27 Mar 2023

Assassin's Credo: “John Wick: Chapter 4” and “The Lost King”

By Mike Schulz

It's not just that director Chad Strahelski's action thriller is great – that it is, for my money, the first legitimately great movie of 2023. But the laughs that I heard (and contributed to) during my weekday-afternoon showing were frequent and joyous, and our Keanu Reeves-inspired “Whoa!!!”s were boisterous and deserved … and there were only about 20 of us there. I can only imagine, with envy, the seismic fun of sharing this knockout experience with 100-plus others.

21 Mar 2023

“Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” April 6

By Reader Staff

A Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film that was also named the 30th greatest film of all time in the 2022 Sight & Sound critics’ poll, Céline Sciamma's French romance Portrait of a Lady on Fire will enjoy a Figge Art Museum screening on April 6 in conjunction with the exhibition Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960, the Davenport venue's latest movie series highlighting award-winning, groundbreaking feature films that celebrate the cinematic achievements of women.

20 Mar 2023

Billy's Club: “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”

By Mike Schulz

Everything that's wrong with the super-sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods is effectively baked into the title. Because if there's one thing that fans of the 2019 film (myself among them) don't want, or at least shouldn't want, it's fury – not when the original's appeal was so firmly grounded in the goofy, amiable, touching, and refreshingly inconsequential.

13 Mar 2023

Lots of Things in One Place Over 220 Minutes: Notes on the 2023 Academy Awards Telecast

By Mike Schulz

Before getting to the awards – and one particular movie gave us loads to talk about on that front – let me begin by addressing the event itself, because last night's 95th Annual Oscars telecast was a little boring. Intentionally, gloriously, blessedly boring.

12 Mar 2023

Big Apple Slices: “Scream VI,” “Champions,” “65,” and “Navalny”

By Mike Schulz

As a rule, horror sequels aren't supposed to be good. Fifth sequels in any genre aren't supposed to be good. Sequels whose basic M.O. is “Let's do what we've always done … but in a different city!” aren't supposed to be good. And yet, almost preposterously, Scream VI proves to be very, very good – though if that praise seems suspect, I'd be willing to amend it to “very, very entertaining.”

06 Mar 2023

Bout Time: “Creed III” and “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre”

By Mike Schulz

It's still incredibly early in his career to ask this, but is there anything Jonathan Majors can't do?

01 Mar 2023

The Everything Bagel, with Locks: Predicting the 2023 Academy Award Winners

By Mike Schulz

It feels odd to preface a lengthy article devoted to my predictions for the 95th Annual Academy Awards by asking you to not listen to me. But this year? If you want to win your Oscars pool? Don't listen to me.

28 Feb 2023

“Me & You & Everyone We Know,” March 9

By Reader Staff

Winner of the coveted Caméra d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, writer/director Miranda July's Me & You & Everyone We Know will enjoy a special Figge Art Museum screening on March 9 in conjunction with the exhibition Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960, the Davenport venue's latest movie series highlighting award-winning, groundbreaking feature films that celebrate the cinematic achievements of women.

27 Feb 2023

It Had Some Coke, and You'll Smile: ”Cocaine Bear” and “Jesus Revolution”

By Mike Schulz

While Cocaine Beat is both less stupid that it could have been and less stupid than it should have been, I had a surprisingly agreeable time – and so did a high-schooler friend of mine, and my 50-something bestie, and my octogenarian mother.

20 Feb 2023

“Dead Sea Guardians,” March 5

By Reader Staff

Screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum on March 5 and lauded by Asian Movie Pulse as a work "highlighting the situation in the Dead Sea in the most eloquent fashion," the 78-minute documentary Dead Sea Guardians serves as the final presentation in River Action's annual QC Environmental Film Series, with the film's Israel-based producer/directors Yoav Kleinman and Ido Glass participating as post-show reflection speakers via Zoom.

Pages

more

Subscribe & Listen to Reader Podcasts

On Stands Now

 

Tagged Content

Two Ways to Subscribe

1. Subscribe to free weekly e-mail content updates.

You'll get both the current official narrative challenge and What's Happenin' in the Quad Cities.
(Did you know we publish a new Amy Alkon Advice Goddess, Real Astrology, Red Meat cartoon and RCR Crossword every week?) 

* indicates required

View previous campaigns.

2. Get 12 monthly issues mailed first class for $48

Get 12 issues mailed monthly for $48 per year.

Get the printed Reader edition mailed to you (or anyone you want) first-class for 12 months for $48.
$24 goes to postage and handling, $24 goes to keeping the doors open!

Click this link to Subscribe now.

 
 

Movies Calendar

Submit your event listings to calendar@rcreader.com