LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek

About LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek

A British and Bavarian media podcast from a queer and feminist lense

Publisher

LiliAnna's Preread Mediathek

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

13 Aug 2021

Latest episode

27 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Jul 2025

   Much Ado About Nothing/Anyone But You (2023) | Part 2

   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 your share by going to the link in our bio, or you can listen wherever you find podcasts. Note: In the episode we mention that Hero lunges at Claudio in the 2019 production at the Delacorte Theater, which is not true. She sadly only lunches at Don Jon (THE BASTARD!!!) 📝 Shownotes: 📝 📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, youtu.be/SMFll3aIbmo) Primary Sources: 🎭 Much Ado About Nothing (~1598) by William Shakespeare 🎞️ Much Ado About Nothing (1993) (dir., wr. by Kenneth Branagh) 📺 ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) Ep. 1 Much Ado About Nothing (2005) (wr. David Nicholls, dir. Brian Percival) (BBC) (https://archive.org/details/shakespeare-told-2005)📺 Great Performances (1972-present) S47 E09 Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Kenny Leon) (2019) (PBS) (archive.org/details/xebpsxfn_gper4413-mp4-720p-3000k_202009 (https://archive.org/details/xebpsxfn_gper4413-mp4-720p-3000k_202009))🎞️ Anyone But You (2023) (1994) (dir. Will Gluck, wr. Ilana Wolpers, Will Gluck)Secondary Sources: 📱 Tumblr “scribefindegil”. www.tumblr.com/scribefindegil/644768636624601088/so-many-things-try-to-emulate-the (https://www.tumblr.com/scribefindegil/644768636624601088/so-many-things-try-to-emulate-the) 📰 Deleyto, Celestino. ‘Men in Leather.’ Cinema Journal , Spring, 1997, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Spring, 1997), pp. 91-105.📰 Ehrlich, David; “‘The Threesome’ Review”. IndieWire, 2025 (www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-threesome-movie-review-zoey-deutch-ruby-cruz-jonah-hauer-king-1235101691/)📰 Kosin, Julie; “The Best Fashion from Our Favorite Shakespeare Films” (2014) (Harper’s Bazaar)📰 Sheppard, Philippa. "10 “Sigh No More Ladies”". Devouring Time: Nostalgia in Contemporary Shakespearean Screen Adaptations, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017, pp. 285-302.📰 Wray, Ramona; "10 Shakespeare and the Singletons”. Screening Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006, pp. 185-205. 📚 Sanders, Julie; Adaptation and Appropriation (2016)💿 Die Ärzte: “Männer sind Schweine” (1998)💿 Patrick Doyle: “Much Ado About Nothing” (1993) 📼Ladyknightthebrave: “Love & Mend: Much Ado About Nothing” (youtu.be/7NO5D7hEuaI?si=XdGRoEmK1RhXMu-k)📼 BUILD Series: “Kenny Leon, Danielle Brooks & Grantham Coleman” (youtu.be/ApgPOYfi9OM?si=UYK3I9DlfX3GqSxy (https://youtu.be/ApgPOYfi9OM?si=UYK3I9DlfX3GqSxy))📼 Sony Pictures Entertainment: “ANYONE BUT YOU - Official Trailer (HD)” (youtu.be/UtjH6Sk7Gxs?si=s5QZYv3J1B-YEd6T (https://youtu.be/UtjH6Sk7Gxs?si=s5QZYv3J1B-YEd6T))📼 SearchlightPictures: “500 Days of Summer” (youtu.be/oBxR8cEt2xM?si=OOgwFgBy35aT4L5M) 🎭 Public Theater NY, publictheater.org/about/About-The-Public/ (https://publictheater.org/about/About-The-Public/) Media Recs: Anna: 🎙️ Bad Gays: “Marianne Woods and Jane Pirie”  Lili: 🎞️ Rye Lane (by Raine Allen-Miller; 📜 Nathan Byron, Tom Melia) 📱Social Media📱:IG & Twitter: @liliannapod (https://www.instagram.com/liliannapod/) Tumblr: @liliannasprereadmediathek (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/liliannasprereadmediathek) 🎹Intromusic: "Wall" by Jahzaar, licenced under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) 🎹Outro Music:“Waterbeat” by DJ Lengua, licenced under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) 🎹Transition Music: Wagner - Bridal Chorus by Creative Commons Music Free To Monetize (www.youtube.com/watch?v=euVCpWzsOyg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euVCpWzsOyg)) Helicopter Sound Effect (pixabay.com/sound-effects/helicopter-sound-effect-241421/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/helicopter-sound-effect-241421/)) News Intro by TheMediaGuy (pixabay.com/music/introoutro-news-intro-344332/ (https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-news-intro-344332/)) Race Start Beeps by transcendedlifting (pixabay.com/sound-effects/race-start-beeps-125125/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/race-start-beeps-125125/)) The Rainbow Bridge by Hildegard Tummers uploaded by u_9aiuvdxlyb (pixabay.com/music/folk-the-rainbow-bridge-by-hildegard-tummers-245654/ (https://pixabay.com/music/folk-the-rainbow-bridge-by-hildegard-tummers-245654/)) Lights , Camera, Action.WAV by darranambler (Freesound) (pixabay.com/sound-effects/lights-camera-actionwav-14856/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/lights-camera-actionwav-14856/)) Movie Clapper.wav by aaronholmquist (Freesound) (pixabay.com/sound-effects/movie-clapperwav-14795/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/movie-clapperwav-14795/)) Real VHS/VCR by RC-TV Video Europe (www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHp9rL8Y6yQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHp9rL8Y6yQ))

2. 

   11 May 2025

   Much Ado About Nothing/ Anyone But You (2023) | Part 1

   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 into a two parter - look out for the second episode, coming soon! For now, pull up your deck chair, and try not to fall off as we ask why are there so many Shakespeare adaptations, what is a romcom, and does ‘Anyone But You’ succeed at being either of these things? 🎭📖💔🏄🏼♀️👰🏽♀️💗👩🏼❤️👨🏼⛪ [Performing Arts Emoji; Open Book Emoji; Broken Heart Emoji; Woman Surfing: Medium-Light Skin Tone Emoji; Open Book Emoji; Bride Emoji; Growing Heart Emoji; Church Emoji] 📝 Shownotes: 📝 📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, https://youtu.be/SMFll3aIbmo) Primary Sources:🎭 Much Ado About Nothing (~1598) by William Shakespeare🎞️ Much Ado About Nothing (1993) (dir., wr. by Kenneth Branagh)📺 ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) Ep. 1 Much Ado About Nothing (2005) (dir. David Nicholls, wr. Brian Percival) (BBC)📺 Great Performances (1972 - present) S47 E09 Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Kenny Leon) (2019) (PBS) (https://archive.org/details/xebpsxfn_gper4413-mp4-720p-3000k_202009 (https://archive.org/details/xebpsxfn_gper4413-mp4-720p-3000k_202009))🎞️ Anyone But You (2023) (dir. Will Gluck, wr. Ilana Wolpers, Will Gluck)Secondary Sources:📰 Deleyto, Celestino. ‘Men in Leather: Kenneth Branagh's "Much Ado about Nothing" and Romantic Comedy.’ Cinema Journal , Spring, 1997, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Spring, 1997), pp. 91-105.📰 Edgerton, Ellen. “‘Your Answer, Sir, Is Cinematical’: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’” Shakespeare Bulletin 12, no. 1 (1994): 42–44.📰 Nicholson, Amy; “Anyone but Youʼ Review: Baring Bums in the Land Down Under” (2023) (New York Times)📰 Kosin, Julie; “The Best Fashion from Our Favorite Shakespeare Films” (2014) (Harper’s Bazaar)📰 Wray, Ramona; "10 Shakespeare and the Singletons, or, Beatrice Meets Bridget Jones: Post-Feminism, Popular Culture and ‘Shakespea(Re)-Told’”. Screening Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006, pp. 185-205.📰 Globalization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization)📚 Kinsey, Albert; “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female” (1953)📚 McDonald, Tamar Jeffers; “Romantic Comedy: Boy Meets Girl Meets Genre” (2007)📚 Sanders, Julie; Adaptation and Appropriation (2016)🎭 🎙️ Material Girls Podcast 📼 BUILD Series: “Kenny Leon, Danielle Brooks & Grantham Coleman On The Public's "Much Ado About Nothing” (https://youtu.be/ApgPOYfi9OM?si=UYK3I9DlfX3GqSxy (https://youtu.be/ApgPOYfi9OM?si=UYK3I9DlfX3GqSxy))📼 Broey Deschanel: “Anatomy of a Rom Com” (https://youtu.be/yTKcHw_wg-4?si=3GZkamkilZZip0hJ (https://youtu.be/yTKcHw_wg-4?si=3GZkamkilZZip0hJ))📼 Sony Pictures Entertainment: “ANYONE BUT YOU - Official Trailer (HD)” (https://youtu.be/UtjH6Sk7Gxs?si=s5QZYv3J1B-YEd6T (https://youtu.be/UtjH6Sk7Gxs?si=s5QZYv3J1B-YEd6T))📼 SearchlightPictures: “500 Days of Summer” (https://youtu.be/oBxR8cEt2xM?si=OOgwFgBy35aT4L5M) 🎭 Public Theater NY, https://publictheater.org/about/About-The-Public/ (https://publictheater.org/about/About-The-Public/)📺 The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-2025) (cr. Bruce Miller) (Hulu) 📱Social Media📱:IG and Twitter:  @liliannapod (https://www.instagram.com/liliannapod/) Tumblr:@liliannasprereadmediathek (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/liliannasprereadmediathek) 🎹Intromusic: "Wall" by Jahzaar, licenced under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) 🎹Outro Music:“Waterbeat” by DJ Lengua, licenced under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) 🎹Transition Music (all from Pixabay): Audience_applause_big theatre (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/audience-applause-big-theatre-54753/) by freesound_community (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/audience-applause-big-theatre-54753/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/audience-applause-big-theatre-54753/)) Curtain-82308 by freesound_community(https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/curtain-82308/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/curtain-82308/)) Curtain Closing (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/curtain-closing-323254/) by silasraj(https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/curtain-closing-323254/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/curtain-closing-323254/)) theater_audience_mincing by leo153 (Freesound) https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/theater-audience-mincing-31940/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/theater-audience-mincing-31940/) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TUNING BEFORE CONCERT by dorhel (Freesound) https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/symphony-orchestra-tuning-before-concert-34066/ (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/symphony-orchestra-tuning-before-concert-34066/)

3. 

   28 Sept 2024

   Interview with the Vampire (1976/1994/2022)

   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 monster. Join us on our monster hunt, as we discuss how the show uses the unreliable narrator as a tool of adaptation, Black vampires and who gets to be ‘monstrous’ but also sympathetic, the power of storytelling from the margins, and of course, arguments for queer vampire divorce. Come inside, we won’t bite… 🦇 Content Warnings: Domestic Violence, murder, blood, violence #InterviewWithTheVampire #AnneRice #JacobAnderson #SamReid #BaileyBass #DelaineyHayles #EricBogosian #AssadZaman #Vampires #TheVampireChronicles #AMC+ #Halloween #LiliAnnaPod #LiliAnnasPrereadMediathek #TheVampireLestat #IWTV 📝 Shownotes: 📝 📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, https://youtu.be/SMFll3aIbmo) Primary Sources: 📺 Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (2022 - ) (cr. Rolin Jones) (AMC) 🎞️ Interview with the Vampire (1994) (dir. by Neil Jordan, wr. by Anne Rice) 📚 Interview with the Vampire (1976) by Anne Rice 📚 The Vampire Lestat (1985) by Anne Rice Secondary Sources: 📰 Passey, Joan; Three essential tales of black vampirism (2022) (https://theconversation.com/three-essential-tales-of-black-vampirism-193157 (https://theconversation.com/three-essential-tales-of-black-vampirism-193157)) 📰 Weimann, Robert; Text, Author-Function, and Appropriation in Modern Narrative: Toward a  Sociology of Representation (Critical Inquiry , Spring, 1988, Vol. 14, No. 3, The Sociology of Literature (Spring, 1988)) 📚 Sanders, Julie; Adaptation and Appropriation (2016) 📚 Butler; Octavia E.; Kindred (1979), Fledgling (2005) 📚 D’Arcy, Uriah Derick; The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo (1819) 📚 Meyer, Stephenie; Twilight (2005) 📚 Shelley, Mary; Frankenstein (1818) 📚 Sommer-Bodenburg, Angela; Der kleine Vampir (1979) 📼 Interview With the Vampire, Anne Rice, & 150 Years of Gay Vampires by Matt Baume (https://youtu.be/z3g514OMXRc?si=UV7vlsbaXF6co0oF (https://youtu.be/z3g514OMXRc?si=UV7vlsbaXF6co0oF)) 📼 Interview with the Vampire ~ Lost in Adaptation by Dominic Noble (https://youtu.be/Q8ypi5HPjLM?si=gLAt9mps1_oHYSji (https://youtu.be/Q8ypi5HPjLM?si=gLAt9mps1_oHYSji)) 📼 Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | It’s Lit by Storied (https://youtu.be/wefpgj0IqEA?si=bl-RYFoCpauMvA-p (https://youtu.be/wefpgj0IqEA?si=bl-RYFoCpauMvA-p)) 📼 The Racial and Romantic Politics of The Twilight Saga's Midnight Sun by Shanspeare (https://youtu.be/rocA3mDB_lw?si=uW522g8iAlhyDo9_ (https://youtu.be/rocA3mDB_lw?si=uW522g8iAlhyDo9_)) 📺 Kindred (2022) (cr. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins) 📺 What We Do in the Shadows (2019 - ) (cr. Jermaine Clement) (FX) 🎞️ Barbie (2023) (dir. By Greta Gerwig, wr. By Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach) 🎞️ Twilight (2008) (dir. By Catherine Hardwicke) (wr. By Melissa Rosenberg) Recommendations: Lili: 💿 Mustafa The Poet - Dunya (2024) Anna: 📚 We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962) by Shirley Jackson 📱Social Media📱: IG: @liliannapod (https://www.instagram.com/liliannapod/) Twitter:@liliannapod (https://twitter.com/liliannapod) Tumblr:@liliannasprereadmediathek (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/liliannasprereadmediathek) 🎹Intromusic🎹: "Wall" by Jahzaar, licenced under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) 🎹Outro Music🎹:“Waterbeat” by DJ Lengua, licenced under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) 🎹Transition Music🎹: Johann Sebastian Bach, Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578, beginning with Epic 2 Action closing (Cinematic) (6:27s) by Pixabay

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27,213

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

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34

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YouTube

72

Engagement

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