Measuring Flicks

Part II of Max and Karl’s reality-shattering discussion of Sofia Coppola’s 1999 debut feature film The Virgin Suicides . Patreon! measuringflickspodcast@gmail.com

The Virgin Suicides (1999). We should’ve started here. There’s a reason Sofia Coppola has such clout. Just. Wow. Patreon ! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Okay. So there’s this movie, right? 2013. It’s called The Bling Ring , okay? And, like, it is, like, pretty much totally the most infuriating thing we’ve ever seen, okay? It’s, like, totally not chill (despite the cartons of marijuana cigarettes these moody, laconic children seem always to be puffing languidly at). It is, like, not very good, though as it turns out, it is a “learning lesson” for M...

Marie Antoinette (2006): subtle, poetic exploration of a tragic figure who was ultimately a product of her surroundings…or infuriating wealth-worship-cum-political-parable? You decide. I’m not sure we have, yet. Patreon! MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Atmosphere. A brilliant eye for angles, structure, and depth. Lovely, langorous pacing. Powerful performances. Coppola’s The Beguiled is brilliant. Or is it? Tune in and find out where Max, Karl, Bird, and Danielle fall on Measuring Flicks’ first foray into the oeuvre of director Sophia Coppola! Patreon!

Well, it’s time to round out the Holiday season, with everyone’s favorite cozy Christmas classic: The Exorcist ! Patreon!

Not since the great Raising Arizona v. The Searchers upset of the Spring of ‘18 has there been such a contentious shootout episode. Here are the films in the ring this quarter: Truck Turner The Mack Caged Heat Black Caesar The Last House on the Left The Serpent and the Rainbow Sleepaway Camp Straw Dogs 12 Years a Slave Frank Shame Hunger Which will come out on top? Will Max and Karl simply waste a...

In which the Peterson family discovers a new Christmas Classic, and Karl appreciates the granddaddy of all slashers: Black Christmas (1974). A slight divide in opinion, a dead girl in a chair, and a great Christmastime conversation! Patreon MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Finally. Finally , Max has seen Lethal Weapon . It’s about time.

What better way to kick off the holiday season than with a bunch of bullets and a little light corpse desecration? Yes, it’s time for that Christmas Classic, Die Hard . Now we have a hard-on for McClane. Ho Ho Ho.

Steve McQueen’s Hunger (2009) may be the most affecting movie we’ve watched this season. Rage, hope, sorrow, admiration, awe…this flick is a (gorgeously-shot, impeccably-executed) rollercoaster, and once you get rolling, you’re on it until the end. So, so good. A Measuring Flicks recommendation, without reservation. Patreon!

Max and Karl sit down to discuss Steve McQueen’s incredible second film, Shame (2011). An uncompromising look at sex addiction and isolation, Shame is filled with fearless writing, fearless performances, and some of the best cinematography we’ve seen yet. The movie that kicked off the second aeon of Max’s Love of Cinema. Measuring Flicks Patreon

Karl’s in a show. Max is a little fried. So we’re bringing back an episode from the infamous Season Zero, for your listening pleasure. It’s the episode that broke the podcast, our first time out, and one of our favorite movies, period. So, please enjoy this small sample of what you can find over on our Patreon , and one of the strangest, most beautiful films we’ve ever seen: Frank .

Max and Karl conclude their discussion of 12 Years a Slave . Patreon MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

Welcome to Michael Fassbender month! Max and Karl revisit the theme that ended season zero and broke the podcast the first time around, beginning with 2013’s 12 Years a Slave . What an incredible film. Check out the Patreon or drop us a line at MeasuringFlicksPodcast@gmail.com

The Measuring Flicks Film School discussion of 1971’s Straw Dogs (dir. Sam Peckinpah) concludes with some uncomfortable realizations about the nature of violence, and the film’s clever use of violence to critique it. Basically, we end up revering this film, and feeling like scum. It’s quite a feat. measuringflickspodcast@gmail.com patreon.com/maxpeterson

Continuing the discussion on 1971’s Straw Dogs (dir. Sam Peckinpah), Karl and Max get to the problematic core of the film, and mull over the implications of one of the most disturbing scenes they’ve ever seen. measuringflickspodcast@gmail.com Patreon.com/maxpeterson

Max and Karl are ending October with a whimper and a cringe, with a three-part, unflinching look at Sam Peckinpah’s brutal Straw Dogs (1971). (Okay. There was a little flinching.) We tried something new with these episodes: a film-school-style discussion of the film, top to bottom, leaving no topic, shot, or stone unturned. It’s an exhaustive look at one of the most controversial and problematic f...

Trust us on this: WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE. This movie is hard to pin down. It’s a trashy 80s slasher. The effects are incredible. The gore is amazing. It wants desperately to be Friday the 13th . And Nightmare on Elm Street . And Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But Sleepaway Camp manages to be its own film, a strange, tasteless, hilarious, satisfying, gloriously schlocky thing...

October rolls on with a Wes Craven flick of a different shade: 1988’s The Serpent and the Rainbow . The Saucy Cinephiles discuss all the reasons you shouldn’t drink poison in Philadelphia dive bars, tripping with witch doctors, voodoo, hoodoo, you do, Do What, and Remind me of the babe. Couldn’t help myself. Sorry. For more horror talk head over to our Patreon !

Part 2 of our discussion of Wes Craven’s 1972 shock flick, The Last House on the Left . Since there were five Saturdays this September, rather than curse you to an off-week, we decided to break the discussion in two (and Max had to split it anyway, so there’s that). What a movie. Measuring Flicks Patreon !

Max, Karl, and Bird reunite for yet another film about rape and revenge…but this time with a twist. Listen in to a fairly heated discussion about Wes Craven’s controversial first film: the brutal bit of cinema that started it all. The Last House on the Left . Measuring Flicks Patreon !

Could Caged Heat (1974) be any more fun and enjoyable? Maybe, but Max, Karl, and special guest Bird kind of doubt it. From the sausage room to the weird dream sequences to literally everyone’s utter inability to operate a motor vehicle, this flick has got it all. It’s got unplanned bank robberies that interrupt bank robberies. It’s got unplanned jailbreaks that interrupt lobotomies. It’s got gratu...

How could we have so wrongly misremebered The Mack (1973)? Max and Karl sit down with special guest Danielle Pelshaw to talk about a movie Max and Karl remember loving, only to discover it is something entirely other than the fun pimp romp they both remembered…. Head to Patreon to check out bonus episodes, the ambitious Season Zero, and much more!

Max and Karl talk Black Caesar (1973). James Brown, racist Italians, Nazi guns, and some seriously powerful metaphors dealing with oppression and community… Black Caesar is Blaxploitation at its finest, baby. Head over to our Patreon for full-length bonus episodes, shout-outs on the show, and loads more!