River Cities Reader Podcast

River Cities Reader Podcast


Latest Episodes

November 15, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “Anora” and “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
November 15, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies. But then. . . theyve always talked movies. We should know: Youvealways listened to them. . . Reviews: Anora (dir Sean Baker, starr Mikey Madi

November 7, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Heretic,” “Absolution,” and “Here”
November 07, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies. Occasionally, things get real. Reviews: Here (dir Robert Zemeckis, starr Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, and Kelly Reilly). Absolution (d

October 31, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Conclave,” “Your Monster,” and “Venom: The Last Dance”
October 31, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies. Its what they do: Venom: The Last Dance (dir Kelly Marcel, starr Tom Hardy Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu,

Todd McGreevy on WVIK’s “Saturday Morning Live!” with Kai Swanson, October 26, 2024
October 31, 2024

River Cities Reader publisher Todd McGreevy is Kai Swansons guest at the WVIK Quad Cities public radio studios on the campus of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Swanson and McGreevy bot

Todd McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss the October Edition of River Cities’ Reader
October 30, 2024

River Cities Reader publisher Todd McGreevy talks with WQUD GM Aaron Dail about the contents of, and items related to, the October edition of theRiver Cities Reader, Issue N 1026. The issues tagl

October 24, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Smile 2,” “We Live in Time,” “Woman of the Hour,” and “Rumours”
October 24, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies: Smile 2 (dir Parker Finn, starr Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ral Castillo, Dylan Gelula, R

October 17, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Saturday Night,” “The Apprentice,” “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” “Piece by Piece,” and “Terrifier 3”
October 17, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies: Piece by Piece (dir Morgan Neville, voiced by Neville, Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhym

October 10, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Joker: Folie à Deux,” “White Bird,” and “’Salem’s Lot”
October 10, 2024

Mike Schultz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies: Joker: Folie Deux (dir Todd Phillips, starr Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, and Steve Coogan). White Bird (dir

October 3, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “The Wild Robot,” “Lee,” “Will & Harper,” “My Old Ass,” and “Megalopolis”
October 03, 2024

Mike Schultz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies: Megalopolis (dir Francis Ford Coppola, starr Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Lauren

September 26, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “The Substance,” “Never Let Go,” “His Three Daughters,” and “Transformers One”
September 26, 2024

When it rains, it pours, and Mike Schulz, after wandering through a virtual desert of cinema these last couple weeks like a sundowning Moses, has defied expectations, stayed alive, and made it to the