River Cities Reader Podcast

River Cities Reader Podcast


Latest Episodes

February 6, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Companion,” “You’re Cordially Invited,” and “Dog Man”
February 06, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra remember Jurassic Park were we ever so young? and discuss the latest round of releases: Dog Man (dir Peter Hastings, voiced by Pete Davidson, Lil Rel How

January 30, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Brutalist,” “Presence,” and “Flight Risk”
January 31, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk about the latest round of film releases as they each try to withstand the pressure of the looming Oscars in their individual ways: The Brutalist (dir Br

January 23, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “One of Them Days,” “Wolf Man,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Room Next Door,” and “Hard Truths”
January 23, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the latest pictures as well as this years Oscar nominations. Schulz was most happy that many of his predictions were correct a solid B average.

January 16, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Better Man,” “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” and “The Last Showgirl”
January 16, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss a couple Oscar-worthy films and wonder if there was ever a time in the past when anyone would consider Pamela Anderson to be on such a list. Per Schu

January 9, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Den of Thieves: Pantera”
January 10, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra spend an inordinate amount of time discussing the films of 2024, as if 2025 never happened. There are a couple forthcoming films previews, if you will

January 2, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “A Complete Unknown,” “Nosferatu,” “The Fire Inside,” “Babygirl,” “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” “The Six Triple Eight,” and “Juror #2”
January 03, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra move on to lightning round to cover all the films Schulz had seen over the break, and conclude by discussing Schulzs films of 2024: A Complete Unknown (dir

December 19, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “Kraven the Hunter,” “Nightbitch,” “Maria,” “Queer,” and “Flow”
December 26, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra pause their respective pre-holiday maneuvers to discuss the films on offer: Kraven the Hunter (dir J C Chandor, starr Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fr

December 12, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “The Return,” “Y2K,” “A Different Man,” and “Between the Temples”
December 26, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk films, as is their wont, and await the arrival of novelist Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch, which was adapted recently for the screen by Marielle Hel

December 5, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “Wicked,” “Gladiator II,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Moana 2,” and “Blitz”
December 26, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra are back from the Thanksgiving break to talk turkey about movies. Wicked (dir Jon M Chu, starr Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slat

Todd McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss the November Edition of River Cities’ Reader
December 05, 2024

River Cities Reader publisher Todd McGreevy talks with WQUD GM Aaron Dail about the contents of, and items related to, the November edition of theRiver Cities Reader, Issue N 1027. With Hugh Grant