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LITTLE WOMEN writer-director Greta Gerwig brings a new version of Louisa May Alcott's story about the March sisters to the screen with a cast including Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, and Timothée Chalamet.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss the 92nd annual Academy Award nominees in the major categories.

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LITTLE WOMEN clip courtesy Columbia Pictures

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded January 18, 2020.

STAR WARS: EPISODE IX - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER wraps the third trilogy in the saga with with the resistance, including Daisy Ridley's Rey, hoping to bring final defeat to the First Order and the reemergence of Emperor Palpatine.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects Ira Sachs' FRANKIE starring Isabelle Huppert as a terminally ill actress trying to arrange the future happiness for her family. Paul Markoff picks James L. Brooks' HOW DO YOU KNOW, a romantic comedy with Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson.

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STAR WARS: EPISODE IX - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

FRANKIE clip courtesy Sony Pictures Classics

HOW DO YOU KNOW clip courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded December 23, 2019.

Adam Sandler is a New York City jeweler who obtains a rare black opal that could be the score of his life in Josh and Benny Safdie's UNCUT GEMS. Ever the risk-lover, he places big bets on the stone and the NBA playoffs that could cost him everything.

After the bombing at the 1996 Olympics, the security guard who saved lives by bringing the suspicious package to attention goes from hero to suspect in director Clint Eastwood's RICHARD JEWELL.

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UNCUT GEMS clip courtesy A24

RICHARD JEWELL clip courtesy Warner Bros.

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded December 23, 2019.

Writer-director Noah Baumbach's MARRIAGE STORY tracks Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as a couple trying to end their relationship amicably but finding that goal much harder to achieve.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks Todd Haynes' legal thriller DARK WATERS with Mark Ruffalo taking on a chemical company. Paul Markoff chooses Glenn Ficarra and Jon Requa's fact-based comedy I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS with Jim Carrey as a con man who finds the love of his life among his fellow inmates.

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MARRIAGE STORY clip courtesy Netflix

DARK WATERS clip courtesy Focus Features

I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS clip courtesy Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded December 23, 2019.

The future of Arendelle is at risk, and the secret to saving it may require discovering the origin of Elsa's powers in the Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee-directed FROZEN II.

Also, Daniel Craig is a private investigator hired to solve who, if anyone, killed a wealthy mystery novelist when several family members and a caregiver stand to gain from his death in Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT. The star-studded cast include Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, and Ana de Armas.

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FROZEN II clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

KNIVES OUT clip courtesy Lionsgate

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded December 23, 2019.

On this special holiday episode, Macaulay Culkin is an eight-year-old who is accidentally left behind when his family goes on a Christmas trip to Paris and must defend himself and the house from burglars played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern in HOME ALONE. Chris Columbus directed and John Hughes wrote this 1990 blockbuster family film.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff share the film-related wishes they hope might be granted this season and in the new year.

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HOME ALONE clips courtesy Twentieth Century Fox

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded December 23, 2019.

Robert De Niro looks back on a life working for the mob in Martin Scorsese's decades-spanning crime drama THE IRISHMAN. Joe Pesci and Al Pacino also star in a film that reflects on the actors' and director's representations of gangsters in their work.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss Scorsese's recent remarks about franchise films and what he considers cinema.

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THE IRISHMAN clip courtesy Netflix

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded November 8, 2019.

Eddie Murphy stars as the comedian Rudy Ray Moore, who polishes the filthy jokes the neighborhood derelicts tell into an act as a kung-fu fighting pimp character he wants to bring to the movies in director Craig Brewer's DOLEMITE IS MY NAME

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer makes a special selection. Paul Markoff picks Mike Leigh's HAPPY-GO-LUCKY featuring a breakthrough Sally Hawkins performance.

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DOLEMITE IS MY NAME clip courtesy Netflix

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY clip courtesy Miramax

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded November 8, 2019.

The unemployed Kims scheme for every family member to get lucrative jobs in the home of the wealthy Parks, but holding onto their cushy positions is tougher than expected in director/co-writer Bong Joon-Ho's PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG).

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss the idea of filmmakers using actors' likenesses to create new digital performances and what effects this technology may have in the future.

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Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded November 8, 2019.

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson occupy a lonely island in 1890s New England where they must keep the lantern lit for the ships at sea while wrestling to maintain their sanity in director and co-writer Robert Eggers' THE LIGHTHOUSE.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks SOUND & FURY, the short anime film accompanying the Sturgill Simpson album of the same name. Paul Markoff selects his favorite film of 2010, Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION.

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THE LIGHTHOUSE clips courtesy A24

Sturgill Simpson's "Remember to Breathe" from SOUND & FURY courtesy Netflix and Elektra

INCEPTION clip courtesy Warner Bros.

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded November 8, 2019.