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Reel Rap

Bennett + Shane

Reel Rap is a podcast about adaptations. Thank you for listening.

tv & film film history

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01:30:27

Blood Sisters (1987) with Jim Hickcox

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2025/11/24

Today we cover the movie Blood Sisters (1987) and the career of Roberta Findlay with filmmaker, cinematographer, musician, and artist, Jim Hickcox.

01:55:40

The Vanishing with Bella

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2025/07/30

Today we are joined by Bella to discuss the novel The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé and the 1988 Dutch film, Sporloos. This was hosted at the Cherry Street Tavern, so thank you very much to the staff who were kind enough to host us.Find Bella @milkglut & @bellahellNext we'll talk about The Mist by Stephen King.

01:26:45

Woodcutters with Bryan Counter

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2025/07/22

We are joined by author and critic Bryan Counter to discuss Thomas Bernhard's 1984 German novel, Woodcutters (Holzfällen). You will remember Bryan from our 4th episode when we discussed Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, Remains of the Day. Bryan also hosts a brilliant podcast with friend of the show Nathan Wainstein called Author's Die Twice.Listen to Author's Die Twice here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authors-die-twice/id1802931188Buy Bryan's new book:

01:23:27

The Turn of the Screw with Nathan Wainstein

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2025/06/27

Today on Reel Rap, the podcast about adaptations, we are joined by, as we often are, a guest, Nathan Wainstein, host of Authors Die Twice, and a self-described living, his words not mine, failure, to talk about--Short story: The Turn of The Screw by Henry JamesFilm: The Innocence (1961) dir. Jack Claytonhttps://www.nathanwainstein.com/ Stay tuned for next time and read along as we cover Thomas Bernhard's The Woodcutters.Intro and outro music: INSTRUCT ME CAMARILLA (INSTRU--MENTAL) by

01:04:04

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

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2025/06/06

Bennett and Shane discuss the 1962 film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence by John Ford and the 1953 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson. We recorded this at bar seats 1 and 2 of the Cherry Street Tavern.Intro music: Uganda by Estrid Nyman, supplied by Ian @flambeananas

01:13:13

The Luck of Barry Lyndon with Joe Cornelison

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2025/05/30

Discussing Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975) and William Thackeray's 1844 picaresque novel, The Luck of Barry Lyndon.Find Joe on instagram at @joe_cornelisonWatch Joe's film, Wulver's Stane here: Wulver's StaneRead my piece on Wulver's Stane here: Subtle Alchemy

01:32:23

From Russia With Love with Wide Flank

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2025/05/14

We are very happy to collaborate with our friends at Wide Flank to talk about Ian Fleming's 1957 novel, From Russia With Love as well as the film and video game of the same name. Wide Flank is a podcast about video games, kind of like a book club for video games, we call it a game club.We thought it would only be right to do a full crossover episode covering the triumvirate 007 adaptation here, featuring a game, a book, and a movie. I love Wide Flank and I think you will too.You can find more

01:20:26

The Age of Innocence with 𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖆

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2025/05/02

Today we are joined by 𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖆 aka @l0botomy to discuss Edith Wharton's masterpiece 1920 novel, The Age of Innocence as well as Martin Scorsese's 1993 adaptation.The film stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Daniel Day Lewis.Intro and Outro music is: Carmen - Duo by gidoguitaar

01:26:03

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion with Ashley

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2025/04/18

We talked about a shared history and Joan Didion's 1970 novel, Play It as It Lays. We discussed Frank Perry's film adaptation from 1972 starring Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins.Find Ashley on instagram at @boygeniusrapsHere is that book I mentioned: The Well Played Game by Bernard De KovenMusic is God Bless the Child by Sonny Rollins; Alabama Railroad Town by Doug Firebaugh, and Get Me by Everything But the Girl.

01:24:28

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within with Christopher...

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2025/04/11

Today we discuss the animated drama, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as well as Final Fantasy X.You can find Chris' work at this link.and on twitter @UpdateTheGridsMusic from Final Fantasy X OST

01:50:36

In A Lonely Place with Brendan

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2025/03/31

We discuss the novel, In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes and the adaptation by Nicholas Ray. The film stars Gloria Grahame and Humphrey Bogart.Follow Brendan: @luso_brendanTales From the Mall Podcast The Isolation ChamberThank you for listening to Reel Rap. On the next episode, we will discuss Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)Intro song: Flamengo by Bonfiglio de Oliveira (1931)

01:17:00

The Remains of the Day with Bryan Counter

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2025/03/14

Listen to Bryan’s new podcast, Authors Die TwiceToday Bryan Counter joins us to discuss Nobel Prize Winner, Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" as well as the film adaptation by James Ivory. Thanks for listening.Read Bryan's work here: ⁠Spiralling Relations: Barthes, Kant, and Balzac⁠and here: ⁠Mere lightFor those reading and watching along: Next, we will read, watch, and discuss the book and film "In a Lonely Place" with a very special guest.The song is September Song by Kurt Weill, performed

00:39:24

Devotion (1946) A Bronte Sisters Film

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2025/03/05

Devotion (1946) imagines the Bronte family home as Emily and Charlotte write their masterpieces, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. We discuss these books and the film. Our next episode will cover Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day and the film of the same name. Read and watch along with us!Song is: 嵐が丘～ヒースクリフに捧ぐ by Ikuko Kawai on her album Wuthering Heights.

00:58:24

The Poetry of Wallace Stevens

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2025/02/16

In this episode we discuss the poetry of Wallace Stevens.Next episode, we will cover the book The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and the film, The Remains of the Day (1993).Feel free to read along. Poem covered include:The Idea of Order at Key WestDutch Graves in Bucks CountyThe Plain Sense of ThingsThanks!

01:22:26

Affliction (1997)

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2025/01/25

Wade Whitehouse gets a toothache.Affliction is a book by Russell Banks. It was adapted into a film by Paul Schrader. Reel Rap is a podcast about books and their film adaptations. Unless we decide to change it to something else. Thank you for listening. If you want to come on the show, let us know!

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