River Cities Reader Podcast

Latest Episodes
June 26, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “28 Years Later,” “Elio,” and “Bride Hard”
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
June 19, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Materialists,” and “The Life of Chuck”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk film like nobodys business. Concerning Bride Hard,of which Schulz says, You know someones gonna wind up dead in the punch bowl, that someone migh
June 12, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Ballerina,” “The Phoenician Scheme,” and “Dangerous Animals”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss all things cinematic. Hey, you remember Tim Keys turn as Pigeon Man in Mickey 17? Dave surely does. . . The films: Ballerina (dir Len Wiseman, starr
June 5, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Karate Kid: Legends,” “Bring Her Back,” and “Mountainhead”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss films and why some of them exist. Sometimes, there are no easy answers to that question. Films: Karate Kid: Legends (dir Jonathan Entwistle, starr Ja
May 29, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” “Lilo and Stitch,” “The Last Rodeo,” and “Friendship”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss films reviewed by Schulz, and await forthcoming releases. The Discussed: Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning (dir Christopher McQuarrie, starr
May 22, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” and “Nonnas”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra throw down on the latest batch of movies: Final Destination: Bloodlines (dirs Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, starr Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Richard Harmon, Owen P
Todd McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss the May Edition of River Cities’ Reader
River Cities Reader publisher Todd McGreevy talks with WQUD GM Aaron Dail on May 13, 2025, concerning the May issue of the Reader, Issue 1033. Dail says that anyone who wants to pitch Netflix a serie
May 15, 2025, with Dave and Darren “Clown in a Cornfield,” “Shadow Force,” “Fight or Flight,” and “The Shrouds”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk film and drop plot twists on the clown movie: This is what Schulz saw: Clown in a Cornfield (dir Eli Craig, starr Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson Ma
May 8, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Thunderbolts*,” “Another Simple Favor,” “The Surfer,” “Rust,” “The Accountant 2,” and “Until Dawn”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk film and were talking a lot of film here. Cant wait to see Final Destination Bloodlines: Thunderbolts* (dir Jake Schreier, starr Florence Pugh, Seba
April 24, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Sinners” and “The Wedding Banquet”
Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk film, with Schulz enthusing over Sinners. Does anyone really want to celebrate the re-release of Revenge of the Sith? Releases: Sinners (dir Ryan Coogle