Reel Rap

Find Matt Deapo's writing on film on letterboxd and his website, Kinetiscope.org We are joined by Matt, a natural born cinephile, and we're talking about the 1939 Agatha Christie mystery crime novel And Then There Were None , as well as the 1945 film adaptation by Rene Clair. We also talk at length toward the end about the essence Family Guy, specifically the season 9 premiere episode, And Then There Were Fewer.

Today we are joined by Bryan Counter to talk about the Jean Lahoughue book, Vacated Landscape , translated beautifully from the French by K.E. Gormley and published by Wakefield Press. Spoilers within. We discuss modern and post-modern french literary traditions, surrealism, and Bennett shares his experience of seeing Un Chien Andalou (1929) at the recent Nitrate Picture Show film festival. Bryan is the host of Authors Die Twice , a podcast about video games and aesthetic theory hosted by two living failures. Bryan also recently published the excellent book, Four Moments of Aesthetic Experience: Reading Huysmans, Proust, McCarthy, and Cusk . Enjoy!

The boys are back, and they're full of beans on the latest Reel Rap! After plenty of rolling around in the muck, they discuss Family Guy and short fiction from Thomas Ligotti, Richard Matheson, and Julian MacLaren-Ross. Warning: there's some pretty graphic diarrhea talk toward the end of the episode. NSFW!

Today we are joined by a true frontiersman of art and critical exploration of film. We discuss two John Ford films: The Quiet Man (1952) and Wagon Master (1950). I am proud to welcome Brendan, former host of Tales from the Mall, and actor in the forthcoming film "Knuckles" by Jay Curtis Miller. Look out for Brendan in this movie, the trailers and promotional material for this movie look special. "There'll be no locks or bolts between us, Mary Kate... except those in your own mercenary little heart!"

We are joined by James, host of the Hermitix podcast. Hermitix is a "podcast focusing on one-on-one interviews relating to fringe philosophy, obscure theory, weird lit, underappreciated thinkers and movements, and that which historically finds itself 'outside' the academic canon." Reel Rap listeners will enjoy the depth of discussion James hosts on his podcast. Today we discuss the cult classic, "Harold and Maude" and discuss the novelization by Colin Higgins. We also talk about horror, beauty, occultism, subversion, and reading. Rest in Peace to the great Bud Cort. Thank you!

Today we are joined by Jimmy 'The Greek', video editor and producer of the great podcast, Tales From The Mall. I love podcasting because we get to meet new people like James. On this episode we discuss He Got Game, Summer of Sam, and 25th Hour. Three of Lee's greatest!

We discuss Gerald Murnane's short story, Emerald Blue, from the Stream Systems collection. We also talk about "Words And Silk: The Imaginary and Real Worlds of Gerald Murnane" the 1989 experimental film about Gerald Murnane. Check out Bryan's podcast, Author's Die Twice, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authors-die-twice/id1802931188

This is a new format where Bennett and I check in with each other about what we are currently reading and watching. Topics include: Black Hole by Charles Burns, Paul Tremblay, Kathe Koja, Oliver sacks, drinking alcohol, graphic novel artists, Daniel Clowes, David Mazzuchelli, irony, The Testament of Ann Lee, No Other Choice, Need For Speed, and Patricia Lockwood's latest.

Christmas Special! you know it you love it it's Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Tom Cruise plays a genius doctor and Nicole Kidman plays a stoner. Merry Christmas and auld lang syne everyone. Peace

Discussing Joanna Hogg's great film, Archipelago (2010). Jordan Lisi is a filmmaker from New York. His movie, 12 and More Omissions, premieres on www.splittoothmedia.com on Monday, 12/22/25. Watch the teaser for Jordan's film here! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7DuKbBtBcFk?time_continue=4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY Merry Christmas everyone.

Today, Bennett and I discuss Eden (2024) as well as give a brief retrospective on the illustrious career of Ron Howard and his #2, Brian Grazer

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

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 & @bellahell Next we'll talk about The Mist by Stephen King.

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/id1802931188 Buy Bryan's new book: https://anthempress.com/books/four-moments-of-aesthetic-experience-hb

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 James Film: The Innocence (1961) dir. Jack Clayton https://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 theanimale

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

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_cornelison Watch Joe's film, Wulver's Stane here: Wulver's Stane Read my piece on Wulver's Stane here: Subtle Alchemy

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 Wide Flank here. Join their discord to play along with them. If you're reading along with us, our next book and film is: The Luck of Barry Lyndon as well as Kubrick's, Barry Lyndon.

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

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 @boygeniusraps Here is that book I mentioned : The Well Played Game by Bernard De Koven Ashley mentioned the short story collection by Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others