River Cities Reader Podcast

River Cities Reader Podcast


Latest Episodes

August 28, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Honey Don’t!,” “Eden,” “Relay,” and “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”
August 28, 2025

Dave Levora and Mike Schulz sit around wondering, Wheres Darren? (Chicago, concert) and Does Jaws still hold up? (seeing how its been re-released on its fiftieth anniversary, its still an aesth

August 21, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Nobody 2,” “Americana,” and “Shin Godzilla”
August 21, 2025

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz are looking forward to weeks to come, as the balance of previews to available films is hopelessly lopsided this time around. The stuff thats here: Nobody 2

August 14, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Weapons,” “Freakier Friday,” and “Sketch”
August 14, 2025

Dave Levora and Darren Pitra debate the merits of Jamie Lee Curtis while Mike Schulz can only sit nearby and wonder, Who else can I throw into this Verdun of fandom, this Somme of celebrity? Whats he

August 7, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Together,” “The Bad Guys 2,” and “The Naked Gun”
August 07, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss films that you shouldnt see with your parents. These are the Blue Velvets of the Twen-Tennies: The reviewed: The Naked Gun (dir Akiva Schaffer, star

July 31, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” “The Home,” and “House on Eden”
July 31, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the weeks haul of film and get really analytical on the subject of the forthcoming Together: The reviewed: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (dir Matt

July 24, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Eddington,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Smurfs”
July 24, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra know what you did last summer. Fess up: You were living at the movies, werent you? Lets get into it. The films: Smurfs (dir Chris Miller, voiced by James

July 17, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Smurfs,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Eddington”
July 17, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk films mostly reboots (including James Gunns Superman, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nath

Tanawah Downing Interview with Todd McGreevy, June 27, 2025
July 05, 2025

The River Cities Readers July 2025 cover story was prompted by two civil rights activists who spoke during public with business at the Davenport City Council meeting on June 25, 2025. As of July 5,

July 3, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “F1: The Movie” and “M3GAN 2.0”
July 03, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk about cinema and the New York Times 100 best movies of the millennium. AndSuperman. Whats in: F1: The Movie (dir Joseph Kosinski, starr Brad Pitt, Da

June 26, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “28 Years Later,” “Elio,” and “Bride Hard”
June 26, 2025

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk cinema, discuss rumblings ofAndor, anticipate the fourth season ofThe Bear, and declare their united love of air-conditioning. The films: 28 Years Lat