LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek

Just help yourself listeners, to our second episode on Much Ado About Nothing and its adaptations! In this episode our main muses will be the BBC’s 2005 TV special, written by David Nicholls,  Kenny Leon’s 2019 production at the Delacorte Theater, Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 film adaptation, and Will Gluck’s 2023 film Anyone But You. We’ve got so much love* (*media analysis) it’s unfair, so please take...

Sigh no more listeners, because we’re back with a new episode on William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, and we’ll be focusing on not one, not two, but four adaptations! Our media of choice are Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 film, the 2005 BBC TV adaptation, Kenny Leon’s 2019 production, and of course, Will Gluck’s 2023 film ‘Anyone But You’. And with so much to talk about, we’ve made this one int...

Show us your fangs! 🧛🏾‍♂️🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏻‍♂️ [emojis for Man Vampire: Medium-Dark Skin Tone; Woman Vampire: Medium-Dark Skin Tone; Man Vampire: Light Skin Tone]  This week we’re sinking our teeth into season 1 of AMC+’s ‘Interview With The Vampire’ 🩸⚰️🐀 [emojis for drop of blood, coffin, rat] As the nights draw in and Autumn approaches, it’s the perfect time to dissect media’s most romanticised mon...

Don’t worry, we won’t question your reality. There really is a new episode out today ;) Join us as we discuss Gaslight (1944) and try to shed some light on its more well-known progeny - ‘gaslighting’💡 (light bulb emoji) What can adaptation theory tell us about how language evolves, the use of therapy speak, and the role of media in our understanding of medical terms? Let us enlighten you… 🕯️ (can...

Get in losers, we’re becoming vigilantes ♥ (black heart emoji) That’s right, this month we’re discussing the classic 90s road movie, Thelma & Louise 🚘👩‍🦰⛰️👩‍🦰🌵🛣️🚔💰 (emojis of oncoming automobile, woman: red hair, mountain, woman: red hair, cactus, motorway, oncoming police car, money bag) So dust off your denim and your cowboy hat, and join us as we explore what rebellion and freedom l...

Ahoy once more! 🏴 (emoji for black flag) The flag you’ve spotted in the distance is no illusion – we’re finally releasing another episode on Black Sails 🏴‍☠️🏝️⚓ (emojis for pirate flag, island, anchor) This month, we’re training our spy glasses on Season 1, Episode 2. Whether it’s tits or fruit, our main focus is VALUE – we’ll be digging into how ideas around value operate within pirate stories...

Little Women (1994/2019) Part 3 is now LIVE We’ve reached the final part of our trilogy on Little Women, and the time has come to say good-bye to the March sisters and co… But not before we’ve thoroughly discussed these adaptations one last time! So join us once more as we examine how the two films treat their male love-interests, how Gerwig reimagines the concept of the ‘family’, and as we questi...

One question listeners: are you a Jo, Amy, Beth, or Meg? This episode, we’re discussing characters in the 1994 and 2019 versions of Little Women, and diving deep into subtextual readings and fan interpretations. We’ll discuss disability, autistic, and queer readings, and try to answer our question: is Little Women a ‘story for every generation’, and why is it so popular? To listen, just head to th...

If the main character is a girl, make sure she is married by the end. Or dead. Either way – Little Women (2019) Hello again listeners! After a short hiatus, we are back! And we’re very excited to be bringing you a three part discussion on the cultural phenomenon that is Little Women. 👭🏼👭🏻 [two women Holding Hands emojis] For our discussions, we’ll be focusing on two of the most beloved adaptat...

And that's a wrap! 🎬 [clapper board emoji] To mark our first year of properly running the podcast, we've recorded a round-up episode reflecting on lessons learned in 2022, goals for 2023, and our top 3 media picks of the year (disclaimer: very few of them actually came out in 2022). To skip to when we start talking about our favourite media, head to 29:42 😉 [emoji of winky face]. Thank you to ev...

Hello, listeners! And, to complete the mysterious duology that is #500DaysOfSummer, we're proud to announce that Part 2 is now live! Joined once more by the wonderful Loretta, we’ll be talking about: 🔹The 'male gaze' and what it represents 🔹The role of romcoms in teaching us how relationships should be structured 🔹 And why these characters are acting like teenagers when they’re supposed to be a...

Hey listeners, we’re back with a new episode!  Summer is over… and as the months get colder, what better way to stay warm than to snuggle up with a feel-good romcom? But looking back over a decade later, is “(500) Days of Summer” (2009) still the subversive, charming film we remember? Or will closer inspection reveal a different story… Head to the link in our bio for discussions on unreliable...

Ahoy and avast! We’re BACK with a second swashbuckling episode discussing Season One of #OurFlagMeansDeath! 🏴‍☠️🐈☠️🍊⚔️Join us and special guest Lucy as we explore the role of monstrosity in empire, how the show connects trauma and revenge, the theme of retirement, found family, and much, much more 🌊⛵🐚🐟 🧜🏽‍♀️⚓🌴🕊️ Massive spoiler warning for the finale of Black Sails Season Four - if you...

Hear ye hear ye! Please join us in welcoming for its debut on our podcast, the HBO sleeper hit, and gay pirate rom-com of our hearts, Our Flag Means Death! 🏴‍☠️🐈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤  This will be our first of two episodes focusing on season 1 of OFMD, in which we are once again joined by dear friend of the podcast, Lucy. Topics include the idea of piracy as performance, written and oral histori...

Loved the Bob’s Burgers Movie and hungry for more? 😋 Still desperately waiting to watch it and trying to survive without new episodes? 😱 Well fear not, because we’re here to tide you over with more Bob’s Burgers content! 🍔🍟 ⚪🔴🔵🟡🟢 In this episode we’re doing things a little differently from our usual format. We'll be going through our Top Five Bob’s Burgers Songs 🎶(plus honourable mention...

This episode: PASSING DOUBLE BILL! 🎞️ 📖 Snubbed at the Oscars (but not by us!! 😆) this episode we’re discussing Rebecca Hall’s magnificent directorial debut “Passing” (2021) alongside Nella Larson's acclaimed 1929 novel of the same name! 👒 👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏼 🎺 Today’s episode goes in-depth on adaptation theory, as we try to understand how our different interactions with the original and adapted text...

Grab your guitars punks, because headlining this month’s episode is WE ARE LADY PARTS, the channel 4 sitcom from Nida Manzoor! 🎸🎤👩🏾‍🎤 🎶 In this episode we discuss: the politics of self-representation, the privilege of not ‘selling out’, rom com tropes, boob sound effects, the dangers of ‘going mainstream’, and whether or not “We Are The Champions” is a good song (spoiler: it’s not. But the s...

I say hello (hello hello)! 🎶 We are SO EXCITED to bring you our episode on Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle’s “Yesterday,” the film where everyone in the world has forgotten the Beatles. Everyone, except Jack🕺🏾🎸 But are the Beatles REALLY transcendental, or is their music culturally specific? To find out, we are joined by our FIRST EVER GUEST Lucy !!! who did not grow up with the Beatles and so...

Come closer and let us *whisper in your eyes* 👁️👄👁️, because it’s time to discuss the Bob’s Burgers episode “Boyz 4 Now,” and everyone’s favourite fictional pre-teen boy band🕺👯‍♂️👨‍🎤. Whether you’re team Griffin, Boo Boo, or an Allencaholic, you’re sure to find this episode *so interesting*, as we explore how Bob’s Burgers lovingly subverts, parodies, and plays with our preconceptions of the...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, or maybe yes?? Either way, in this episode we’re talking about the 1984 film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and the movie that led to the creation of Studio Ghibli.*  Join us as we explore how Nausicaa subverts our preconceptions about sci-fi and apocalyptic dystopia, its depiction of humanity’s relationship to the natural worl...

Please bear with us as we begin our voyage into Black Sails, and Anna tries to figure out how to pronunce Boatswain (“in my defense, English words make no sense” 😤). Dive deep (🙈haha🙈) with us into the pilot episode of the Starz show “Black Sails”. We’ll be looking at plot, gender performance, representation, pirate history, and colonisation. How does the blank piece of paper get into Flint’s h...

Hello and welcome to LiliAnna’s Preread Mediathek! In this, our pilot episode, we give a quick overview of who we are and what we’ll be talking about in the coming episodes. Note: We recorded this outside back in June, which is why you get the lovely/slightly distracting summer ambiance, so apologies for that! Things we mention: We play a little bit fast and loose with the definition of ‘preread t...

* Coming Sat 21st August! * Introducing LiliAnna’s Preread Mediathek - the podcast where we analyse and discuss audience preconceptions of media from a queer, feminist lens! (yeah!) We are Anna and Lili, friends and movie nerds from Bavaria (Anna) and Bristol (Lili). In each episode we'll be looking at a different piece of media, from films and TV shows to documentaries. We'll be discussing: >...