Filmbound

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.

  1. 12/28/2021

    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 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. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ TENET clip courtesy Warner Bros. THE BIG SICK clip courtesy Lionsgate Home Entertainment Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded October 11, 2021.

    43 min

  2. 09/24/2021

    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 Kahrs' animated musical OVER THE MOON. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ SOUL clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures OVER THE MOON clip courtesy Netflix Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded December 14, 2020.

    35 min

  3. 09/08/2021

    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 film-related wishes for 2020 and share those they hope might be granted this season and in 2021. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ GREMLINS clip courtesy Warner Home Video Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded December 14, 2020.

    48 min

  4. 02/08/2021

    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 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. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ THE TRUMAN SHOW and REAL LIFE clips courtesy Paramount Pictures Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded August 31, 2020.

    50 min

  5. 01/12/2021

    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 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. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ TESLA clip courtesy IFC Films WE BOUGHT A ZOO clip courtesy Twentieth Century Fox Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded August 31, 2020.

    34 min

  6. 12/28/2020

    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 going to movie theaters during the pandemic and what the future may hold for the theatrical experience. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ THE OLD GUARD clip courtesy Netflix Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded July 20, 2020.

    29 min

  7. 10/30/2020

    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 VERNON, FLORIDA. Paul Markoff picks 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, a teen romantic comedy twist on Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ 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.

    36 min

  8. 10/12/2020

    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 and actresses from the 1980s to present day who future generations may come to view as defining stars of their times. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ DA 5 BLOODS clip courtesy Netflix Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded June 15, 2020.

    1h 8m
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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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  • Creator
    Filmbound: Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2021
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2018 Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff
  • Show Website
    Filmbound