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February 12, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Dracula,” “The Strangers: Chapter 3,” “The Alabama Solution,” and “The Wrecking Crew”

Posted February 12, 202600:15:50

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz discuss film and an unexpectedly agreeable side-effect of climate change, given the Voy 61 Drive In Theatre’s...

January 29, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Mercy,” “The Lost Bus,” “Come See Me in the Good Light,” and “The Ugly Stepsister”

Posted January 29, 202600:14:31

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and josh about assassins — as one does.

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January 22, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” “No Other Choice,” and “The Rip”

Posted January 22, 202600:21:55

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz get into it on film — and when we say “into it,” we mean “with bicycle chains and rusty switchblades.”...

#1041 January 2026 Reader Print Issue ITM Analysis WQUD Broadcast with Aaron Dail and Todd McGreevy

Posted January 20, 202600:18:49

January 25, 2026 original broadcast on WQUD 107.7 FM — The conversation between River Cities’ Reader publisher Todd McGreevy and...

January 15, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Primate,” “Is This Thing On?”, and “Father Mother Sister Brother”

Posted January 15, 2026

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have some things to say about film, in particular those in theater and coming to it.

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