T10:01:14
The 90th Academy Awards are Sunday and one of the most misunderstood and least appreciated of the craft categories is film editing. So here is a trio of brilliant film editors to talk about their w...
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A Valentine To The Rapturous Romanticism Of Wong Kar-Wai from 2018-02-14T10:03:29
My idea of a good date movie is "Shaun of the Dead." So maybe I'm not the best person to be making Valentine's Day recommendations. But there's one contemporary filmmaker who consistently tackles l...
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Batman ‘66 Exhibit from 2018-02-02T10:05:03
Fifty-two years ago ABC launched the TV show "Batman" and forever changed the pop culture landscape.
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TCM's Eddie Muller On All Things Noir from 2018-01-13T10:15:03
Noirchaelogist, Czar of noir, host of TCM's Noir Alley, founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation... whatever title you want to refer to him by, Eddie Muller is simply the man to go to when...
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Horror Movies As Spiritual Practice from 2017-12-22T10:17:16
The holidays are upon us so what better time to think about spirituality. For some, movie theaters are like churches and the movies they screen can teach about how to live life.
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Revisiting David Cronenberg's 'Crash' from 2017-12-08T10:20:08
For this podcast, Arts&Culture Reporter Beth Accomando turns to her archives for an interview with David Cronenberg about his 1996 film "Crash," adapted from J.G. Ballard's controversial 1973 novel...
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A Pair Of Films To Be Thankful For from 2017-11-23T10:23:01
It's Thanksgiving and I have a pair of films that I am feeling very thankful for right now: "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "The Shape of Water." Filmmaker Martin McDonagh talks abo...
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Larry Cohen, King Of The B Movies from 2017-11-11T10:25:41
Maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen died on March 23, 2019 at the age of 77. His schlocky B-movies won him a devout cult following and Cinema Junkie had a chance to speak with him in 2017 about his long...
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Bruce Campbell, Hail To The Chin Baby from 2017-10-28T10:28:34
"Ash Vs. Evil Dead" season three opener has been postponed to February! So if you want your Bruce Campbell fix in October, check out this podcast and his new book, "Hail to the Chin."
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Gay Horror And The Final Boys from 2017-10-14T10:30:09
You all know about the final girl in horror, that feisty possibly virginal heroine who’s the last one left standing after some serial killer goes on a rampage. But are you familiar with the final boy?
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Giallo, Killing It With Style from 2017-10-07T10:31:49
Italian giallo cinema is something everyone needs to experience at least once. It consumes you like a fever dream and assaults your senses with an audacious excess of style. Soak up some glorious g...
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Horrible Imaginings And 'Uncharted Regions' from 2017-09-22T10:33:31
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival wrapped up earlier this month, and it was another great year embracing the darkness. Here's a reflection on the event and a look at the radio drama created specifi...
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To Be, Or Not To Be ‘Hamlet’ from 2017-09-12T10:47:26
The Old Globe has a bold new production of “Hamlet” on stage now. It is directed by Barry Edelstein and it made me see the play with new eyes. This podcast is dedicated to Shakespeare’s great play ...
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RIP George A. Romero, Godfather Of The Undead from 2017-08-17T10:49:05
George A. Romero died on July 16. The zombie community paid tribute to him during Comic-Con, and I gather some of those memories and an archive interview with him for this remembrance.
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TCM Spotlight On Alfred Hitchcock from 2017-07-12T10:50:57
Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, Hitch — however you want to refer to him — is a filmmaker who has left an indelible mark on cinema. His career spanned the silents and talkies, black and w...
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In Praise Of Edgar Wright from 2017-07-09T10:52:28
Edgar Wright has a new film out and that is cause for celebration. I speak with the director about "Baby Driver."
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Shakespeare, The Film’s The Thing from 2017-06-24T10:54:38
San Diego's Old Globe Theatre has an eight decade history of performing Shakespeare on stage. Now its artistic director Barry Edelstein wants to highlight the Bard on film.
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‘Dawson City: Frozen Time’ Revels In Real Found Footage from 2017-06-16T10:56:09
Found footage is a tired trope in horror but those films all manufacture their supposed found footage. That kind of fakery holds no interest for filmmaker Bill Morrison. He is interested in the rea...
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Queer Horror from 2017-06-09T10:58:34
FilmOut San Diego is hosting its first-ever block of gay horror shorts and it highlights how LGBT filmmakers are turning more and more to genre filmmaking. So I felt it was time to pay tribute to q...
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David Lynch Revisited from 2017-05-27T11:03:30
With the return of "Twin Peaks" and a revival screening of "Fire Walk With Me," I decided it was time to dig into the archives for an interview with David Lynch.
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The Beauty And Danger Of Nitrate Film from 2017-05-12T11:06:57
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 c...
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'Casablanca' At 75 from 2017-04-29T11:09:48
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.
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Stuart Gordon, Kurt Vonnegut And The Sirens Of Titan from 2017-04-18T11:11:39
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 surprisi...
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TCM Film Festival 2017 Focuses On Comedy from 2017-04-06T11:13:37
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.
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Gourmet Cannibal Films And Stuart Gordon’s ‘Taste’ from 2017-03-25T11:16:34
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 ...
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu And Latin Cinema, So Good It’s Scary from 2017-03-17T11:18:20
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.
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The Voice Behind Samurai Jack from 2017-03-11T11:41:47
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.
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In Bed With Twisted Twins Jen And Sylvia Soska from 2017-02-28T11:44:48
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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Chad Stahelski And ‘John Wick 2’ Raise The Bar On American Action from 2017-02-11T11:46:34
With "John Wick: Chapter 2," stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski proves that he knows what's best for American action films.
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James Baldwin And ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ from 2017-02-08T11:48:18
Cinema Junkie podcast celebrates Black History Month by speaking with filmmaker Raoul Peck about his Oscar-nominated documentary, "I Am Not Your Negro" (opening Feb. 10 at Landmark's Hillcrest Cine...
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ACE Editors Discuss The Art Of Editing from 2017-01-31T11:50:24
Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker and Emmy-winning editor Janet Ashikaga received Career Achievement Honors at the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards. They talk abou...
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Paying Tribute To John Carpenter from 2017-01-20T11:54:06
John Carpenter celebrated his 69th birthday on Jan. 16 so it is the perfect time to pay tribute to the filmmaker and launch a film series dedicated to his work.
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Famous Film Firsts from 2017-01-12T12:38:16
Who was the first woman in the Directors Guild of America? What was the first X-rated film to win a Best Picture Oscar? What was the first film Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro worked on? Get the ...
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Real Scientists Talk About Reel Science from 2017-01-07T12:43:46
Cinema Junkie Podcast is back from holiday break with a show all about real scientists talking about reel science.
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Drunk Reindeer, Severed Heads And Christmas Smackdown from 2016-12-15T12:46:46
Cinema Junkie closes out 2016 with a tribute to the irreverent and hilarious musical revue "Christmas Smackdown." Warning: What follows pushes the boundaries of good taste to the breaking point ......
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New Documentary Looks At The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from 2016-12-09T12:49:12
"1948: Creation and Catastrophe" looks to the pivotal year that David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel and how that impacted the Middle...
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Remembering Drive-Ins from 2016-12-02T12:50:56
Celebrate the allure of the American drive-in with this Cinema Junkie archive edition.
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Films To Be Thankful For from 2016-11-24T12:52:25
It’s Thanksgiving and I have a special holiday episode all about the films people are thankful for. I speak to some famous people and some who are just diehard cinephiles.
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Stuntman Pays Tribute To His Idol Jackie Chan from 2016-11-19T12:55:26
Cinema Junkie Podcast pays tribute to Jackie Chan by way of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a stuntman who grew up worshipping the Hong Kong Action star.
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San Diego Asian Film Festival — Extreme And Overachieving from 2016-11-03T13:01:08
The 17th annual San Diego Asian Film Festival runs through Nov. 12 at multiple venues with its home base at the UltraStar Mission Valley.
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TCM Political Films With Ben Mankiewicz from 2016-11-01T12:57:56
Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz talks about films that highlights the best and worst in American politics.
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Zombies for Humanity from 2016-10-30T13:05:24
It's time for my annual check up with the Doctor of the Dead. Last year he diagnosed the self-aware zombie, this year he talks about Zombies for Humanity or zombies whose hearts have grown bigger t...
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Godzilla 101 — The Monster Is The Message from 2016-10-24T13:10:03
"Shin Godzilla" is the first Japanese film in 12 years to feature Toho's famous monster icon. On this podcast, I speak with professor Ramie Tateishi about the legacy of Big G and how this new film ...
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Horrible Imaginings ‘Horror Lit’ Primer from 2016-10-17T13:13:56
Another podcast from Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, this time checking in with horror authors about how to translate books to film and on what the written word can do that movies can't.
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Celebrating Clive Barker’s ‘Nightbreed’ from 2016-10-08T13:17:39
FilmOut screens Clive Barker's "Nightbreed" on Oct. 12 at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas. So for this podcast I spoke with Mark Alan Miller, who produced the Director's Cut and was key in locating fo...
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Frizzi, Fulci And The Fever Dream Of Italian Horror from 2016-10-05T13:19:27
I'm in the mood for Italian horror thanks to composer Fabio Frizzi coming to San Diego to perform scores from his films. So let's talk about Frizzi, Fulci and the fever dream of Italian horror.
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Spock, NASA, And A Real Documentary Versus A Fake One from 2016-09-20T13:20:53
Sometimes there’s just too much good stuff to cover so this week I am going to talk with a pair of filmmakers from wildly divergent films but what makes them fun to combine into one podcast is that...
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Horrible Imaginings Film Fest Wrap-Up And Mexploitation Cinema from 2016-09-15T13:23:10
The seventh annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival wrapped this past Sunday. Here are interviews with filmmakers from around the globe who came.
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Horrible Imaginings Film Fest Preview from 2016-09-02T13:25:13
Something wicked this way comes! It is time for the seventh annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, which runs Sept. 7 through 11 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.
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Wild And Crazy Steve Martin Gets Serious About Comedy from 2016-08-26T13:26:51
The comic-turned-playwright's latest work, "Meteor Shower," has its world premiere at the Old Globe.
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‘Hell Or High Water’ And The Indie Spirit from 2016-08-15T09:57:51
"Hell or High Water" is a throwback to 1970s indie films. Director David Mackenzie and actor Gil Birmingham talk about making a contemporary Western that delivers social commentary.
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ScareLA And Extreme Haunter Russ McKamey from 2016-08-12T10:01:04
There are less than three months until Halloween. Spirit stores are already posting signs looking for employees and I am still trying to track down tentacles for my Lovecraft haunt this year. So ba...
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Mike Birbiglia On Comedy, Improv And Trust from 2016-08-06T10:06:06
Mike Birbiglia's new film "Don't Think Twice" looks to an improv group experiencing some growing pains.
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Turning Tydes Serves Up Geeky Musical Mash-Ups from 2016-07-15T10:14:43
If Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland were geeks, they would be putting on a "Hobbits" version of "Les Mis" or a "Star Wars" take on "The Phantom of the Opera." That's what Turning Tydes is doing at Co...
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Celebrating ‘The Adventures Of Robin Hood’ from 2016-07-07T10:17:08
Olivia de Havilland, the loveliest of all Maid Marians, turns 100 years old this month and that's reason enough to screen "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and celebrate this 1938 Technicolor classic.
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Paying Homage To Josephine Baker from 2016-06-30T10:22:24
Since she was 17 years old, Tymisha Harris has idolized legendary dancer, singer and activist Josephine Baker. Now she pays tribute to the first international black superstar in a one-woman show ca...
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Hail To The King, Bruce Campbell from 2016-06-22T10:24:07
June 22 is Bruce Campbell's birthday. That's cause for celebration and I am calling this podcast Hail to the King, Bruce Campbell in his honor.
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‘Macbeth’ And The Curse Of The Scottish Play from 2016-06-20T10:25:37
With the first folio in San Diego this month, Cinema Junkie returns to the Bard for an episode all about "Macbeth."
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‘Last Dance In Kaloleni’ Will Show Kenya In New Light from 2016-06-11T10:30:59
When you think of Africa on film, what comes to mind? Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in "Out of Africa"? Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond"? If so, then here's a fresh take on Africa from a firs...
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Dark Gem ‘Downriver’ Screens At FilmOut from 2016-06-03T10:34:12
FilmOut, San Diego’ LGBT film festival, kicks off its 18th year Friday and will showcase some 40 films in three days. Cinema Junkie highlights one dark gem, “Downriver.”
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The First Folio And Shakespearemania from 2016-05-27T10:36:58
The First Folio — the book that gave us Shakespeare — is touring the U.S. so what better time to talk about Shakespeare on film.
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Khaled El Nabawy And Egyptian Cinema from 2016-05-20T10:40:52
Cinema Junkie travels to Egypt by way of an actor described as the "Egyptian Brad Pitt." In other words, he’s a big star even though most Americans don’t know his name, Khaled El Nabawy.
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San Diego To Broadway from 2016-05-13T10:44
Cinema Junkie serves up two archive interviews featuring Steve Martin and George Takai, both of whom have musicals currently on Broadway that premiered at the Old Globe Theatre.
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Saints, Cinemas And The TCM Film Festival from 2016-05-07T10:46:34
Cinema Junkie takes you on a pilgrimage to mecca, also known as the TCM Film Festival.
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Monsterpalooza 2016 from 2016-04-30T10:48:11
Monsterpalooza, a convention celebrating the art of movie monsters, has grown so big that it has moved from the Burbank Marriott to the Pasadena Convention Center. Cinema Junkie checks in with some...
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Hollywood, Scandal And Will Hays from 2016-04-22T13:04:44
The 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor inspired playwright Joe DiPietro to write "Hollywood," which has its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in May. Cinema Junkie ge...
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Crew Call With Film Editor Alan Heim from 2016-04-20T13:08:21
Academy Award-winning film editor Alan Heim was at Groovy Like a Movie for a San Diego Filmmakers event on April 12. Cinema Junkie sits down with the veteran craftsman for a master class in how to ...
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The Trash Cinema Of John Waters from 2016-04-08T13:11:07
FilmOut San Diego is screening John Waters' 1977 film "Desperate Living" at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of Photographic Arts. The perfect excuse to dust off a 1997 archive interview.
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Mexican Cinema, Old And New from 2016-04-01T13:13:27
Cinema Junkie speaks with a veteran filmmaker and a newcomer whose works were featured in this month's San Diego Latino Film Festival.
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WonderCon 2016 And Comic-Con HQ from 2016-03-27T13:15:20
WonderCon 2016 took place over the weekend in Los Angeles, and KPBS' Beth Accomando took advantage of the event to talk with Seth Laderman of Comic-Con HQ and Ted Adams of IDW Publishing.
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Stand Up For Stunts from 2016-03-16T13:17:11
"Mad Max: Fury Road" was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar this year and took home more awards than any other film, but none of the stunt people received any recognition from the Academy. Stuntman...
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Extreme Latin Cinema from 2016-03-10T13:19:11
Masked wrestlers, nunsploitation, monsters, and San Diego Latino Film Festival's Un Mundo Extraño — Cinema Junkie looks to extreme Latin cinema with Horrible Imaginings' Miguel Rodriguez.
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TCM’s March Spotlight Series Condemned from 2016-03-03T13:21:44
Turner Classic Movies launches its March spotlight program, Condemned, a look at more than four decades of censorship, the Catholic Legion of Decency, and the film industry.
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Paying Tribute To Hammer Horror from 2016-02-26T13:25:05
For almost two decades, starting in the late 1950s, you could count on Hammer Films for breathtakingly lurid Gothic horror tales that served up vampires, werewolves, monsters and luscious ladies. B...
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Oscar Nominee ‘The Look Of Silence’ from 2016-02-22T13:26:45
Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer talks about making documentaries from a subjective point of view in "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence," which is up for a Best Documentary Oscar this Sunday.
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Director Robert Eggers On ‘The Witch’ from 2016-02-21T13:28:04
This year is off to a good start with "Bone Tomahawk" and "The Witch" (now playing throughout San Diego) serving up well-crafted horror tales that challenge expectations about the genre.
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S. Craig Zahler On Ramping Up ‘Bone Tomahawk’ from 2016-02-18T10:18:38
"Bone Tomahawk" gets a one-time screening in San Diego on Feb. 21 at the Digital Gym Cinema. Writer-director S. Craig Zahler talks about ramping up his slow-burn horror western.
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Blaxploitation Cinema With David Walker from 2016-02-15T10:30:59
Film Struck is showcasing eight classics of Blaxploitation Cinema so it's time to revisit the Cinema Junkie Podcast featuring David Walker, writer of the "Shaft" comic books. Walker loves the Blaxp...
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The Self-Aware Zombie from 2016-02-05T10:37:31
With "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" reanimating on screens this weekend, the time seems ripe to speak with Doctor of the Dead Arnold T. Blumberg about a recent strain of the undead — the self-aw...
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Under-Appreciated Black Directors from 2016-01-29T10:39:40
On the heels of Oscar snubbing black actors and filmmakers again, and on the eve of Black History Month, Cinema Junkie sits down with a pair of black San Diego independent filmmakers to talk about ...
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San Diego Black Film Festival from 2016-01-26T10:43:30
The San Diego Black Film Festival reveals the diversity of contemporary black filmmaking.
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The Black Panthers And Oscar Boycott from 2016-01-21T10:46:29
The screening of a documentary about the Black Panthers at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival this weekend seems oddly appropriate on the heels of the very white Academy Award nominations. Would ...
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Oscar Rants And Raves from 2016-01-17T10:49:08
Cinema Junkie Podcast is back from a holiday break with a three-part show all about the Oscars.
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The Cinema Junkie Awards from 2015-12-28T10:51:46
Awards season is in full swing so it must be time to make a Ten Best List and hand out some awards.
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Star Wars Road Trip from 2015-12-20T10:54:26
For some, "Star Wars" is a way of life and the arrival of a new movie set in a galaxy far, far away is cause for both great excitement and great concern. A group of "Star Wars" fans rent a van and ...
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Spoiler-Free Review Of ‘The Force Awakens’ from 2015-12-16T10:59:29
After much anticipation and build up, J.J. Abrams "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has finally screened and fans can breathe a big sigh of relief.
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Director Kent Jones On Making ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’ from 2015-12-11T11:06:44
Kent Jones dropped out of film school but then started working in Martin Scorsese's office. That led to a series of documentaries on movies. Now Jones talks about "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (opening at L...
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Cynthia Nixon On Acting And ‘James White’ from 2015-12-05T11:09:14
This year is turning out to be a good one for older actresses. Cynthia Nixon talks about her role in the new independent film “James White” (opened Dec. 4 at Arclight La Jolla).
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A John Waters Christmas Promises To Be Naughty from 2015-11-27T11:10:42
John Waters – the self-proclaimed "Pope of Trash" and "People’s Pervert" – returns to San Diego (Nov. 30 at The Observatory North Park) for the John Waters Christmas Tour 2015.
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Frizzi 2 Fulci from 2015-11-13T11:24:26
Italian film composer Fabio Frizzi made his first tour of the U.S. this year with a tribute concert to director Lucio Fulci called Frizzi 2 Fulci. I saw the concert in L.A. last month and caught up...
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Revisiting The Hollywood Blacklist With ‘Trumbo’ from 2015-11-12T11:26:41
In a year when I was breathlessly awaiting a new Bond film and a promising "Star Wars" installment, "Trumbo" (opening Friday throughout San Diego) was the film that in some ways I was most excited ...
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San Diego Asian Film Festival Celebrates Its Sweet 16 from 2015-11-05T11:30:31
The San Diego Asian Film Festival celebrates its sweet 16 this year. Artistic director Brian Hu talked about programming the festival and highlights some festival offerings.
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‘SPECTRE’ And James Bond Geekiness from 2015-11-05T11:28:36
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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What Was The First Film To Scare You? from 2015-10-30T11:32:19
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 And Horror Film List from 2015-10-29T11:34:15
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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Tribute To ‘Re-Animator The Musical’ from 2015-10-23T11:38:02
This week's horror-themed October Cinema Junkie podcast pays tribute to "Re-Animator The Musical."
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Obedience And Madness from 2015-10-22T11:40:17
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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Psychoanalyzing ‘The Babadook’ from 2015-10-16T11:42:42
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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‘Crimson Peak,’ ‘Victoria,’ Halloween Horror from 2015-10-15T11:44:28
Guillermo del Toro returns to the realm of ghosts for his gothic romance, "Crimson Peak."
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Take A Tour Of Surgeons’ Hall Museum With Mr. Horror Musical from 2015-10-09T11:46:04
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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‘Goodnight Mommy’ Serves Up Intimate Horror from 2015-10-08T11:47:53
This week's Cinema Junkie podcast looks to the new horror film "Goodnight Mommy" that hails from Austria.
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‘The Martian,’ Titans And Hitchcock from 2015-10-02T11:52:59
All the hype this week is focused on "The Martian" (opening Oct. 2 throughout San Diego), but there are plenty of other film choices for this weekend.
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Author And Filmmaker Clive Barker from 2015-10-02T11:50:08
An archive interview with Clive Barker from 2005 launches a month of horror themed podcasts on Cinema Junkie.
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San Diego Film Festival Auteur Award Recipient Brit Marling from 2015-09-30T11:55:13
The 14th Annual San Diego Film Festival will hand out its tribute awards on Saturday, with Brit Marling receiving its Auteur Award.
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Son Of Monsterpalooza Wrap-Up from 2015-09-25T13:09:59
A wrap-up from last weekend's Son of Monsterpalooza Convention in Burbank with a trio of interviews.
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Let’s Jam With ‘Cowboy Bebop’ from 2015-09-24T13:11:37
Let's talk anime. "Cowboy Bebop" is my all-time favorite anime and this Saturday the Ken Cinema is showing the movie as it’s midnight film. If you have never seen an anime before then make this the...
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Opera Field Trip With Tenor Rene Barbera from 2015-09-18T13:13:21
Tenor Rene Barbera talks about opera, breathing, and heavy metal as we take a field trip outside the world of film.
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Documentary 'Electric Boogaloo' Tells Wild Tale Of Cannon Films from 2015-09-17T11:09:22
If you grew up in the 1980s then you probably saw a Cannon Film like “Lifeforce,” “Missing in Action,” or “Death Wish 2.” The new documentary “Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Fi...
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Horrible Imaginings Panel for 'Bluebeard' from 2015-09-15T11:05:27
Horrible Imaginings's lively panel for Edgar G. Ulmer's 'Bluebeard' (1944). On the panel are Ulmer's daughter Arianne Ulmer Cipes and his biographer Noah Isenberg. Panel was moderated by Miguel Rod...
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Talking Film Style With Directors From Horrible Imaginings Film Festival from 2015-09-14T11:03:05
Two young filmmakers, Erick Msumanje and Gigi Saul Guererro, with wildly different films and styles talk about their work and how they define horror at the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival that to...
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Director Jason Eisener Talks 'Hobo With A Shotgun' from 2015-09-11T10:59:21
Yes! I just found out that "Hobo With a Shotgun" has been held over, and you will have at least one more shot at this grindhouse homage.
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"The Room" Is Really So Bad It's Good from 2015-09-10T10:56:26
You may think you’ve seen bad movies but you haven’t seen anything quite as bad as “The Room." Listen to my radio feature about how a film’s badness is turning it into a cult hit on the midnight mo...
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Interview With Miguel Rodriguez of Horrible Imaginings Film Festival from 2015-09-04T10:52:49
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival director Miguel Rodriguez discusses his upcoming horror fest.
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Ken Screens John Carpenter's Cult Classic 'They Live' from 2015-09-03T10:50:17
Landmark’s Ken Cinema has found success with its classic film weeks and midnight movies. "They Live" pays tribute to the late Roddy Piper.
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The Retro Pastiche of ‘Turbo Kid’ from 2015-09-03T10:48:05
If you found "Turbo Kid" on a VHS tape in someone's garage you'd probably swear it was a movie from the 1980s and that's just part of its charm.
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Remembering Horror Master Wes Craven from 2015-08-31T10:48:42
Tribute to horror master Wes Craven, who died on Sunday. I pull an archive interview from 2006 when he discussed the state of horror and how he thinks audiences arrive at his movies already in fear.
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Geek Roundtable Takes On Universal Monsters from 2015-08-28T10:52:21
Unearth a Geek Roundtable with fellow podcaster and Horrible Imaginings Film Festival director Miguel Rodriguez to discuss Universal monsters and the continuing film series The Universal Suspects a...
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Interview With Oscar-winner George Chakiris, Part 2 from 2015-08-28T10:45:42
Oscar-winner George Chakiris talks about his career, Marilyn Monroe, and his dog Sammy.
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Hot Guys And Homophobia Fuel ‘Drown’ from 2015-08-27T10:56:49
"Drown" premiered in San Diego earlier this year at FilmOut where it won six awards including Best Narrative Feature, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Soundtrack and Outstanding Artistic Achie...
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Interview With Oscar-winner George Chakiris. Part 1 from 2015-08-25T10:40:52
Oscar-winner George Chakiris talks about his work on "West Side Story."
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'Best Of Enemies' Looks To 1968 Buckley-Vidal Debates from 2015-08-20T10:35:25
In 1968, ABC News was trailing miserably in the ratings and to offset its inability to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions it came up with the idea of offer...
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Entomologist On Scary Bugs And Sci-Fi from 2015-08-14T11:04:40
Horror and science fiction frequently turn to bugs and the insect world to scare people and this podcast features theNAT's entomologist Dr. Michael Wall talking about the interplay of science and p...
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Get 'Stung' By Giant Wasp Movie from 2015-08-13T10:34:07
Giant bugs attack humanity in the new sci-fi horror film, "Stung" and meet TheNAT's curator of entomology.
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San Diego's McKamey Manor Takes Haunting To Extremes from 2015-08-09T10:26:49
ScareLA's Extreme Haunt Panel featuring McKamey Manor, Blackout, and Gates of Hell's Victim Experience. Each haunt brought along a "victim" to discuss the experience. Here's the audio from the panel.
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Jason Segel Talks About Playing Author David Foster Wallace In 'End Of The Tour' from 2015-08-06T10:25:11
David Foster Wallace won accolades for his 1,000-page tome “Infinite Jest” in 1996. Then he saddened fans by committing suicide just over a decade later. Actor Jason Segel talks about playing the l...
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Film Review Of 'The End of the Tour' from 2015-08-06T10:21:37
"The End of the Tour" reviewed by Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando.
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Simon Pegg on 'Hot Fuzz' from 2015-07-31T10:19:33
With Simon Pegg returning in "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation," I decided to reach into the archives for a 2007 interview with Pegg about "Hot Fuzz."
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'Mission Impossible' Is A Fun Adrenaline Rush from 2015-07-30T10:17:54
Spies are back in style as the "Mission Impossible" and 007 franchises serve up new entries, and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." TV show gets a big screen reboot. The latest "Mission Impossible" film loo...
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'Pigeon' Film Delivers Deadpan Art House Comedy from 2015-07-25T10:15:12
“A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” which opened Friday at the Digital Gym Cinema, is the final part of a Swedish trilogy about being human.
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'The Third Man' 4K Digital Restoration Comes To Ken Cinema from 2015-07-23T11:28:42
A 4K restoration of "The Third Man" opens at the Ken Cinema and that's cause for celebration.
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War Boy Nicholas Hoult from 2015-07-23T10:12:55
Actor Nicholas Hoult, of "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Warm Bodies," was nineteen when I interviewed him. He was starring with Gabriel Byrne in Richard E. Grant autobiographical film about growing up i...
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Sir Ian McKellan On ‘Richard III’ from 2015-07-17T11:07:38
This week Sir Ian McKellan appears as Sherlock Holmes in a new film. So Cinema Junkie looks back to the archives for an interview with the actor about playing Richard III.
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The Game's Afoot With An Aging 'Mr. Holmes' from 2015-07-16T11:22:29
After more than a century, Sherlock Holmes’ popularity continues to rise with a play at the Globe, more of the BBC series in the wings, and now Sir Ian McKellan taking on the role of the great dete...
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'The Overnight' Is Like A Horror Film Where 'Sex Is The Monster' from 2015-07-01T11:16:43
"The Overnight” has been stirring buzz since its premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It's a raunchy comedy but with more than sex on its mind.
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Old Globe Presents Summer Shakespeare Films from 2015-06-29T11:14:02
It’s summer so that means Shakespeare takes the stage at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. But for its 80th anniversary, the Globe is adding a twist to the Summer Shakespeare season — films.
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'We Are Still Here' Slow Build, Big Pay Off from 2015-06-26T11:12:04
In an era of fast food entertainment, “We Are Still Here” (opening June 25 at the Digital Gym Cinema) serves up a slow meal of haunted house horrors.
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'Me And Earl And The Dying Girl' Tackles Life, Death, And Horrors Of High School from 2015-06-19T11:06:28
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (opening June 19 in select San Diego theaters) won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
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