Join me (Anna Stone) and guest host Emilio Tostado of Sleepless Cinematic Podcast as we break down William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the 1996 Baz Luhrman film adaptation. In this episode, Emilio discusses the use of water throughout the film, we talk about this amazing cast, and we both struggle to pronounce the word "Elizabethan".

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Sleepless Cinematic Podcast episode on Shakespeare In Love

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Join me (Anna Stone) and guest host Emma Kirst as we break down F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and the 2013 film adaptation. In this episode, we consider why this story is considered a classic, debate the merits of the creative choices in this film adaptation, and Emma does not cast Pedro Pascal as Jay Gatsby.

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Join me (Anna Stone) and guest hosts Erin and Sydney, owners of Loom and Lore, as we dig in to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and the 2011 film adaptation. In this episode, we consider the complexity of Jane as a character, discuss the limitations of dealing with mental health in this era, and get a little punchy when it comes to modern casting.

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Join me (Anna Stone) and guest host Azanta from Azanta Reads as we discuss A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and the 1995 film adaptation. In this episode, we bond over a mutual experience at the Scholastic Book Fair, consider our conflicting reactions to the movie now, and struggle to cast child actors for Sara and Becky.

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Join me (Anna Stone) and guest host Madeline Johnson from the Sleepless Cinematic Podcast as we discuss Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and the 2012 film adaptation starring Kiera Knightley. In this episode, we express our combined frustration with some of the choices in the film, share what we love about the costumes, and are incredibly thankful that there's less farming in the movie than in the book.

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Join me (Anna Stone) and guest host Birdy Waubanaquah from Books With Birdy as we discuss Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and the 1995 film adaptation. In this episode, we share how similar the book is to the movie and which changes were best and I worry that I will run out of British actors for modern casting by the end of this season.

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Join me (Anna Stone) and guest host Clare Yeo as we discuss Jane Austen's Emma and the 1996 film adaptation starring Gwyneth Paltrow. In this episode, we will share what it is about this story that sticks with us, cringe over which character we compare ourselves to, and elaborate on why the side characters really make the movie.

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