The Green Prints Podcast

Richard Gadd dramatizes his true experiences into a hit Netflix series that has conjured a strange reaction from viewers, and raises a familiar question once again: how important is truth in storytelling? 

With the release of another videogame adaptation being met with praise, Alf and Tris talk about the stigma towards gaming as a storytelling medium.

Alf and Tris are back talking about Sci-Fi this week, with Netflix adaptation of Chinese novel series Three-Body Problem. Steeped in geo-politics, this series highlights the challenges that come with translating a series between languages and cultures. 

Millie Bobby-Brown stars in this Netlifx fantasy that feels behind it's time. Alf and Tris discuss whether subversion is the new expectation with modern 'fairy-tales'.

With the release of Guy Ritchie's follow on series from his hit movie The Gentleman, Alf and Tris discuss the Guy Ritchie style, and the 'British tough guy' archetype. 

Jonny Sweet's retelling of a lesser known tale from the 1920's: the poison letters of Little Hambleton. With Oliver Colman, Jessy Buckley and Anjana Vasan, it's hard to understand why this movie has been met with criticism.

Written by Issa Lopez, the fourth season of True Detective has been quite contentious, seeing even Nic Pizzolatto turning against a show that was originally his creation. The discourse around the new instalment has revealed some unsettling truths the expectations of a modern audience, and makes a good focus point for a conversation about review bias.

Tris finally gets to talk about wrestling as much as he wants! Sean Durkin tells the tragic story of the Von Erich family, starring Zac Efron, Harris Dickenson and Jeremy Allen White. The Iron Claw makes us question the role of the Biopic once again.

An adaptation of Alasdair Grey's classic Scottish novel Poor Things, but with Scotland omitted. Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo bring this eccentric, Frankenstein-esq voyage of female discovery to life.

This week, we talk about the art of telling a true story with Society of the Snow, based on the real events of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes.

Another Harlen Coben novel adaptation, starring Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar and Richard Armitage. Is there anything redeeming in beech reads on the screen?

Mick Herron's novels have taken over with this Apple TV adaptation. Gary Oldman brings hardboiled spy Jackson Lamb to life in a espionage thriller that will surely come to define the genre. But how cliché is too cliché?

The first ever annual Green Prints Awards is here! We take a look back over all the stories we've talked about this year and attempt to dish out some awards. Best of the year, worst of the year, stand out moments... who needs the Oscars?

Based on the 2020 novel by Ruuman Alam, this sci-fi apocalypse story stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke- and produced by the Obamas?

We chat about the chaotic and mysterious Saltburn, starring Barry Keoghan. Is this the sexiest movie of the year?

Ridley Scott's biopic of Napoleon has caused a bit of a stir. How important is historical accuracy anyway?

David Fincher's new Netflix movie starring Michael Fassbender as a cold and calculated killer on the run from his old agency. Sound familiar? Maybe it is...

The Hunger Games prequel eleven years later. An origin story featuring Peter Dinklage and Viola Davis.