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  • #064: Us

    Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, and their two children are terrorized by a family that looks exactly like them in writer-director Jordan Peele's US.

    Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss the five films they would show someone to convey their tastes in movies.

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    US clip courtesy Universal Pictures

    THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG) clip courtesy The Criterion Collection

    FIELD OF DREAMS clip courtesy Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

    DAMSELS IN DISTRESS clip courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

    UP clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded March 30, 2019.

    1 hr 1 min
  • #063: Exotica

    The lives of alienated and secretive individuals converge in a strip club in writer-director Atom Egoyan's 1994 drama EXOTICA starring Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, and Don McKellar.

    In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer covers the Wexner Center for the Arts' Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration and spotlights Alfred Santell's melodrama THAT BRENNAN GIRL and John Berry's CLAUDINE with Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones. Paul Markoff picks Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE with Ryan Gosling as a stuntman by day and getaway driver by night.

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    EXOTICA clip courtesy Miramax

    THAT BRENNAN GIRL clip courtesy Paramount Pictures

    CLAUDINE clip courtesy Twentieth Century Fox

    DRIVE clip courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded March 9, 2019.

    42 min
  • #062: Captain Marvel | Fighting with My Family

    In CAPTAIN MARVEL Brie Larson's superpowered Vers is caught in a war between two alien races and finds a partner stopping the villains in Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck direct the latest Marvel adventure.

    In Stephen Merchant's FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, Florence Pugh is a working class teen from a family of wrestlers trying to become a WWE champion.

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    CAPTAIN MARVEL clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

    FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY clips courtesy MGM

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded March 9, 2019.

    51 min
  • #061: Isn't It Romantic

    Rebel Wilson hits her head and wakes up to a life inside a romantic comedy in director Todd Strauss-Schulson's ISN'T IT ROMANTIC.

    In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reports on the True/False Film Festival, with highlights including Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's AMERICAN FACTORY, Brett Story's THE HOTTEST AUGUST, Todd Douglas Miller's APOLLO 11, and Jodie Mack's THE GRAND BIZARRE. Paul Markoff is in favor of Jeff Nichols' LOVING, which tells the story behind the landmark Supreme Court case..

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    ISN'T IT ROMANTIC clip courtesy Warner Bros.

    COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD clip courtesy Danish Film Institute

    AMAZING GRACE and APOLLO 11 clips courtesy Neon

    LOVING clip courtesy Focus Features

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded March 9, 2019.

    37 min
  • #060: High Flying Bird

    André Holland is a sports agent protecting his interests and those of his rookie client during a National Basketball Association lockout in director Steven Soderbergh's HIGH FLYING BIRD.

    Also, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tinkering with this year's Oscars, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss potential changes to future awards ceremonies.

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    HIGH FLYING BIRD clip courtesy Netflix

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded February 16, 2019.

    1 hr 3 min
  • #059: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

    In THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, Bricksburg has become Apocalypseburg, and the threat of alien invasion looms. When Lucy, Batman, and others are kidnapped and taken to the Systar System, it's up to the Chris Pratt-voiced Emmett to save them and stop the impending Our-Mom-Ageddon.

    In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reconsiders director Jake Kasdan's musical biopic parody WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY starring John C. Reilly. Paul Markoff selects David Twohy's thriller A PERFECT GETAWAY with Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn.

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    THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART clips courtesy Warner Bros.

    WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY clip Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

    A PERFECT GETAWAY clip courtesy Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded February 16, 2019.

    36 min
  • #058: Cold War (Zimna wojna) | Velvet Buzzsaw

    Director and co-writer Pawel Pawlikowski's COLD WAR (ZIMNA WOJNA) follows the volatile, fifteen-year romance between Tomasz Kot's music director and Joanna Kulig's singer in communist Poland and beyond.

    Also, writer-director Dan Gilroy reunites with his NIGHTCRAWLER stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo for a satirical horror film about the fine art world with VELVET BUZZSAW.

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    COLD WAR clip courtesy Amazon Studios

    VELVET BUZZSAW clip courtesy Netflix

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded February 2, 2019.

    44 min
  • #057: Glass

    In GLASS M. Night Shyamalan's comic book-inspired trilogy concludes. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and James McAvoy reprise their roles from UNBREAKABLE and SPLIT.

    In recommendations in time for Valentine's Day, Mark Pfeiffer chooses Michael Dowse's WHAT IF with Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan trying to be friends while denying their romantic feelings. Paul Markoff picks David Frankel's HOPE SPRINGS with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones seeking to rekindle the love in their longtime marriage.

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    GLASS clips courtesy Universal Pictures

    WHAT IF clip courtesy CBS Films

    HOPE SPRINGS clip courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded February 2, 2019.

    40 min
  • #056: The Best Films of 2018

    Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff reveal the titles making their lists of the Best Films of 2018 in this special edition episode. They also discuss their favorite performances in last year's films.

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    THOROUGHBREDS clip courtesy Focus Features

    ANNIHILATION clip courtesy Paramount Pictures

    A STAR IS BORN clip courtesy Warner Bros.

    BISBEE '17 clip courtesy 4th Row Films

    WILDLIFE clip IFC Films

    FIRST REFORMED clip courtesy A24

    HEREDITARY clip courtesy A24

    WIDOWS clip courtesy Twentieth Century Fox

    EIGHTH GRADE clip courtesy A24

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded February 2, 2019.

    1 hr 19 min
  • #055: Mary Poppins Returns | Bird Box

    Twenty-five years after first helping a London family, a magical nanny comes back to aid the now-grown Banks children in saving their Cherry Tree Lane home in director Rob Marshall's MARY POPPINS RETURNS. Emily Blunt takes over for Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins. Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, and Lin-Manuel Miranda also star.

    Seeing supernatural creatures causes people to kill themselves in Susanne Bier's BIRD BOX, so Sandra Bullock and her two children must travel blindfolded down a river in the hope of reaching refuge.

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    MARY POPPINS RETURNS clips courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

    BIRD BOX clip courtesy Netflix

    Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

    Recorded January 12, 2019.

    39 min

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Film critics Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff, formerly of the long-running TV show NOW PLAYING, get wrapped up in the journey into cinema with FILMBOUND. Each episode features their film discussions…