20 May 2025

“Handsome Devil,” June 5

By Reader Staff

A charming coming-of-age dramedy also designed to expose hypocrisy and snobbery in the Irish private-school system, writer/director John Butler's 2016 release Handsome Devil enjoys a June 5 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, this presentation in the Free Film at the Figge series held in celebration of Gay Pride Month, and lauded by Filmink as "a warm blanket of a film that manages to tackle sexuality and homophobia with a surprisingly light, but not ineffectual, tone."

19 May 2025

The Tree of Death: “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” and “Nonnas”

By Mike Schulz

Not only did I have a ball – one far less lethal than the ball employed for directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein's funniest demise – but I was reminded why the FDs constitute my all-time-favorite fright-flick franchise that doesn't feature H.R. Giger xenomorphs.

12 May 2025

The Ears Have Eyes: “Clown in a Cornfield,” “Shadow Force,” “Fight or Flight,” and “The Shrouds”

By Mike Schulz

In this horror comedy, at least a dozen wannabe killers dress as a small town's costumed mascot Frendo, and while it would be nice to report that this circus freak resembles Javier Bardem's Anton Chiguhr, he's really just a low-rent Pennywise. It would be nicer to report that the movie was even the least bit scary, yet given the genre and my personal expectations, I happily settled for funny.

06 May 2025

“Final Destination Bloodlines” Screening and Q&A with Anna Lore, May 16

By Reader Staff

With the popular horror-film series making a long-awaited cineplex return after an absence of 14 years, Davenport venue The Last Picture House will celebrate the May 16 opening of Final Destination Bloodlines with a special appearance by the film's co-star Anna Lore, a Dubuque native who will take part in the screening event's in-person Q&A session.

06 May 2025

“The Worst Person in the World,” May 22

By Reader Staff

A 2021 Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay whose star Renate Reinsve also won that year's Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, director/co-writer Joachim Trier's Norwegian romantic dramedy The Worst Person in the World enjoys a May 22 screening in the Figge Art Museum's Free Film at the Figge series, the latest in its presentation of distinguished, award-winning movies about the uncertain and haphazard courses that love can take.

06 May 2025

“The Last Ecstatic Days,” May 18

By Reader Staff

With the film presented as the second in a pair of events in the organization's "Let's Have a Conversation" end-of-life series, Davenport's CASI (Center for Active Seniors) will host a screening of the documentary The Last Ecstatic Days on May 18, the film praised by the Boston Globe as a “courageous end-of-life chronicle” that “overflows with compassion.”

06 May 2025

“10 Things I Hate About You,” May 16

By Reader Staff

Presented at part of the Bettendorf Public Library's Teem Movie Night series, 1999's iconic Shakespeare-comedy-turned-Hollywood-smash 10 Things I Hate About You, will be screened in the library's Junior League Program Room on May 16, this iconic romantic comedy famed for delivering breakthrough roles for Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the late Oscar winner Heath Ledger.

05 May 2025

The Not Ready for Prime Time Avengers: “Thunderbolts*,” “Another Simple Favor,” “The Surfer,” and “Rust”

By Mike Schulz

Is it possible that, over the past three years, Marvel Studios has been experimenting with a release strategy designed to get audiences excited for every other MCU movie?

29 Apr 2025

“George Nakashima, Woodworker,” May 15

By Reader Staff

On May 15, patrons of Davenport's Figge Art Museum are invited to the venue's John Deere Auditorium for the definitive documentary about George Nakashima's famed furniture design and woodworking practice in George Nakashima, Woodworker, the film's screening followed by a discussion and Q&A with the director – and George's nephew – John Nakashima.

28 Apr 2025

He Ain't a Heavy, He's My Brother: "The Accountant 2" and "Until Dawn"

By Mike Schulz

Due to the nature of his role, Ben Affleck is never allowed to laugh here. With Jon Bernthal gleefully egging him on, though, you can sense how deeply the actor must want to. Heaven knows my audience, myself included, was laughing.

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