Measuring Flicks
223 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe longest, hardest, most impressive film appreciation podcast you'll ever cram into your ear. And if not, it happens to podcasts all the time. We're not ashamed.
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S5E20: Burning (2018) feat. Alex
February 19, 2024 00:07 - 98.7 MBMeasuring Flicks is back in the arthouse again with director Lee Chang-Dong’s brilliant Murakami adaptation Burning. Confronted with one of the most deliciously ambiguous slow-burn thrillers either of them have ever seen, Max and very special guest Alex dig into what precisely they saw, what precisely it means, and why the hell cat-sitting for someone involves so much whacking off in plain view of the whole neighborhood. Also, if you’ve seen this movie, please. Answer us this: DID HE DO IT...
S5E19: Garden State (2004) - Manic Pixie Dream Girls! with Cassandra Crose
February 07, 2024 21:32 - 104 MBMax and Cassandra (of Cassandra Explains It All and Drenched In Drama) kick off their monthlong exploration of the cinematic archetype and cultural phenomenon that is the Manic Pixie Dream Girl with 2004’s Garden State. Are MPDGs just a holdover of outdated feminine societal structures from eras past? Infantilized male fantasies? Freudian Mommy stand-ins listless dudes feel okay about kissing? Are there two funk songs about Danny DeVito hidden in this episode somewhere? Find out! Tune in! Dr...
S5E18.5: Underwater (2020) feat. Connor Sweeney Part II
January 23, 2024 18:40 - 64 MBHop back in the tub for Part II of Underwater, with Max and Connor! Plus: Suede Rainbow Live from the Barrel Room! Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E18: Underwater (2020) feat. Connor Sweeney
January 13, 2024 11:00 - 82.4 MBConnor’s back in the studio to avoid talking about 2020’s Underwater. Why? We have no idea. The flick is actually really good, super fun, legit scary, well-made, well-paced, and filled with good performances and a subtle touch of world-building that’s creepy and insidious as hell. We just hadn’t seen each other in about a year, so what we ended up with was two film nerds hanging out and having a blast for a couple of hours. I hope you all enjoy as much as we did. It’s good to be back, and t...
S5E17: Half Nelson (2006) feat. Cassandra Crose
December 19, 2023 22:23 - 101 MBRyan Gosling goes out strong with an Oscar-nominated turn as a crack-addicted middle-school teacher whose life is on the verge of absolute collapse, and whose only hope might be one of his pre-teen students…if only she can avoid a life selling crack on the street to scumbags like him. It’s a very Measuring Flicks Christmas Special with very special guest Cassandra Crose! It’s 2006’s…HALF NELSON. (Also, check out Cassandra’s podcasts ‘Cassandra Explains It All,’ and ‘Drenched in Drama,’ wher...
S5E16.5: Metropolis (1927) feat. Jeff Morgan Part II
October 20, 2023 16:31 - 72.9 MBPart II of our discussion of Fritz Lang’s prescient 1927 masterpiece, METROPOLIS, with special guest Jeff Morgan! Support the show! Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm Talk to us! [email protected] Jeff’s Stuff: Prometheus Motion Pictures
S5E16: Metropolis (1927) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I
October 15, 2023 14:21 - 87.5 MBJeff Morgan is back again with another iron-clad classic for the fellas to frolic around in. It’s a look into the future from somewhere in the past, and honestly? Fritz Lang pretty much called it. At long last, and long overdue, it’s…METROPOLIS (1927)! Like the show? Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm Chime in! [email protected] Jeff’s stuff: Prometheus Motion Pictures
S5E15.5: 12 Monkeys (1995) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part II
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 49.4 MBPart II of our discussion of Terry Gilliam’s best time-travel movie, 12 Monkeys (1995). Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Jeff: prometheusmotionpictures.com
S5E15: 12 Monkeys (1995) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I
August 10, 2023 19:47 - 56.7 MBJeff Morgan continues to melt our minds with Terry Gilliam’s ecologically-minded time-travel head trip, 12 Monkeys (1995). Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Jeff: PrometheusMotionPictures.com
S5E14: La Jetée (1962) feat. Jeff Morgan
August 03, 2023 13:37 - 64.6 MBJeff Morgan’s Tour of the Masterworks continues with Chris Marker’s mind-exploding still-image picture experience La Jetée. It’s weird to cover something that is, essentially, the exact opposite of our wheelhouse: we do motion pictures. La Jetée is a, uh…hmm. “Non-motion picture”. And one of the best we’ve ever seen. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Jeff Morgan: Prometheus Motion Pictures
S5E13.5: Yojimbo (1961) Part II with Jeff Morgan
June 24, 2023 10:00 - 73.5 MBThe Kurosawa conversation expands into an examination of the pressures exerted by the online age on the art life. Jeff drops some wisdom, but only one drops his sword after the final draw… Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Check Jeff out at Prometheus Motion Pictures!
S5E13.5: Yojimbo (1961) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part II
June 24, 2023 10:00 - 73.5 MBThe Kurosawa conversation expands into an examination of the pressures exerted by the online age on the art life. Jeff drops some wisdom, but only one drops his sword after the final draw… Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Check Jeff out at Prometheus Motion Pictures!
S5E13: Yojimbo (1961) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I
June 20, 2023 22:11 - 79.1 MBUnofficial Pledge of the FZK and literal film legend Jeff Morgan is back for Measuring Flicks’ first crack at the work of Akira Kurosawa. You’ve seen the poster in Bosch’s office. You’ve see A Fistful of Dollars. You’ve seen Last Man Standing. If you haven’t seen Yojimbo, you haven’t seen anything yet. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Check out Jeff’s stuff HERE: Prometheus Motion Pictures
S5E13: Yojimbo (1961) Part I with Jeff Morgan
June 20, 2023 22:11 - 79.1 MBUnofficial Pledge of the FZK and literal film legend Jeff Morgan is back for Measuring Flicks’ first crack at the work of Akira Kurosawa. You’ve seen the poster in Bosch’s office. You’ve see A Fistful of Dollars. You’ve seen Last Man Standing. If you haven’t seen Yojimbo, you haven’t seen anything yet. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Check out Jeff’s stuff HERE: Prometheus Motion Pictures
S5E12.5: Dark City (1998) Part II with Jeff Morgan
May 18, 2023 21:04 - 37.6 MBPart II of our discussion of the mind-bending Dark City (1998). Jim either becomes enlightened or goes off the deep end. The fellas learn a lot about the nature of reality, and the genius of tons of cuts! Support the Show: Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm Talk to Us, Goose: [email protected]
S5E12.5: Dark City (1998) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part II
May 18, 2023 21:04 - 37.6 MBPart II of our discussion of the mind-bending Dark City (1998). Jim either becomes enlightened or goes off the deep end. The fellas learn a lot about the nature of reality, and the genius of tons of cuts! Support the Show: Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm Talk to Us, Goose: [email protected]
S5E12: Dark City (1998) Part I, with Jeff Morgan
April 17, 2023 23:07 - 110 MBJeff Morgan returns to take over the podcast, warping our minds and our very concept of Reality with Dark City (1998). Where has this flick been all our lives? From the director of The Crow, it’s the granddaddy of The Matrix. Gnostic philosophy in a timeless Neo-noire sci-fi occult package. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E12: Dark City (1998) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I
April 17, 2023 23:07 - 110 MBJeff Morgan returns to take over the podcast, warping our minds and our very concept of Reality with Dark City (1998). Where has this flick been all our lives? From the director of The Crow, it’s the granddaddy of The Matrix. Gnostic philosophy in a timeless Neo-noire sci-fi occult package. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E11: Drive (2011)
March 20, 2023 21:13 - 110 MBRyan Gosling appreciation month rolls on with one of the best dramas the boys have see yet: it’s Nicolas Winding Refn’s neo-noir masterpiece, Drive (2011). Star-studded cast, stunning cinematography, and one of the best scores we’ve heard all season—what’s not to love? If you’ve only ever seen the trailer, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5 Bonus: The Iron Town (2022) with John Scheibe
March 12, 2023 20:44 - 55.1 MBDirector John Scheibe talks his doc IRON TOWN, and what lies ahead for The Yonder Studio. You can watch the documentary at TheYonder.Studio. (While you’re there, you should definitely check out Perhaps We Wrong Them as well.) If you like the show, you can find out how to support it over on Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm. Or drop us a line at [email protected]
S5 Bonus: Perhaps We Wrong Them (2022) with John Scheibe
March 10, 2023 16:37 - 79.4 MBMax sits down with award-winning filmmaker and festival darling John Scheibe to talk about his latest short, the breathtaking PERHAPS WE WRONG THEM. You can find the film at TheYonder.Studio If you like what you hear, head on over to Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm to find out how you can help support the show, or drop us a line at [email protected]
S5E10: The Believer (2001)
February 04, 2023 23:41 - 122 MBThe fellas duck and weave their way through Ryan Gosling’s intense and impressive performance as a Jewish Neo-Nazi in 2001’s The Believer. It’s a harrowing and powerful bit of art (that maybe gets a little too arthouse for its own good at times, but hey, it was 2001), and one hell of a delicate topic for discussion. Cue the comedic breaks! Patreon.com/QuillandFilm [email protected]
S5E9.5: Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Part II
December 25, 2022 11:00 - 64.5 MBWrapping up our discussion of 2007’s brilliant Lars and the Real Girl. Truly a love story for the ages, and a perfect date night flick. (No, really.) Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E9: Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Part I
December 24, 2022 11:00 - 66.1 MBThis is the podcast episode of Measuring Flicks which is about Bianca. Bianca stars in the moving picture Lars and the Real Girl, which is about a real girl and a lie named Lars, that is Ryan Gosling inside. The story is about how the Lie that is Ryan Gosling inside dies and is broken and is reborn, and is about Bianca. Buy now. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E8.5: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Part II
December 21, 2022 21:49 - 115 MBMore Nick Cage than you waggle a Flick at! The strapping young men get down to brass tacks and golden guns in the conclusion to their outpouring of love for THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E8: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Part I
November 29, 2022 19:06 - 66.5 MBIt’s the movie we all knew we wanted, in our secret hearts: Nicolas Cage playing himself in an action comedy movie about movies, with Pedro Pascal as his opposite number. Honestly, if you need more than that, I mean…who hurt you? Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E7.5: Pig (2021) Part II
November 04, 2022 00:19 - 75.4 MBMax and Karl wrap up their (surprisingly emotional) discussion of 2021’s Pig. This movie took both of us by surprise. Astoundingly good. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E7: Pig (2021) Part I
October 12, 2022 02:51 - 75.2 MBPig is a hard movie to write a blurb about. It’s infinitely blurbable—the problem is catching the actual experience of watching this incredible film. I could write: It’s John Wick with a pig. Or: It’s the story of a truffle hunter’s love for his pig. But that misses it entirely (even if both are true). It’s one man’s journey into the underworld to reclaim some small fragment of his humanity, and his life, by helping a wicked man reclaim some of his own. It’s a truly beautiful film, and an i...
S5E6: Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
August 21, 2022 19:32 - 122 MBNicolas Cage month (ha—more like quarter) continues, with Martin Scorsese’s surreal and frenetic drama, BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (1999). Burned-out EMT has a terrible week, shot like a nightmare, and scored with U.S. Soul and UK punk. Nicolas Cage is brilliant. So is Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Patricia Arquette, Marc Anthony (yeah, the excellent singer with the awesome clothing line)…everybody. It’s great. It’s great. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E5.5: Con Air (1997) Part II
July 12, 2022 20:53 - 61.1 MBWrapping up our discussion of 1997’s Con Air. Sorry about our voiceover guy. He drinks. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E5: Con Air (1997) Part I
July 08, 2022 14:32 - 93.8 MBWelcome back to the Cage. Come on in, the water’s fine. I mean, the swimming pool is empty except for a little girl having a tea party with a serial murderer, but it’s really more an expression, anyway. This is an audio medium, so there’s no water ever, really--just in your imagination, and if you're anything like us, you're imagining that imaginary water glistening in the sun on the golden brow of Nicolas Cage. It's Con Air (1997). Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E4: The General (1927)
June 17, 2022 13:18 - 94.1 MBWe’re getting our feet under us again and wrapping up our look at the black and white era with Buster Keaton’s most famous film, The General (1927). Is it a masterpiece? We’re not sure. The stunts are pretty incredible, but all the stuff in between the stunts…well, you’ll have to tune in and find out. The episode is a blast, at least. Stay tuned for the dubstep and the battlefield amputations, because nothing says comedy like sad fiddle and screaming. Also old-time foot fetishists. We’re b...
S5E3.5: Modern Times (1936) Part II
June 02, 2022 01:54 - 119 MBThe fellas finally circle back to wrap up their discussion on one of the last great masterpieces of the Silent Era, and catch up after a couple hard months apart. Not to break the fourth wall or anything, but it was really good to hear Karl’s voice and see his face again (albeit back to being on the other side of a screen for a little while). Stay tuned—we’re back, wrapping up one more silent film, and then face-first into NICOLAS CAGE! Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail...
S5E3.1: When Life Boots You In the Lemons
May 20, 2022 13:28 - 15.4 MBJust a quick update about why the show’s been on hiatus, with some bangin’ jams at the end. Thanks to our listeners for their patience and support while Max finds his footing, and thanks to our Patrons for the new iMac, without which there could be no Jamz this Sweaty. (Apparently the youthz have some new slang. Let’s go.) [email protected]
S5E3: Modern Times (1936) Part I
April 18, 2022 23:28 - 140 MBThis week, the boys sit down to discuss Charlie Chaplin’s final silent film, Modern Times. Enduringly relevant, hilariously funny, and surprisingly powerful, even all these years later: if you haven’t seen it, watch it, and if you have seen it, then listen to us talk about it! This episode was a blast. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E1.5: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Part II
February 01, 2022 16:45 - 122 MBPRIVATE EYES AND FUNNY GUYS The fellas wrap up their brandy-fueled discussion of The Maltese Falcon (1941). Part 2 of 2. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S5E1: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Part I
January 28, 2022 15:41 - 129 MBPRIVATE EYES AND FUNNY GUYS We’re kicking off Season 5 with a memorial month for Max’s grandmother, a lifelong film fan with a fondness for classics, funnies, and film noir. What better way to begin our celebration of her memory (and her impeccable taste) than with John Huston’s brilliant adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel THE MALTESE FALCON. Bogart, Astor, Lorre, Greenstreet, Elisha Cook Jr….and the coolest desk lighter you’ve ever seen. Toss on your fedora and down a hand of brandy: w...
A Death in the Family or: Anatomy of a Life in Libraries
December 22, 2021 18:23 - 10.7 MBMax remembers his Grandma Linda, and takes a little time to heal before the boys spin up the next reel.
S4E22: The Last Starfighter (1984) feat. Sara Hartley
November 16, 2021 02:34 - 141 MBSister Sara Hartley joins us in the studio to talk The Last Starfighter (1984), directed by Nick Castle. (Yes, that Nick Castle.) A fantastic sci-fi adventure, and a great talk down memory lane. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E21.5: K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Part II
October 11, 2021 14:26 - 85.9 MBPart 2 of 2 of our discussion of Kathryn Bigelow’s harrowing and masterful K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). [email protected] Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm
S4E21: K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Part I
October 10, 2021 18:43 - 114 MBTHE GUNS OF AUGUST (in October) wraps up with K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), directed by Kathryn Bigelow. We were ready for a masterpiece. We just weren’t ready for all the…melting people. Wow. [email protected] Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm
S4E18.5: Twelve O'Clock High (1949) Part II
September 30, 2021 20:53 - 68.6 MBPart II of our discussion of Twelve O’Clock High (1949). One of the best war films either of us has ever seen. Stunning, stark, and powerful. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E18: Twelve O'Clock High (1949) Part I
September 15, 2021 23:30 - 133 MBTHE GUNS OF AUGUST begins with a bang, with Gregory Peck, a script by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr., and a powerful directorial vision in Henry King, Twelve O’Clock High (1949) could only have been a masterpiece. One of the finest, most honest films ever made about the cost of war . [email protected] Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm
S4E17: Measuring Up, Quarter 1!
September 14, 2021 19:03 - 133 MBThe fellas sit down, do some shots, and throw some movies into the ring in a cinematic duel to the death for the first time in nearly two years. It feels good to be back to the format again. On the card for today’s bout: Brokeback Mountain, Her, Portrait of a Lady On Fire, Secretary, The Jerk, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, The Man with Two Brains, Roxanne, The Love Bug, Two-Lane Blacktop, Christine, and Maximum Overdrive. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E16: The Cell (2000)
August 24, 2021 20:48 - 147 MBThe boys wrap up their exploration of PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR with the massively underrated 2000s classic, The Cell. Vincent D’Onofrio, J. Lo, and a baby-faced Vince Vaughn rampage around in a psychedelic mental hellscape for a couple hours, with great writing and absolutely stunning cinematography, set design, and costuming to play around in. What’s not to love? Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E14.5: Jacob's Ladder (1990) Part II
August 14, 2021 13:42 - 135 MBOur month of PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR continues with Part II of our long discussion on Jacob’s Ladder. Gnosticism, Eckhart Tolle, angels, demons, Vietnam, tentacle porn…this movie’s got it all. (Including, possibly, the hidden truths that will allow you to break free from the stifling confines of this fabricated hell-realm we assume to be reality because we lack any other metaphysical point of reference. Maybe.) Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E14: Jacob's Ladder (1990) Part I
August 03, 2021 20:34 - 105 MBOur long look at CEREBRAL HORROR FILMS ascends to new heights this week, up Jacob’s Ladder (1990). It’s an absolute brain-breaker, and sparked a pretty paradigm-shifting conversation on gnostic philosophy and the fundamental nature of our reality, too. What’s not to love? (Tentacle Porn Impalements aside and/or included. Dealer’s choice.) Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E13: The Neon Demon (2016) feat. Bird and Alicia
July 20, 2021 19:10 - 158 MBWe haven’t watched a Nicolas Winding Refn film since Season Zero—our very first episode was Bronson. Our conversation (featuring guest hosts Bird and Alicia of New Hampshire) on The Neon Demon was every bit as contentious and illuminating as the chat that began this show. We hope you like it. We hope you like us. Do you think we’re beautiful? Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E11.5: Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Part II
June 21, 2021 10:00 - 126 MBThe boys cross the finish line on Two-Lane Blacktop…but who will come out the victor? Is there any such thing as winning in a world where dreams are stamped out in factories, and sold for the cost of a Wall Street Christmas bonus? Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]
S4E11: Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Part I
June 20, 2021 21:21 - 142 MBAUTOMAYBILE (in June) rumbles into the home stretch with Two-Lane Blacktop. Is it Americana at its finest? The best Road Movie ever made? A haunting elegy for a nostalgic time and place that never really existed? A masterpiece? This flick changed one of us forever, and put the other to sleep. Listen in as the boys try their best to settle the matter in the best way they know how: an all-out quarter mile for pinks! (Er, I mean, a discussion into microphones.) Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm Measu...