We’re back with an all-new season of Guide for the Film Fanatic! In each episode, Jason Bailey and Mike Hull invite a guest from the world of film (including filmmakers, authors, critics, actors, and more) to select one of the 1600+ “must-see movies” collected in Danny Peary’s seminal 1986 book, Guide for the Film Fanatic. Bailey, Hull, and their guests deep dive on each film, discussing its history, themes, style, performances, initial reception, and legacy, taking a fresh look at some of the most beloved titles in cinema history.

Writer, The Film Stage co-founder, and “The B-Side” co-host Dan Mecca joins us fresh off a fabulous Letterboxd roundup of Robin Hood movies to talk about the consensus choice for the best of them all: the 1938 Technicolor extravaganza, featuring the dream team of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.

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We’re also putting our new episodes up on YouTube! Watch the show on our YouTube channel, @guideforthefilmfanatic, for visual accompaniment and bonus stuff and who knows what else:

The Adventures of Robin Hood is streaming on Tubi and is available for digital rental or purchase. You can read Frank S. Nugent’s New York Times review here, the Variety review here, the New Yorker review here, and Roger Ebert’s 2003 appreciation for “The Great Movies” here. And you can read Dan’s great roundup of Robin Hood movies for Letterboxd here. 

You can read Dan on the Film Stage here, and listen to his terrific podcast “The B-Side” here. You can listen to Mike’s new podcast “Whitewashed History” here, and you can also watch his documentary  Betrayal at Attica on Tubi and Apple TV+. And Jason’s book Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend is now out in paperback (and hardback, ebook, and audiobook), and you can order it from MZS Press, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, or wherever you get your books.

Last but not least, if you’d like to make a little donation to support us and the show, you can do that at Ko-fi!