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Filmbound
by Filmbound: Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff
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 focusing on current releases, with additional time devoted to recommendations of new and old titles and conversations about hot topics in the world of cinema.
Episodes
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#124: Tenet
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...
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#123: Soul | Over the Moon
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...
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#122: Gremlins
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...
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#121: The Truman Show | Real Life
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...
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#120: Tesla
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...
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#119: The Old Guard
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...
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#118: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
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…
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#117: Da 5 Bloods
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…
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#116: The Lovebirds
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...
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#115: The Half of It
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...
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#114: The Vast of Night
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...
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#113: This Is Not a Film (In film nist)
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...
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#112: The Rookie
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...
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#111: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | The Last Starfighter
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...
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#110: Onward
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...
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#109: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
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…
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#108: To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
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…
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#107: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) | Downhill
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…
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#106: The Best Films of 2019
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. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected]. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook:...
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#105: 1917
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...
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#104: Little Women
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...
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#103: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
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...
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#102: Uncut Gems | Richard Jewell
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...
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#101: Marriage Story
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…
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#100: Frozen II | Knives Out
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...
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#099: Home Alone
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...
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#098: The Irishman
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...
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#097: Dolemite is My Name
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...
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#096: Parasite (Gisaengchung)
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...
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#095: The Lighthouse
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...
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#094: Phenomena
Jennifer Connelly's psychic ability to communicate with insects may help her find the serial killer claiming victims at and near her Swiss boarding school in Dario Argento's 1985 horror mystery PHENOMENA. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss the state of mainstream film comedies and if...
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#093: Joker
The origin of one of Batman's primary antagonists is dramatized in director Todd Phillips' JOKER. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a mentally troubled clown and aspiring comedian who finds his identity by turning to nihilism and violent crime. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks Mystery Science…
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#092: Ad Astra
U.S. Space Command believes catastrophic power surges are being sent to Earth by Tommy Lee Jones, who led a deep space mission that has gone silent for more than a decade, and Brad Pitt is his son, an unflappable astronaut who is asked to travel to the moon and then to Mars to try and establish...
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#091: Brittany Runs a Marathon
Jillian Bell commits to get fit in more ways than one in Paul Downs Colaizzo's comedy BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON. Michaela Watkins, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock, and Utkarsh Ambudkar co-star. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer enjoys DOWNTON ABBEY's transition from TV to the cinema. Paul Markoff...
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#090: Hustlers
In writer-director Lorene Scafaria's HUSTLERS Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu lead a team of strippers who weather the 2008 financial crisis by scamming money from Wall Street men with high credit limits and desires to party. Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, and Lili Reinhart also star. Also, Mark...
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#089: It Chapter Two
27 years after fighting something evil in their small Maine town, a group of friends reunite with the goal of eliminating it in director Andy Muschietti's IT CHAPTER TWO. Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, and James McAvoy play some of the now-grown Losers Club members. Bill Skarsgård stars as the...
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#088: The Peanut Butter Falcon | American Factory
A young man with Down Syndrome runs away from a care facility to fulfill his dream of becoming a wrestler in THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON. Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, and Dakota Johnson star in the heartwarming adventure from co-writers and directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. Also,...
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#087: Blinded by the Light
Director and co-writer Gurinder Chadha's BLINDED BY THE LIGHT features a Pakistani-British teenager falling in love with Bruce Springsteen's music while feeling misunderstood in a working class English town in 1987. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer highlights Jennifer Kent's revenge film THE...
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#086: The Karate Kid (1984) | Just One of the Guys
It's an '80s double feature on this episode as a bullied teenage boy new to California finds help from a kindly maintenance man who teaches him a martial art in John G. Avildsen's THE KARATE KID. Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka star. Also, Joyce Hyser believes being a...
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#085: Fast Color
Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Ruth comes from a family of women with superhuman powers in director and co-writer Julia Hart's FAST COLOR. Ruth fled home years ago, but while being chased by government officials in a rain-deprived dystopia, she seeks safety with the mother and daughter she left behind. In...
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#084: Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood | The Farewell
Quentin Tarantino recreates a changing movie industry and culture in 1969 with ONCE UPON A TIME … IN HOLLYWOOD. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star as an actor on the decline and his stunt double/personal assistant while next door neighbor Sharon Tate, played by Margot Robbie, is a rising star...
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#083: The Lion King
Director Jon Favreau's THE LION KING uses photorealistic animation to remake the 1994 Disney animated film about a young lion who is tricked out of his rightful position as ruler of the pride. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer chooses James Bobin's children's adventure film DORA AND THE LOST CITY...
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#082: Stuber
Kumail Nanjiani is a rideshare driver who picks up a police detective played by Dave Bautista and winds up ensnared in the cop's search for a drug lord in Michael Dowse's action-comedy STUBER. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss some of the most memorable film screenings they've...
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#081: Spider-Man: Far from Home
Peter Parker has his European vacation interrupted when Nick Fury and Quentin Beck, a superhero from another universe, need his help to stop the latest threat in Jon Watts' SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME. Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Zendaya star. In recommendations, Mark...
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#080: Midsommar | I Am Mother
Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor go with their friends on a trip to a remote Swedish commune for a solstice celebration and gradually discover they are among a pagan cult in Ari Aster's MIDSOMMAR. Also, after an extinction event a robot known as Mother initiates a human repopulation program in a...
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#079: Toy Story 4
Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, frets about his role in the life of the child he entertains in director Josh Cooley's TOY STORY 4. Woody must also keep a close eye on Forky, a new toy who becomes a fast favorite but rejects his role as a plaything. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer chooses ANIMA…
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#078: The Perfection
In Richard Shepard's horror-thriller mix THE PERFECTION, Allison Williams is a former cello prodigy whose return to the arts world and new friendship with her successor, played by Logan Browning, yield surprising twists. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss if summer 2019 movies have been...
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#077: Booksmart
Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein are best friends and scholastic overachievers who aim to prove how fun they can be at a party the night before high school graduation in director Olivia Wilde's debut feature BOOKSMART. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy THE…
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#076: Transit
A German man fleeing fascists attempts to secure passage from France by assuming a dead author's identity in director Christian Petzold's TRANSIT. Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer star. Also, with so many films being made in recent years, will anyone remember them? Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff…
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#075: Rocketman
Elton John's rise to fame and fortune as a rock superstar is traced in Dexter Fletcher's ROCKETMAN. Taron Egerton stars as the chart-topping singer-songwriter. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects director Jeff Nichols' music videos for Lucero's "Long Way Back Home" and Bruce Robison and…
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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 focusing on current releases, with additional time devoted to recommendations of new and old titles and conversations about hot topics in the world of cinema.
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