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In Andrew Patterson's THE VAST OF NIGHT a 16-year-old switchboard operator and a young radio announcer in small-town New Mexico in the 1950s search for answers about the unidentified sound transmission she hears interrupting his broadcast.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks David Wain's romantic comedy spoof THEY CAME TOGETHER starring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler. Paul Markoff chooses Nanette Burstein's AMERICAN TEEN, a documentary about high school seniors in small-town Indiana.

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THE VAST OF NIGHT clip courtesy Amazon Studios

THEY CAME TOGETHER clip courtesy Lionsgate

AMERICAN TEEN clip courtesy Paramount Vantage

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded May 18, 2020.

While director Jafar Panahi appeals his 20-year filmmaking ban and potential incarceration by the Iranian government, he uses the time under house arrest to begin staging what his most recent film would have been in THIS IS NOT A FILM (IN FILM NIST). Co-directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, the 2011 non-fiction work expounds on the nature of a film and the life of an artist when continuing to create involves great personal risk.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their movie watching, what changes may be coming to movie theaters when they reopen, and how this could affect what we see and how we see it.

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Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded April 27, 2020.

In John Lee Hancock's fact-based, inspirational sports drama THE ROOKIE, Dennis Quaid stars as a high school science teacher and former pitching prospect who gets one last unexpected chance to become a Major League Baseball player.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's SUGAR, which observes the professional and personal challenges for a pitcher from the Dominican Republic as a minor leaguer in middle America. Paul Markoff picks Robert Zemeckis' CAST AWAY featuring Tom Hanks stranded alone on an island.

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THE ROOKIE clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

SUGAR clip courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

CAST AWAY clip courtesy 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded April 27, 2020.

It's a 1984 double feature as Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff look back at another adventure featuring Harrison Ford's whip-wielding archaeologist in Steven Spielberg's INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM and the story of a teenager whose arcade game skills get him recruited to be an elite interstellar war pilot in THE LAST STARFIGHTER.

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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

THE LAST STARFIGHTER clip courtesy Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded April 13, 2020.

Elfin brothers voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt embark on a quest to find a stone that will help them bring their deceased father back for a day in ONWARD.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reports on the best films he saw at this year's True/False Film Festival, including CITY SO REAL, DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, MAYOR, and COLLECTIVE. Paul Markoff picks PITCH PERFECT, the a cappella competition comedy starring Anna Kendrick.

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ONWARD clips courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

PITCH PERFECT clip courtesy Universal Pictures

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded April 13, 2020.

In the stop-motion animated comedy A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON, the woolly protagonist tries to help an alien return home while Farmer John turns his property into a extraterrestrial-themed tourist attraction for those fascinated by local rumors of outer space creatures being in the area.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss actors playing themselves on screen and what to make of such meta performances.

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Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded February 22, 2020.

Lara Jean is now in a real relationship with Peter in TO ALL THE BOYS: P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU, but another boy who received one of her love letters responds positively and complicates matters. Michael Fimognari directs and Lana Condor and Noah Centineo star in the sequel to the teen romantic comedy TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks Gus Van Sant's meditative drama GERRY, in which Matt Damon and Casey Affleck get lost in the wilderness. Paul Markoff chooses Joe Wright's HANNA starring Saoirse Ronan as a highly trained teenage assassin pursued by Cate Blanchett.

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TO ALL THE BOYS: P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU clip courtesy Netflix

GERRY clip courtesy Shout! Factory

HANNA clip courtesy Focus Features

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded February 22, 2020.

In Céline Sciamma's PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU), Noémie Merlant is brought to an island in the late 1800s under the guise of being a companion for Adèle Haenel when she has really been hired to paint the young woman's wedding portrait for which she refuses to sit.

Also, Will Ferrell makes a split-second decision during a family ski vacation that exposes the fault lines in his marriage to Julia Louis-Dreyfus in DOWNHILL, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's FORCE MAJEURE remake.

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DOWNHILL clip courtesy Searchlight Pictures

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded February 22, 2020.

Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff reveal the titles making their lists of the Best Films of 2019 in this special edition episode. They also discuss their favorite performances in last year's films.

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Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded January 18, 2020.

Two British soldiers in World War I are instructed to make a treacherous journey on foot to deliver a vital message to the 2nd Battalion in Sam Mendes' 1917, which is constructed to appear as though it unfolds in a single unbroken take.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks Josh and Benny Safide's short GOLDMAN V SILVERMAN featuring Adam Sandler. Paul Markoff selects the the stop-motion animated PARANORMAN about a boy who can speak with the dead.

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1917 clip courtesy Universal Pictures

PARANORMAN clip courtesy Focus Features

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded January 18, 2020.