Measuring Flicks

Jan 25 2025 228 ep. 97 mins 1

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The 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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S5E25: High and Low (1963) Part I

Jan 25 2025 99 mins

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 [email protected]

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

Nov 09 2024 75 mins

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

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

Nov 04 2024 72 mins

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

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

Sep 21 2024 68 mins

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, and is an absolutely fantastic time. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcas

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

Sep 17 2024 96 mins

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 when I say this is the best way to watch it. (And if you happen to have him around, s

S5E22.5: Interstellar (2014) Part II

Apr 30 2024 126 mins

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

S5E22: Interstellar (2014) Part I

Apr 26 2024 105 mins

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 we got a lot of the science stuff wrong, but we’re equally certain we got a lot

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

Apr 22 2024 75 mins

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]

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

Apr 18 2024 77 mins

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? Is it good? Is it bad? Is Kirsten Dunst’s Clair actually a manic pixie dream girl

S5E20: Burning (2018) feat. Alex

Feb 18 2024 107 mins

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 precisely it means, and why the hell cat-sitting for someone involves so much whacking of