Best Adapted Podcast

Caleb and Frank begin their John le Carré miniseries with The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Martin Ritt's 1965 adaptation dazzled critics and audiences in both England and the United States and began a Hollywood tradition of putting Le Carré's works on film. But can it match the grim tone and twisting plot of John Le Carré's breakout novel?

Joined by Matt Thomas (Red Hook Star-Revue, Duke University) the trio trade Berlin stories and plumb the depths of alcoholic sadboy Richard Burton.  

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Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen has been called "the first post-modern novel" written before "there was even a modern to be post- about." Written in 1759, the nine-volume satirical memoir is also recognized as "thoroughly unadaptable." But in 2005, Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan attempted to do just that. Caleb and Frank are joined by special guest Will Drickey to discuss dads, meta-fiction, and Shirley Henderson.

Caleb and Frank discuss The Commitments with special guest Henry Hietala (Ruminate Magazine, Stonecoast Review). The 1991 musical-comedy-drama spawned a 5x platinum record soundtrack and has become an Irish cult classic since its release. But how does it fair as an adaptation of Roddy Doyle's 1987 novel?