Measuring Flicks

The Pink Angels (1971) is…uh…it’s…something. Boy, it sure is something. Here’s what it’s about: a bunch of drag queen (no, really, they’re drag queens) bikers (like, the motorcycle kind) drive across the country to go to a dance. A cotillion. A lady’s cotillion. It’s problematic, often openly offensive, it has one of the most shocking and brutal endings we’ve ever seen (it will blow your mind)…and...

Max and Karl MC a thirteen-way death match between the first quarter flicks! Two months of Roger Corman in one corner, and the entire Planet of the Apes franchise in the other. It’s a Madhouse! A MADHOUSE! Support the show at Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Road to Paloma (2014) fueled a contentious and enlightening discussion, during which both Max and Karl learned things about themselves. Name another biker flick that you can say that about. Okay, now say one that isn’t Easy Rider . Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

We say goodbye to our two-month Roger Corman extravaganza with an episode of pure filth, as Max and Karl talk Premature Burial (1962) . Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

This movie is unbelievable. For anything more, you’ll have to listen to Max, Karl, and Bird lose their minds in the Frank Zappa Kappa Sorority Studio and Occasional Bakery for 90 minutes. One of the best worst flicks in Measuring Flicks history! www.patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Is this a good time to let everyone know that Max is unemployed? No? Oh well! Teenage Caveman (1958) is so insane we can’t tell if it’s high art, or if we just didn’t remember getting high. It’s hilarious, occasionally disturbing, adorable, stupid, and an almost unbroken delight of schlocky nonsense. Again, folks: so bad it’s good. And it is so good. www.patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPod...

Welcome to month two of our romp through the fields of Roger Corman’s long and incredible career. You may notice a bit of a change in tone this month, as we watch our way through a different class of Corman picture. Let’s begin with The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) . It’s time to dig into some movies that are so bad they’re great. They’re...

This is how all science should be done: with cigarettes and recklessness and martinis and charming nudity. X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES was so much better than we were expecting it to be, even if great whacks of it were essentially how-to guides to malpractice lawsuits and how to kill your friends needlessly. Corman at his best! www.patreon.com/QuillAndFilm measuringflickspodcast@gmail.com

Max and Karl sit down with Sara Hartley, director of an upcoming run of Tommy at the Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City, to talk about the absolute insanity (and subsequent mind-numbing inanity) of the Ann Margret vehicle Tommy (1975). It’s the craziest, most off-the-wall, insane, bonkers, to-eleven flick the boys have ever seen. It is also, somehow, simultaneously incredibly boring and way too l...

This movie could’ve been a prequel to Easy Rider . It’s definitely a sister-film to it, for sure. The Wild Angels is…pretty gnarly, actually, for a little motorcycle picture from the mid-sixties. Iron Crosses and swastikas all over the joint, but Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern are spectacular. A challenging flick. Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Young Racers (1963) is fun. Well…the racing bits are fun. The rest of it is kind of unnecessary and convoluted, but hearing William Shatner’s voice coming out of Mark Damon’s mouth is hilarious. And the clothes are amazing. And the cocktails are amazing. And the cars are etcetera etcetera. Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

In which we may have found a best actress nominee for the next Quill and Filmies… Shelley Winters is unbelievable in Bloody Mama . Exploitation Film gold. Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Bloody Mama kind of blew our minds. This flick was way, way better than it had any right to be. Worth watching. Very, very much worth watching. (And not just because Robert De Niro is in it, aged, like, 17.) Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

We were going to put this up on our Patreon , but we figured since there happen to be five Saturdays in March, and five Planet of the Apes movies in the original series…why not give you all an extra episode? So, without further ado… Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)! www.patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Karl loved it. Max not so much. Either way, Roddy McDowall is, as always, superb. Watch the rise of Caesar, before Caesar was made of pixels and Gollum, and a pretty harrowing look at slavery. Gone are the yucks. Gone are the charm. Only the Apes remain. www. Patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Woody Allen didn’t direct the first half of this movie, but he may as well have. David Fincher didn’t direct the second half of this movie, but…. Half hilarity, half bleak horror, all ape, all the time. It’s Escape from the Planet of the Apes . www.patreon.com/QuillAndFilm measuringflickspodcast@gmail.com

Max and Karl March deeper into the world of the Planet of the Apes. This time out, we’ve got psychics, better prosthetics, a Charlton Heston stand-in, an insane amount of Shouldn’t-Be-Rated-G content, and a long section where nothing of importance happens! And yet…we love it. www.patreon.com/QuillAndFilm MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

This March, the boys are going Apeshit with all five of the original Planet of the Apes flicks! First up, the 1968 Charlton Heston classic. Crazy quotable, an incredible score, brilliant writing and cinematography…it’s a strong first outing for the fellas, and a whole helluva lot of fun! Our Patreon is the place to be! It’s where Max and Karl will be spinning the slew of Apes reboot movies, includ...

The first-ever Quill and Filmies, presented by Measuring Flicks! Join the gang as they sling awards, laugh at ridiculous categories, suck back drinks, and celebrate a successful season with Measuring Flicks’ first-ever awards show! The crew had a blast. They think you will, too. Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

The first full season of Measuring Flicks comes to a close with the Quarter Four Shootout! Is it the Exorcist? How will the action flicks fare? Will any Sofia Coppola movie get any traction at all? Tune in, turn on, find out! Then, in the Final Shootout, Max and Karl take the winners from each quarter (and one dark horse, back from the floor!) and smash them together like the G.I. Joe deathmatches...

Is it art? Is it pornography? Does it deserve the controversy? And most importantly: is it good? It’s 2013’s Blue is the Warmest Color . Featuring guest host Bird. Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Part II of our discussion of Bernardo Bertolucci’s masterpiece, Last Tango in Paris (1973). Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Max and Karl dive into a film that’s been plagued by controversy since it first shocked audiences with its brutality, its graphic sexuality, and most of all its honesty. It’s Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris (1973). Patreon! Measuringflickspodcast@gmail.com

It’s the movie people have been telling Max to watch since he was 14. “You’ll love it,” they said. “It’s weird,” they said. “A smart, sexy, and seriously funny comedy,” the Rolling Stone lied. It’s 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Patreon MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Max, Karl, and surprise guest Bird sit down to talk about Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation (2003). Max has a breakthrough. Karl has several bones to pick. Bird has some strong opinions. It’s an ennui-drenched battle to the death, as the Measuring Flicks Family fights over whether this flick was brilliant, or bulls**t. Patreon ! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com