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John David Washington tries to bring an end to a war being waged on those in the present by people in the future in Christopher Nolan's TENET.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman's four features (CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE, DIVINE INTERVENTION, THE TIME THAT REMAINS, and IT MUST BE HEAVEN) and Columbus, Indiana's architecture and tours, as seen in Kogonada's drama COLUMBUS. Paul Markoff picks director Michael Showalter's romantic comedy THE BIG SICK starring and co-written by Kumail Nanjiani.

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TENET clip courtesy Warner Bros.

THE BIG SICK clip courtesy Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded October 11, 2021.

After an accident, a jazz pianist desperately wants his situation to return to normal so he can enjoy the big career break he's finally received in Pete Docter and Kemp Powers' animated film SOUL.

Also, a girl builds her own rocket ship and sets sail for a lunar landing in Glen Keane and John Kahrs' animated musical OVER THE MOON.

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SOUL clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

OVER THE MOON clip courtesy Netflix

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded December 14, 2020.

On this special holiday episode, a teenage boy receives an unusual creature as a Christmas gift. In director Joe Dante's 1984 horror-comedy GREMLINS, chaos ensues in a small town when the rules for caring for the Mogwai are violated.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff look back at their film-related wishes for 2020 and share those they hope might be granted this season and in 2021.

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GREMLINS clip courtesy Warner Home Video

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded December 14, 2020.

On this themed episode, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff look at two movies exploring the nature of filming realism for mass entertainment. Jim Carrey stars as a man unaware that his known reality has been built around and is the subject of a long-running and popular television series in director Peter Weir's THE TRUMAN SHOW.

Also, Albert Brooks plays himself as an acclaim-seeking filmmaker trying to document the day-to-day ins and outs of a regular American family in his 1979 comedy REAL LIFE.

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THE TRUMAN SHOW and REAL LIFE clips courtesy Paramount Pictures

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded August 31, 2020.

Starring Ethan Hawke as the famous inventor, writer-director Michael Almereyda's experimental biopic TESLA covers about twenty years of Nikola Tesla's time in the United States, from working for Thomas Edison in 1884 to his J.P. Morgan-funded experiments in Colorado Springs in the early 1900s.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects the Martin Scorsese short film compilation Blu-ray set SCORSESE SHORTS. Paul Markoff picks Cameron Crowe's family drama WE BOUGHT A ZOO.

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TESLA clip courtesy IFC Films

WE BOUGHT A ZOO clip courtesy Twentieth Century Fox

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded August 31, 2020.

Charlize Theron leads a team of immortals trying to fight the good fight and find a new, emerging one of their kind without detection by those who might exploit them in director Gina Prince-Bythewood's THE OLD GUARD.

Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff also discuss how they they're feeling about not going to movie theaters during the pandemic and what the future may hold for the theatrical experience.

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THE OLD GUARD clip courtesy Netflix

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded July 20, 2020.

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are Iceland's best and most unlikely hope for international musical glory in director David Dobkin's comedy EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects Errol Morris' documentary about Sunshine State eccentrics in VERNON, FLORIDA. Paul Markoff picks 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, a teen romantic comedy twist on Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.

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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA clips courtesy Netflix

VERNON, FLORIDA clip courtesy The Criterion Collection

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU clip courtesy Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded July 20, 2020.

Four Vietnam veterans, including Delroy Lindo and Isiah Whitlock Jr., reunite in Ho Chi Minh City in search of the remains of their leader, played by Chadwick Boseman, and the gold bars they hid decades ago in Spike Lee's DA 5 BLOODS.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff speculate on the actors and actresses from the 1980s to present day who future generations may come to view as defining stars of their times.

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DA 5 BLOODS clip courtesy Netflix

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded June 15, 2020.

In Michael Showalter's romantic comedy THE LOVEBIRDS Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae star as a longtime couple on the verge of breaking up when they get mixed up in a murder and citywide conspiracy that compels them to run around New Orleans looking for answers and to clear their names.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer highlights the second season of the film-adapted TV series WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. Paul Markoff picks the French romantic comedy PRICELESS (HORS DE PRIX) starring Audrey Tautou.

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THE LOVEBIRDS clip courtesy Netflix

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS clip courtesy FX Network

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded June 15, 2020.

High school senior Ellie accepts payments from second-string football player Paul to write love letters for him to popular girl Aster he has a crush on in THE HALF OF IT. Although their relationship starts out as just business, a friendship forms between them and is threatened when it becomes apparent that both are pining for Aster in writer-director Alice Wu's twist on CYRANO DE BERGERAC.

Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff also discuss their histories with drive-in movie theaters, which have been rare places to see films in public during the pandemic.

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THE HALF OF IT clip courtesy Netflix

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded May 18, 2020.