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Measuring Flicks

by Max Peterson

The longest, hardest, most impressive film appreciation podcast you'll ever cram in your ear. If not, it happens to lots of podcasts. We're not ashamed.

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  1. The Straight Story (1999) Part II

    In which we wrap up our discussion of one of the best movies you’ve probably never seen, including what has to be the most perfect ending ever filmed. The Straight Story is so freaking good. Seriously. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]

  2. The Straight Story (1999) Part I

    David Lynch’s Disney-Produced Road Movie Masterpiece. The one you’ve probably never heard of. The one that’s going to crack open your heart like an egg. The one that’ll make you cry so hard you’ll have to change your shirt before going to your buddy’s house to talk about it. Maybe David Lynch’s...

  3. Wild At Heart (1990) Part II

    It really is The Wizard of Oz: escape from the perceived smallness of circumstance out into the technicolor wonder of youth. Sailor is Lula’s Oz, and she his. Oz is an energy, a belief in beauty. But life is a process of gradually seeing the world is only flats, and behind them, strung-out...

  4. Wild At Heart (1990) Part I

    Connor returns to the podcast to talk about David Lynch’s high-kickin’, karate-dancin’, head-exploding rockabilly road movie Dern-and-Cage fever dream: WILD AT HEART. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]

  5. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) Part II

    Part II of II. Patreon.com/QuillandFilm

  6. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) Part I

    Max and Jeff saddle up and kick off the final season of Measuring Flicks with Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht. A weird place to start. An excellent film, if you ask Max. Not so much, if you ask Jeff. But that’s what these conversations are all about. Let’s get into it!...

  7. S5E26: High and Low (1963) Part II

    At long last, the conclusion to Max and Jeff’s discussion of Kurosawa’s noir masterpiece, High and Low. It’s the end of an era, marking the beginning of the final chapter—the final screening, if you will—of Measuring Flicks. Tune in to find out more. It’s gonna be good. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm

  8. S5E25: High and Low (1963) Part I

    Max and Jeff just can’t stop watching bangers. This time around, it’s Akira Kurosawa’s taut and masterful High and Low (1963). For the metaphors, cinematography, and shot composition alone, this one’s worth the price of admission. And then there’s Toshirō Mifune. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm...

  9. S5E24.5: Cure (1997) feat. Jeff Morgan Part II

    Max and filmmaker Jeff Morgan wrap up their conversation on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]

  10. S5E24: Cure (1997) feat. Jeff Morgan Part I

    Max and Jeff it down to chat about Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s hypnotic masterwork of psychological horror, Cure. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]

  11. S5E23.5: Tongan Ninja (2002) feat. Jeff Morgan Part II

    Part II of Max and Jeff's conversation about Ti West, Quentin Tarantino, the nature of art vs. the nature of Content, economic philosophy and the consequences of capitalism on human expression. Also on Tongan Ninja, which, if you're flying high on a Friday night, is available for free on YouTube,...

  12. S5E23: Tongan Ninja (2002) feat. Jeff Morgan Part I

    It's the triumphant return of Jeff Morgan, with the cherry on top of the Masterpiece Mountain he helped build over the course of Metropolis, Dark City, La Jetée, 12 Monkeys, and Yojimbo. One film to rule them all: Tongan Ninja. Which you pretty much have to watch on YouTube. In 240p. Believe me...

  13. S5E22.5: Interstellar (2014) Part II

    Part II of Max and Connor’s discussion of Interstellar (2014), in which we determine what the point of all those push-ups actually was. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]

  14. S5E22: Interstellar (2014) Part I

    Having gone already to the bottom of the ocean, Max and Connor continue their exploration of FINAL FRONTIERS by shooting through both a wormhole and a supermassive black hole like a baseball off a vampire’s bat, with Christopher Nolan’s 2014 brain-and-heart-breaker, Interstellar. We’re positive…

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  15. S5E21.5: Elizabethtown (2005) - Manic Pixie Dream Girls! with Cassandra Crose Part II

    Max and Cassandra wrap up their discussion of 2005’s Elizabethtown, before driving off across America with the windows down and Cameron Crowe’s favorite songs blasting. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]

  16. S5E21: Elizabethtown (2005) - Manic Pixie Dream Girls! with Cassandra Crose

    Max and Cassandra’s exploration of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl continues with the film that started it all: Elizabethtown (2005). Does this flick deserve all the vitriol? Or is it just the victim of sneering dismissals by cynical critics whose mothers didn’t hug them enough when they were young?…

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  17. S5E20: Burning (2018) feat. Alex

    Measuring 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...

  18. S5E19: Garden State (2004) - Manic Pixie Dream Girls! with Cassandra Crose

    Max 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...

  19. S5E18.5: Underwater (2020) feat. Connor Sweeney Part II

    Hop 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]

  20. S5E18: Underwater (2020) feat. Connor Sweeney

    Connor’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...

  21. S5E17: Half Nelson (2006) feat. Cassandra Crose

    Ryan 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...

  22. S5E16.5: Metropolis (1927) feat. Jeff Morgan Part II

    Part 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

  23. S5E16: Metropolis (1927) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I

    Jeff 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…

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  24. S5E15.5: 12 Monkeys (1995) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part II

    Part II of our discussion of Terry Gilliam’s best time-travel movie, 12 Monkeys (1995). Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected] Jeff: prometheusmotionpictures.com

  25. S5E15: 12 Monkeys (1995) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I

    Jeff 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

  26. S5E14: La Jetée (1962) feat. Jeff Morgan

    Jeff 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...

  27. S5E13.5: Yojimbo (1961) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part II

    The 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!

  28. S5E13: Yojimbo (1961) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I

    Unofficial 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…

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  29. S5E12.5: Dark City (1998) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part II

    Part 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]

  30. S5E12: Dark City (1998) feat. Jeff Morgan, Part I

    Jeff 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....

  31. S5E11: Drive (2011)

    Ryan 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…

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  32. S5 Bonus: The Iron Town (2022) with John Scheibe

    Director 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...

  33. S5 Bonus: Perhaps We Wrong Them (2022) with John Scheibe

    Max 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…

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  34. S5E10: The Believer (2001)

    The 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...

  35. S5E9.5: Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Part II

    Wrapping 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]

  36. S5E9: Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Part I

    This 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...

  37. S5E8.5: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Part II

    More 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]

  38. S5E8: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Part I

    It’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]

  39. S5E7.5: Pig (2021) Part II

    Max 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]

  40. S5E7: Pig (2021) Part I

    Pig 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...

  41. S5E6: Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

    Nicolas 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,...

  42. S5E5.5: Con Air (1997) Part II

    Wrapping up our discussion of 1997’s Con Air. Sorry about our voiceover guy. He drinks. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm [email protected]

  43. S5E5: Con Air (1997) Part I

    Welcome 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...

  44. S5E4: The General (1927)

    We’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...

  45. S5E3.5: Modern Times (1936) Part II

    The 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...

  46. S5E3.1: When Life Boots You In the Lemons

    Just 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...

  47. S5E3: Modern Times (1936) Part I

    This 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...

  48. S5E1.5: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Part II

    PRIVATE 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]

  49. S5E1: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Part I

    PRIVATE 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...

  50. A Death in the Family or: Anatomy of a Life in Libraries

    Max remembers his Grandma Linda, and takes a little time to heal before the boys spin up the next reel.

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The longest, hardest, most impressive film appreciation podcast you'll ever cram in your ear. If not, it happens to lots of podcasts. We're not ashamed.

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Max Peterson

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