"The Ninth Gate" (with Kurt Baumeister)
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For the tenth episode of Framed & Bound, host Tobias Carroll teams up with Kurt Baumeister — author of and — to discuss the 1999 film The Ninth Gate. This was co-written and directed by Roman Polanski, and adapts Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s novel . In The Ninth Gate, an expert in rare books is sent in search of a centuries-old book that may contain information on gaining uncanny abilities. Does Satan play a part? He just might. Discussed in this episode: things you should never do to a rare book, intriguing facial hair choices, unseen Frank Langella roles and how they...
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"Possession" (with Arianna Reiche)
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On this episode, Tobias Carroll and Arianna Reiche discuss the 2002 film adaptation of A.S. Byatt’s Possession. is the author of the acclaimed novel At the End of Every Day, available wherever books are sold. You can read her short story “Potassium” , too! Possession is about a pair of academics researching the possible connection between two poets who lived decades earlier — two parallel storylines that trace the growing attraction between each pair of characters. Discussed in this episode: what the ideal way to adapt A.S. Byatt’s novel would actually be, whether “Jennifer...
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"You Hurt My Feelings" (with Michele Filgate)
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In this episode, writer — editor of the anthology What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence — visits Framed & Bound to discuss Nicole Holofcener’s acclaimed 2023 film You Hurt My Feelings. Discussed in this episode: whether writing is like therapy, authors behaving badly in bookstores, writing workshops on screen and in reality, only children, the greatness of Zach Cherry, and ineffectual weed store robbers.
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"Wolf" (with Matthew Specktor)
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Welcome to the seventh episode of Framed & Bound! This week, my guest is , author of and . We discussed the 1994 film Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick. It’s available to rent or purchase digitally, and there are several Blu-Ray editions out there as well. Discussed in this episode: Wolf’s weird use of locations; the very odd plotting at work here; Jim Harrison cinematic adaptations; the ubiquity of Richard Jenkins; the charm of David Hyde Pierce; and slow-motion werewolves.
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"Wonder Boys" (with Jonathan Russell Clark)
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For this episode, I’m joined by — author of, most recently, the book Skateboard — to discuss the 2000 film Wonder Boys, about the personal and professional crises that come to a head in one writer’s life. Discussed in this episode: what was and was not changed in adapting Michael Chabon’s novel; great titles of fictional books; the nature of the nonfiction novel; whether Misery falls into the purview of this podcast; this film’s secret message about the importance of editors. Wonder Boys is available digitally at the usual places where you can rent a movie digitally; I...
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"Bag of Bones" (with Katharine Coldiron)
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In this episode, writer and editor visits Framed & Bound to discuss the 2011 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Bag of Bones, about a writer dealing with grief, writer’s block, and ghosts. She’s the author of the books Ceremonials and Junk Film: Why Bad Movies Matter — as well as the forthcoming collection Wire Mothers: Stories. Discussed in this episode: Canadian locations, the very unsettling implications of this miniseries’s climax, refrigerator magnets, whether or not ghosts can make cars explode, and several other films that have nothing to do with writers or ghosts, but...
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"The Hoax" (with Colin Dodds)
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In this episode, writer Colin Dodds joins host Tobias Carroll to discuss director Lasse Hallström’s 2006 film The Hoax, inspired by the real-life case of author Clifford Irving and his entirely fictional autobiography of Howard Hughes. Discussed in this episode: fabulism on film, the absurdly good cast of this film, the way certain members of this film’s absurdly good cast are underused, the long shadow of Orson Welles’s F For Fake, and the art of false mustaches. The real Clifford Irving died in 2017; his New York Times has a good overview of his career. Ed Simon wrote about...
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"Bell, Book and Candle" (with Lauren Cerand)
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Bell, Book and Candle has it all: a high-powered book publisher! New York's magical underground! Jack Lemmon playing the bongos! And it's (kind of) a Christmas movie! Publicist joins host Tobias Carroll for this episode of Framed & Bound. Bell, Book and Candle is available to watch on the Criterion Channel and Tubi. It stars Kim Novak, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, and Elsa Lanchester. The film was directed by Richard Quine. The screenplay was written by Daniel Taradash and adapts John Van Druten's play.
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"Swimming Pool" (with Matthew Keeley)
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In the second episode of Framed & Bound, host Tobias Carroll and guest Matthew Keeley discussed the 2003 psychological thriller Swimming Pool. The film was directed by François Ozon and stars Charlotte Rampling, Charles Dance, and Ludivine Sagnier. Ozon wrote the screenplay with Emmanuele Bernheim. Discussed: editors with fancy houses in the south of France, precisely what kind of mysteries Charlotte Rampling's character in the film writes, and what genre this movie actually is. Roger Ebert's of the film is well worth reading: "Let us say that Francois Ozon, the director and...
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"In the Mouth of Madness" (with duncan b. barlow)
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"Space creature does not beat creepy clown. In any universe." In the first episode of Framed & Bound, writer and publisher duncan b. barlow joins host Tobias Carroll for a discussion of In the Mouth of Madness, director John Carpenter's 1994 take on cosmic horror and metafiction. Discussed in this episode: can footage of print production be metal? Does In the Mouth of Madness have the wrong main character? What's the best kind of door to prevent an eldritch invasion of Earth? And so! Much! More! Thanks to duncan b. barlow for appearing on the show! You can learn...
info_outlineIn this episode, writer and editor Katharine Coldiron visits Framed & Bound to discuss the 2011 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Bag of Bones, about a writer dealing with grief, writer’s block, and ghosts. She’s the author of the books Ceremonials and Junk Film: Why Bad Movies Matter — as well as the forthcoming collection Wire Mothers: Stories.
Discussed in this episode: Canadian locations, the very unsettling implications of this miniseries’s climax, refrigerator magnets, whether or not ghosts can make cars explode, and several other films that have nothing to do with writers or ghosts, but are pretty entertaining.
Bag of Bones features one of the most memorable onscreen depictions of writer’s block ever. You can purchase it via Apple TV.
Bag of Bones director Mick Garris is among the writers and directors interviewed in the documentary King on Screen, which I wrote about in late 2022.