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"Even Money" (with Paula Bomer)
Jun 1, 2026
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"84 Charing Cross Road" (with Arianna Reiche)
May 19, 2026
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"Saving Mr. Banks" (with Amy Wren)
Mar 31, 2026
58m 41s
"Tune In Tomorrow" (with Scott Adlerberg)
Feb 6, 2026
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Oct 23, 2025
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| 6/1/26 | ![]() "Even Money" (with Paula Bomer) | For the 27th episode of Framed + Bound, we're joined by author Paula Bomer (The Stalker, Nine Months) to discuss the 2006 ensemble drama Even Money, in which Kim Basinger plays a novelist whose writers block turns into a dangerous gambling addiction. Discussed: the career of Mark Rydell, the influence of Robert Altman, the excellence of Forest Whittaker, the excellence of The Long Goodbye, Anthony Jeselnik's blurbs, the absurdly good cast here, and more. If you'd like to know more about Even Money, this interview with director Mark Rydell is well worth checking out. You can find Paula Bomer online here; her latest novel, recently released in paperback, is The Stalker. | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | ![]() "84 Charing Cross Road" (with Arianna Reiche) | Our latest episode is something of a milestone for this podcast: it's our first returning guest! Arriana Reiche is here to discuss the 1987 film 84 Charing Cross Road, based on Helene Hanff's nonfiction book of the same name. Discussed: the greatness of Anne Bancroft, the pleasures of seeing Tony Todd turn up in something you're watching, the shifting fortunes of Tottenham Hotspur, monarchies and their discontents, coziness, when London bookstores become London fast food restaurants, and so much more. You can find Arianna Reiche online here, and if you'd like to know more about Bo-sco, you can find it here. (Publishers Weekly also interviewed her about it.) And if you're interested in subscribing to Bo-sco, Framed & Bound listeners can enter the code BFRAMED26 for a 15% discount. | — | ||||||
| 3/31/26 | ![]() "Saving Mr. Banks" (with Amy Wren)✨ | film analysisDisney history+3 | Amy Wren | DisneySaving Mr. Banks | — | Saving Mr. BanksDisney+6 | — | 58m 41s | |
| 2/6/26 | ![]() "Tune In Tomorrow" (with Scott Adlerberg)✨ | film adaptationMethod acting+3 | Scott Adlerberg | Tune in TomorrowAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter+1 | — | Tune in TomorrowAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter+6 | — | 52m 06s | |
| 10/23/25 | ![]() "The Front" (With Melanie Anagnos)✨ | blacklist narrativesfilm discussion+3 | Melanie Anagnos | The FrontNightswimming | — | The Frontblacklist+5 | — | 50m 59s | |
| 6/30/25 | ![]() "Harriet the Spy" (with Kerri Sullivan)✨ | film analysisNew York City+3 | Kerri Sullivan | Jersey CollectiveHarriet the Spy+5 | Monmouth County | Harriet the SpyKerri Sullivan+5 | — | 44m 58s | |
| 4/29/25 | ![]() "Ask the Dust" (with Constance Squires)✨ | film adaptationliterature+3 | Constance Squires | Ask the DustLow April Sun+2 | — | Robert TowneJohn Fante+5 | — | 48m 01s | |
| 1/30/25 | ![]() "Misery" (with Lee Matthew Goldberg)✨ | film adaptationStephen King+4 | Lee Matthew Goldberg | Castle RockMisery+3 | — | MiseryStephen King+6 | — | 55m 22s | |
| 1/13/25 | ![]() "The Shining" (with Jesi Bender)✨ | The ShiningStephen King adaptations+3 | Jesi Bender | The ShiningThe Killing of a Sacred Deer+4 | — | The ShiningStephen King+5 | — | 46m 45s | |
| 11/13/24 | ![]() "Adaptation" (with Drew Buxton)✨ | metafictionfilm adaptation+4 | Drew Buxton | Shout FactoryLiterary Hub+3 | — | AdaptationDrew Buxton+4 | — | 51m 29s | |
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| 10/19/24 | ![]() "Barfly" (with William Lessard)✨ | film analysisBukowski adaptations+3 | William Lessard | William Lessard's websiteFramed & Bound+1 | — | BarflyBukowski+3 | — | 58m 50s | |
| 10/7/24 | ![]() "Best Seller" (with David James Keaton)✨ | film analysisinterview+3 | David James Keaton | Best SellerShallow Ends | — | Best SellerDavid James Keaton+5 | — | 1h 18m 07s | |
| 9/23/24 | ![]() "The Game" (with Ian S. Maloney) | On this week's episode of Framed and Bound, South Brooklyn Exterminating author Ian S. Maloney joins host Tobias Carroll to unravel the twisty conspiracies of David Fincher's 1997 film The Game — and explain what it has to do with the publishing industry. The Criterion Collection's page for the film has some terrific analysis of the film's themes and images. (Apparently it's a favorite of both Ty Segall and Brie Larson, so that's cool.) We also referenced an earlier episode about Wolf, which you can listen to here. You can find Ian S. Maloney online here. | — | ||||||
| 9/9/24 | ![]() "The Forty-Year-Old Version" (with Caroline Hagood) | In the latest episode of Framed & Bound, guest Caroline Hagood and host Tobias Carroll discussed The Forty-Year-Old Version, writer/director/star Radha Blank's engaging look at a playwright reckoning with art, ethics, and definitions of success. There's been a lot of excellent writing on the film, including Neal Minow at RogerEbert.com, Alison Willmore at Vulture, and Richard Brody at The New Yorker. More information on Caroline Hagood's writing and books can be found on her website. | — | ||||||
| 8/26/24 | ![]() "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" (with Dmitry Samarov) | On episode 13 of Framed & Bound, host Tobias Carroll and guest Dmitry Samarov discussed the 2018 film Can You Ever Forgive Me? In 2008, Julie Bosman at The New York Times wrote about the publication of the memoir that inspired the film — and what some of the real-life buyers of author Lee Israel's forged letters felt about her years after the fact. Dmitry Samarov's latest book is Making Pictures Is How I Talk to the World. He's also the co-host of the podcast That Horrorcast and publishes a regular newsletter. You can read his 2018 review of this film at the Chicago Reader's website. | — | ||||||
| 7/24/24 | ![]() "Storm Center" (with Christian Niedan) | On the 12th episode of Framed & Bound, host Tobias Carroll and Christian Niedan of Screen Sounds discuss the 1956 film Storm Center, about book banning in a small town. There's also a fascinating trailer for the film that can be found on YouTube — which literally shows the final scene of the movie. Niedan interviewed Walter Bernstein about his experience as a blacklisted writer; he also maintains a fantastic Instagram account. If you're interested in more discussion of a film that Daniel Taradash was involved in, we discussed Bell, Book and Candle last year. | — | ||||||
| 7/2/24 | ![]() "Irish Wish" (with Mairead Case) | For episode 11 of Framed & Bound, Mairead Case (Tiny, See You in the Morning) joins host Tobias Carroll to discuss Irish Wish, a movie in which an editor played by Lindsay Lohan creates a parallel universe where she's engaged to the rakish author whose book she made a bestseller. The essay Mairead mentioned at episode's end can be found here. Discussed in this episode: Irish saints, parallel universes, David Bowie, and whether the editor/author working progress in this film bears any resemblance to editor/author working progress in real life. | — | ||||||
| 5/28/24 | ![]() "The Ninth Gate" (with Kurt Baumeister) | For the tenth episode of Framed & Bound, host Tobias Carroll teams up with Kurt Baumeister — author of Pax Americana and Twilight of the Gods — to discuss the 1999 film The Ninth Gate. This was co-written and directed by Roman Polanski, and adapts Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel The Club Dumas. 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 dovetail with this film, buildings on fire, and more. | — | ||||||
| 4/10/24 | ![]() "Possession" (with Arianna Reiche) | On this episode, Tobias Carroll and Arianna Reiche discuss the 2002 film adaptation of A.S. Byatt's Possession. Arianna Reiche 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" here, 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 Ehle is the best part of the movie" is a universal truth, the sheet amount of corduroy on screen here, and the film's action-packed denouement. If you're seeking a contrary perspective to our take on this movie, it's probably worth noting that Roger Ebert liked this film a lot. | — | ||||||
| 3/18/24 | ![]() "You Hurt My Feelings" (with Michele Filgate) | In this episode, writer Michele Filgate — 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. | — | ||||||
| 2/21/24 | ![]() "Wolf" (with Matthew Specktor) | Welcome to the seventh episode of Framed & Bound! This week, my guest is Matthew Specktor, author of Always Crashing in the Same Car and American Dream Machine. 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. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/24 | ![]() "Wonder Boys" (with Jonathan Russell Clark) | For this episode, I'm joined by Jonathan Russell Clark — 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 believe there's also a Blu-Ray out in the world. On a personal note: I am glad to report that I loved this movie every bit as much as I did when I first saw it, albeit for some different reasons. (It also contains possibly my favorite Robert Downey Jr. performance.) | — | ||||||
| 1/29/24 | ![]() "Bag of Bones" (with Katharine Coldiron) | In 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. | — | ||||||
| 1/10/24 | ![]() "The Hoax" (with Colin Dodds) | 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 obituary has a good overview of his career. Ed Simon wrote about Irving's hoax in this piece for Literary Hub. And if you haven't yet seen Orson Welles's F For Fake yet, I highly recommend it. Colin Dodds is online at The Colin Dodds dot com. His latest novel, available everywhere books are sold, is The Reign of the Anti-Santas. | — | ||||||
| 12/21/23 | ![]() "Bell, Book and Candle" (with Lauren Cerand) | 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 Lauren Cerand 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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