Ink to Film Podcast
1) What Moves the Dead (2022 Novel) | Conformity Takes Everything
T. Kingfisher's retelling of "The Fall of the House of Usher" was a commercial and critical success, but was it an adaptation? In episode 378, join Luke Elliott & James Bailey as they explore the "spo...Show More
2) Project Hail Mary (2026 Film) | The SF Adaptation We Needed
Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller delivered an adaptation to remember of Andy Weir's hit novel, but how does it stack up to the original? In episode 377, join Luke Elliott and James Bailey as...Show More
3) Project Hail Mary (2021 Novel) | Andy Weir Is Our Favorite Science Teacher
Class is back in session, and we're sitting in the front row! In episode 376, join Luke Elliott and James Bailey as they contemplate star-eating bacteria, speculative astrobiology, first-contact commu...Show More
4) Romeo + Juliet (1996 Film) | Someone Had to Try It
Baz Luhrmann made a bold choice with his adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tale of tragic love by having his adaptation take place in a modern setting, but with characters who still speak th...Show More
5) Romeo & Juliet (1597 Play) | Foolish Teens or True Love?
The bard is back on the pod with that new heat, this time coming straight outta Verona. In episode 374, join Luke Elliott & James Bailey as they talk about the poem that Shakespeare was adapting, deba...Show More
6) A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Distinctly Its Own
Game of Thrones is back with an adaptation that's a breath of fresh air for the franchise. In episode 373, join Luke Elliott & James Bailey as they chat about the youth movement behind Ira Parker, deb...Show More
7) The Hedge Knight (1998 Novella)| "At the Height of His Powers"
In the first installment of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" George RR Martin introduces the world to Ser Dunk and his squire Egg in a story that just made the jump to television. In episode 372, join...Show More
8) Frankenstein (2025 Film) | "Stitching Parts to Reanimate a Classic" ft. Rachael K. Jones
Guillermo Del Toro's long-awaited adaptation of Mary Shelley's seminal SF/Horror novel has divided fans with passionate takes for and against, so what should we all make of it? In episode 371, author ...Show More
9) Hamnet (2025 Film) | An Empathetic Masterpiece
Is Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's historical novel on the life of Agnes Hathoway, William Shakespeare, and their child Hamnet an example of one of the best kinds of adaptations possible...Show More
10) Hamnet (2020 Novel) | The Resurrection of the Author
Before the award's darling film hit theaters in 2025, Maggie O'Farrell's novel made waves of its own with its brilliant prose, rich imagination, and earnest attention to the human heart. Her choice to...Show More