River Cities Reader Podcast

December 11, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Hamnet,” “Jay Kelly,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Fackham Hall,” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and discuss Netflix’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros with something akin to dread.

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December 4, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Wicked: For Good,” “Rental Family,” “Train Dreams,” “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Sentimental Value,” “Eternity,” and “Zootopia”

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have shook off the Thanksgiving turkey torpor and have reconvened in studio to discuss film with the level...

November 20, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Running Man,” “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” “Keeper,” “Nouvelle Vague,” “Being Eddie,” and “The Perfect Neighbor”

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz prepare for next week’s holiday by going over the stuff out there, both in theaters and streaming. Anyone...

November 13, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Predator: Badlands,” “Frankenstein,” “Nuremberg,” “Die My Love,” “Christy,” and “It Was Just an Accident”

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz discuss film and ponder its mysteries — all for the cinematographically illiterate folk in the world. Job’s...

November 6, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Bugonia,” “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” “Hedda,” “Ballad of a Small Player,” and “KPop Demon Hunters”

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have a lot more films to catch than they’ve seen thus far. Frankenstein is already on Netflix,...