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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and wonder aloud what kind of installments of Star Wars we might have gotten had David Fincher or Steven Soderbergh directed them. Oh, you may mock — but the gatekeepers of the Star Wars franchise pondered that very same question. Schedules were set, dinners eaten, drinks drunk, and concepts hashed out before the producers opted for other aesthetes.

Out (and Proud):

Continue reading October 23, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Black Phone 2,” “Good Fortune,” and “After the Hunt” →

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Back after their successful world tour last week, Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film.

The here:

Continue reading October 16, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Smashing Machine,” “Anemone,” “Good Boy,” “Tron: Ares,” “Roofman,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and “John Candy: I Like Me” →

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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film. They will be taking holiday next week, so no new talk until 16 October.

What’s in the theaters:

Continue reading October 2, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “One Battle After Another,” “The Strangers: Chapter 2,” “Dead of Winter,” and “Eleanor the Great” →

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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz discuss film in their own inimitable idiomatic fashion.

The here:

Continue reading September 25, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” “Him,” “The Senior,” and “The History of Sound” →

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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz chit the chat over film — in particular, both generations of Spinal Tap.

The reviewed:

Continue reading September 18, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” and “The Long Walk” →

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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film. Schulz talks about The War of the Gargantuas, the 1966 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, which does sound very enjoyable — perhaps even more than what we’ve seen of late.

What’s on:

Continue reading September 11, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” “Highest 2 Lowest,” and “Twinless” →

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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have reunited, and it feels so good. So good, it seems, that they can brook any amount of disappointment, so long as it’s baked into a given film’s story, and not the natural product of a crappy directorial execution.

The latest releases:

Continue reading September 4, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Roses,” “Caught Stealing,” “The Toxic Avenger,” and “The Thursday Murder Club” →

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Dave Levora and Mike Schulz sit around wondering, “Where’s Darren?” (Chicago, concert) and “Does Jaws still hold up?” (seeing how it’s been re-released on its fiftieth anniversary, it’s still an aesthetic judgment, but c’mon):

Under review:

Continue reading August 28, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Honey Don’t!,” “Eden,” “Relay,” and “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” →

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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz are looking forward to weeks to come, as the balance of previews to available films is hopelessly lopsided this time around.

The stuff that’s here:

Continue reading August 21, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Nobody 2,” “Americana,” and “Shin Godzilla” →

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Dave Levora and Darren Pitra debate the merits of Jamie Lee Curtis while Mike Schulz can only sit nearby and wonder, Who else can I throw into this Verdun of fandom, this Somme of celebrity?

What’s here:

Continue reading August 14, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Weapons,” “Freakier Friday,” and “Sketch” →