Film Literate

Welcome to the Film Literate Book Club! For this episode, Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn dove deep into Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea - looking first at Book I: Sweet Sorrows ! So listen in, read along if you'd like, and climb aboard as Film Literate sets sails on a four-part adventure! Guest: Ewa Mykytyn Support Film Literate on Patreon !

This announcement episode is dropping four weeks before Film Literate launches a four-part miniseries on Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea - a dark, fantastical, and romantic novel  - for those of you out there who want to read along! The first episode will make berth on July 1, 2024 and cover Book I: Sweet Sorrows , which is roughly 100 pages. Guest: Ewa Mykytyn Support the show on Patreon...

Witness me! ... talk with my wife about all four Mad Mad movies in anticipation of the franchise’s fifth entry, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga . Support the show on Patreon ! (Yes, one of the things your money will buy is a new microphone for the host. Apologies for the imperfect audio quality on this episode.) Guest: Charlotte Diazoni Episode Corrections: Byron Kennedy was killed in a helicopter crash,...

Do you have two black shirts? Two pair of black pants? One pair of black boots? Two pair of black socks? One black jacket? $300 of personal burial money? Alright. Guest: Cody Hawkinson ( Instagram ) Support Film Literate on Patreon !

Listen to father and son discuss an Oscar-nominated baseball classic and the novel it's based on by W.P. Kinsella. Support Film Literate on Patreon ! Guest: Robert Diazoni

In which Devin is joined by his brother to talk about the 2023-2024 Oscars, and to take a look back three years in an effort to determine whether or not the Academy got it right. Suport Film Literate on Patreon ! Guest: Derrick Diazoni ( Storybook Suites )

“Here, truly, there be dragons. Also gryphons, wyverns, hippogriffs, basilisks, and hydras.”  Welcome to Faerie. Guest: Ewa Mykytyn Support Film Literate on Patreon !

In which Devin and Paola talk about stuff. Support Film Literate on Patreon ! Guest: Paola Zavala ( Instagram , Letterboxd )

Let's go back to 1999 and eat some people! Also, sincere apologies for the occasional table bump noise issue on this episode. Support Film Literate on Patreon ! Guest: Chris Zappettini ( Instagram )

An experimental episode in which three returning guests - alongside our host - participate in a draft of upcoming titles for... a prize yet to be determined. Guests Joseph Abrams (IG:  cuppajoe3320 ), Chris Zappettini (IG: zap.consulting ), and Paola Zavala (IG: everything.is.k.o , Letterboxd: littlelesions ) Support Film Literate on Patreon !

“BOYS! At Last YOU Can Own An OFFICIAL RED RYDER Carbine Action Two-Hundred Shot RANGE MODEL AIR RIFLE!” Support Film Literate on Patreon ! Guest: Charlotte Diazoni ( Instagram )

Can a sequel to The Shining satisfy fans of both the book and the movie? Guest: Paola Zavala ( Instagram ; Letterboxd )

Follow us down the rabbit hole… Guest: Chris Zappettini (IG: zap.consulting )

A Wolf, a Rabbit, and a Zemeckis walk into The Ink and Paint Club...

"Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House," but it didn't have to. Because whatever walked there could just as easily have been listening to Film Literate! Guest: Charlotte Diazoni (IG: charlottediazoni ) Support Film Literate on Patreon !

Take a trip 20 years back in time with us. And then 110 more. Guest: Cody Hawkinson (IG: codyhawkinson ) Support Film Literate on Patreon !

What happens when a bunch of insanely talented people get together to adapt one of the best novels written by one of literary history's most beloved storytellers? Maybe not quite exactly what you'd think. Guest: Chris Zappettini (IG: zap.consulting )

In a time when YA adaptations about teenage romance were all the rage, one such film failed to Cast a spell over mainstream audiences. Also, in this episode (recorded weeks before its release), please don't take anything said by the host or his guest regarding their time working on a particular Oscar-nominated film as in any way promotional until after the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike ends. Guest: E...

In which Devin and his brother Derrick talk about the strikes, streaming networks, and make a case for the grand return of physical media. Guest: Derrick Diazoni ( Storybook Suites: A Whole New World of Vacation Rentals )

When you're two-thirds of the way through the books, but only halfway through the movies... Guest: Charlotte Diazoni (IG: hairbycharlottediazoni )

Who will be the first to collect all the keys, clear all the gates, and find Halliday's Easter egg?

We might roar our terrible roars and gnash our terrible teeth and roll our terrible eyes and show our terrible claws, but that's just because we're wild. Guest: Andrew Martin Dodson ( Atlas Personality , The Smithee Letter )

From the children's story by Ted Hughes to the animated masterpiece by Brad Bird, think about what you choose to be.

One book, one movie, four horsemen, and seven knocks.

From the book about everything to the film about embracing your inner child, here's an episode about foxes, Captain Hook, and the stars in the sky.