Episode 305: Books on Screen – Our Favorite Film Adaptations

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford

Arts, Books, Education

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of The Literary Life podcast, Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Atlee Northmore talk about their favorite film adaptations of books they like and why they think these are worthy adaptations. Genres of movies they discuss include adaptations of classic books, kids and family films, film noir favorites, beloved directors, and so much more. They also share some "hot takes" on movies they liked better than the books, and vice versa. We hope this lighthearted, chatty episode will be a little treat for your listening enjoyment during this holiday season.

Join us back here again next week for the beginning of our new series on Moliere's Don Juan.

Happening now–the House of Humane Letters Christmas sale! Head over to the website to peruse the discounted webinars and mini-classes on sale, already discounted, no coupon code needed.

Don't forget to check out this coming year's annual Literary Life Online Conference, happening January 23-30, 2026, "The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Quickeneth: Reading Like a Human". Our speakers will be Dr. Jason Baxter, Jenn Rogers, Dr. Anne Phillips, and, of course, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks.

For the full show notes of this episode, please visit https://theliterary.life/305.

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0:00.0	This is not just another book chat podcast.
0:21.6	Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well.
0:32.6	Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature.
0:40.2	Learn what books mean while delighting in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week, we will rescue
0:47.1	story from the ivory tower and bring it to your couch, your kitchen, and your commute. The literary life is for everyone because in the
0:55.9	words of Stratford Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into
1:02.2	reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world.
1:09.7	This is the Literary Life Podcast.
1:30.4	Welcome to the Literary Life podcast.
1:38.0	I'm Angelina Stanford, and here with me is the man who is not the David O. Selsnik of the House of Humane Letters, the mysterious Mr. Banks.
1:41.5	Indeed, indeed. I'm fairly certain you're David O. Selsnik here.
2:01.4	Wow. I'm not sure about that. Maybe you're not that controlling, but yeah, I think you're more Selznickian than I am. That's probably true. To point an adjective. And I'm about to introduce our special guest who's covering his face not to laugh into his microphone that I called Mr. Banks, the David O'Silsnick of House of He Made Letters, is our own film, Maven, Atley Northmore.
2:02.8	Atley, welcome back to the podcast.
2:04.0	Thank you.
2:05.0	Thank you so much. If you're David O'Slisnick, I guess that makes me Val Luton. If anybody knows who Val Luton is. The fact that you ran... It was brilliantly obscure. It was like... The fact that you just took my obscure reference and ran with it and went even more obscure.
2:18.5	This is why you're hired.
2:19.7	Yeah.
2:20.1	This is it.
2:20.8	This is why you. The fact that you just took my obscure reference and ran with it and went even more obscure.
2:18.4	This is why you're hired.
2:19.6	Yeah.
2:20.1	This is it.
	...

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