My pal Jason Bailey is a film critic, author, and podcast host. He has many! I’ve been a guest on all of them, I think. His new podcast is called Guide for the Film Fanatic, using as its inspiration the 1986 film guide by Daniel Peary. Peary wrote about 1,600 capsule reviews for all the films he felt were essential for any film fanatic. So Jason sent out a spreadsheet listing all of Peary’s choices, asking critics to pick one to be discussed on the podcast. So fun! You can see the list of episodes – so far – here. And imagine my DELIGHT when I saw that Peary put not one, not two, but THREE Elvis movies in his film guide. Elvis movies never make it into these guides! So of course I had to choose one, and I chose King Creole. (The other Elvis films on the list are Flaming Star and Jailhouse Rock.) But I went with King Creole. Jason and his co-host and dear friend Mike Hull put together a great format for these discussions: so we discuss King Creole, and Elvis, and how the film was received and other things. It was a blast! You can watch on YouTube or listen here.
