09 Dec 2024

Homer for the Holidays: “The Return,” “Y2K,” “A Different Man,” and “Between the Temples”

By Mike Schulz

Not that the material demanded or invited it, but I think I now know why Ralph Fiennes was never seen out of his clerical robe in Conclave. Because if we ever saw him shirtless, or even got a gander at his bare arms, that entire papal drama would've collapsed through one simple question: “How did a cloistered, late-middle-aged cardinal get so freakin' jacked?!”

03 Dec 2024

“Celebrating History: 'Hero Street' Documentary Film Series,” December 14

By Reader Staff

Appearing in a special Silvis Public Library program on December 14, Emmy Award-winning area filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle will host screenings of the entire short-film collection in their beloved Hero Street documentary series, the Celebrating History: Hero Street Documentary Film Series Centennial Event celebrating the eight young men from Silvis' block-and-a-half-long Second Street in Silvis collectively lost to World War II and the Korean War.

02 Dec 2024

Islands Now Unseen, That Is What They Are: “Moana 2” and “Blitz”

By Mike Schulz

It's the exact same Moana people adored eight years ago, only with vaguer threat and weaker songs.

24 Nov 2024

“Shoplifters,” December 12

By Reader Staff

The Palme d'Or winner at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival that also received Best Foreign-Language Film nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globes, the Japanese family drama Shoplifters enjoys a special December 12 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, with IndieWire's David Ehrlich praising the work as one that "stings (with) the loneliness of not belonging to anyone, and the messiness of sticking together."

23 Nov 2024

Snap, Crackle, and Pop-u-lar: “Wicked,” “Gladiator II,” and “The Piano Lesson”

By Mike Schulz

It goes without saying that the long-awaited arrival of a Wicked movie is being met with feverish anticipation by many sects of the musical's fan base. The best news about director Jon M. Chu's film version is that it matches devotees' collective excitement with unmissable, infectious excitement of its own.

19 Nov 2024

“The Room” Screenings and Live Q&A, December 5

By Reader Staff

Hailed, or maybe derided, by Entertainment Weekly as "the Citizen Kane of bad movies," multi-hyphenate Tommy Wiseau's legendary 2003 melodrama The Room will enjoy two special screenings at Davenport venue The Last Picture House on December 5, this eagerly anticipated event for fans of the cult classic also featuring a live Q&A session with co-star and best-selling The Disaster Artist co-writer Greg Sestero. Oh hi, Mark!

18 Nov 2024

To Grandmother's House They Go: “A Real Pain,” “Red One,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “Hot Frosty”

By Mike Schulz

There's a kick in watching actors play their widely recognized “types” so flawlessly, and with such fresh enthusiasm, that these roles feel like ideal distillations of their portrayers' talent and presence. I'm thinking of Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood and Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich … and also, now, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain.

11 Nov 2024

The Expendables: “Anora” and “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

By Mike Schulz

Both the funniest and saddest Cinderella tale you've ever seen, writer/director Sean Baker's Anora is a great movie with some great big problems.

04 Nov 2024

Belief It … or Not: “Heretic,” “Absolution,” and “Here”

By Mike Schulz

Hugh Grant is is stunningly threatening in this Beck/Woods horror thriller, his recognizably benign shrugs, cheerful mugging, and self-effacing manner never masking the fact that there is one person in charge of this situation, and it isn't one of the visiting Mormons.

29 Oct 2024

“Matewan,” November 13

By Reader Staff

With the Boston Globe deeming the film "as pure and plaintive as a mountain ballad" and the Los Angeles Times raving "it makes history sing," writer/director John Sayles' Oscar-nominated 1987 drama Matewan enjoys a special November 13 screening at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, this celebrated work's local presentation co-hosted by Iowa General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World.

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