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369 <main id="main" class="site-main wrap " role="main"> 370 371<div id="primary" class="content-area"> 372 373 <section class="main-content"> 374 375 <section id="blog" class="blog-list-content"> 376 377 <header class="page-header"> 378 <h1>News & Blog</h1> 379 </header> 380 <div class="blog-list"> 381 382 383 384 385 386 <article id="post-849787" class="post-849787 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-general-film category-news category-special-events" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 387 <header class="entry-header"> 388 <div class="entry-meta"> 389 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/06/17/episode-29-for-fausts-sake-streaming-now/">Episode 29: For Faust’s Sake! Streaming Now!</a></h2> 390 <p>Posted on June 17, 2025</p> 391 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/06/17/episode-29-for-fausts-sake-streaming-now/"><img width="500" height="500" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/06/17223934/EP29IMG.jpg" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/06/17223934/EP29IMG.jpg 500w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/06/17223934/EP29IMG-300x300.jpg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/06/17223934/EP29IMG-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100v
391w, 500px" /></a> 392 393 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 394 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 395 396 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 397 398 <p>We were lucky to chat with Mike from LA-based band, The Silent Light, ahead of the Faust screening…</p> 399 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/06/17/episode-29-for-fausts-sake-streaming-now/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 400 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 401 402</article><!-- #post-## --> 403 404 405 <article id="post-811317" class="post-811317 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-film-studies category-general-film tag-6462 tag-buster-keaton tag-mission-impossible tag-mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning tag-the-final-reckoning tag-tom-cruise" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 406 <header class="entry-header"> 407 <div class="entry-meta"> 408 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/05/13/is-tom-cruise-the-modern-day-buster-keaton/">Is Tom Cruise the Modern-Day Buster Keaton?</a></h2> 409 <p>Posted on May 13, 2025</p> 410 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/05/13/is-tom-cruise-the-modern-day-buster-keaton/"><img width="1200" height="800" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/05/13230911/Buster-and-Tom.png" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/05/13230911/Buster-and-Tom.png 1200w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/05/13230911/Buster-and-Tom-300x200.png 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/05/13230911/Buster-and-Tom-1024x683.png 1024w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/05/13230911/Buster-and-Tom-768x512.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></a> 411 412 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 413 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 414 415 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 416 417 <p>You may be wondering why the Varsity Cinema â your favorite neighborhood arthouse theater â is playing a…</p> 418 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/05/13/is-tom-cruise-the-modern-day-buster-keaton/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 419 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 420 421</article><!-- #post-## --> 422 423 424 <article id="post-735026" class="post-735026 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-directors-cut category-film-reviews category-general-film" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 425 <header class="entry-header"> 426 <div class="entry-meta"> 427 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/02/17/directors-cut-best-of-2024/">Director’s Cut: Best of 2024</a></h2> 428 <p>Posted on February 17, 2025</p> 429 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/02/17/directors-cut-best-of-2024/"><img width="1140" height="570" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/17152015/the-end-premiere-image.avif" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/17152015/the-end-premiere-image.avif 1140w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/17152015/the-end-premiere-image-300x150.avif 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/17152015/the-end-premiere-image-1024x512.avif 1024w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/17152015/the-end-premiere-image-768x384.avif 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px" /></a> 430 431 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 432 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 433 434 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 435 436 <p>With the Oscars less than two weeks away, I wanted to take a moment to write a little…</p> 437 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/02/17/directors-cut-best-of-2024/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 438 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 439 440</article><!-- #post-## --> 441 442 443 <article id="post-730686" class="post-730686 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-film-reviews category-general-film category-news category-special-events category-uncategorized" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 444 <header class="entry-header"> 445 <div class="entry-meta"> 446 <h2>
446<a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/02/13/episode-26the-red-carpet-affair-the-third-now-streaming/">Episode 26, ‘The Red Carpet Affair, The Third,’ Now Streaming!</a></h2> 447 <p>Posted on February 13, 2025</p> 448 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/02/13/episode-26the-red-carpet-affair-the-third-now-streaming/"><img width="718" height="718" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/13222625/varsityep26.jpg" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/13222625/varsityep26.jpg 718w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/13222625/varsityep26-300x300.jpg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2025/02/13222625/varsityep26-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px" /></a> 449 450 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 451 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 452 453 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 454 455 <p>Host Keith Rich dishes once again about the upcoming ‘Red Carpet Affair’ live watch party that’ll be taking…</p> 456 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2025/02/13/episode-26the-red-carpet-affair-the-third-now-streaming/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 457 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 458 459</article><!-- #post-## --> 460 461 462 <article id="post-687775" class="post-687775 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-film-reviews tag-3656 tag-babygirl tag-double-feature tag-nosferatu" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 463 <header class="entry-header"> 464 <div class="entry-meta"> 465 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/28/babyratu-crawls-into-varsity-cinema/">âBabyratuâ Crawls Into Varsity Cinema</a></h2> 466 <p>Posted on December 28, 2024</p> 467 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/28/babyratu-crawls-into-varsity-cinema/"><img width="2048" height="1216" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/28151820/Babyratu-Blog-Image.png" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/28151820/Babyratu-Blog-Image.png 2048w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/28151820/Babyratu-Blog-Image-300x178.png 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/28151820/Babyratu-Blog-Image-1024x608.png 1024w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/28151820/Babyratu-Blog-Image-768x456.png 768w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/28151820/Babyratu-Blog-Image-1536x912.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></a> 468 469 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 470 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 471 472 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 473 474 <p> Just one month after âGlickedâ graced our screens, another double-feature creature came crawling into cinemas this Christmas:…</p> 475 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/28/babyratu-crawls-into-varsity-cinema/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 476 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 477 478</article><!-- #post-## --> 479 480 481 <article id="post-678798" class="post-678798 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 482 <header class="entry-header"> 483 <div class="entry-meta"> 484 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/23/celebrate-the-birthday-with-us/">Celebrate ‘The Birthday’ With Us</a></h2> 485 <p>Posted on December 23, 2024</p> 486 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/23/celebrate-the-birthday-with-us/"><img width="1140" height="641" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/23113758/corey-feldman-in-the-birthday.jpeg" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/23113758/corey-feldman-in-the-birthday.jpeg 1140w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/23113758/corey-feldman-in-the-birthday-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/23113758/corey-feldman-in-the-birthday-1024x576.jpeg 1024
486w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/23113758/corey-feldman-in-the-birthday-768x432.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px" /></a> 487 488 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 489 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 490 491 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 492 493 <p>We know it’s a busy season of celebrations, but I hope you’ll make it a point to stop…</p> 494 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/23/celebrate-the-birthday-with-us/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 495 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 496 497</article><!-- #post-## --> 498 499 500 <article id="post-662652" class="post-662652 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-film-studies category-general-film category-news category-special-events category-uncategorized" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 501 <header class="entry-header"> 502 <div class="entry-meta"> 503 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/06/episode-25-with-roger-pines-is-streaming-now/">Episode 25 With Roger Pines Is Streaming Now!</a></h2> 504 <p>Posted on December 6, 2024</p> 505 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/06/episode-25-with-roger-pines-is-streaming-now/"><img width="1080" height="1080" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/06222443/Untitled.jpg" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/06222443/Untitled.jpg 1080w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/06222443/Untitled-300x300.jpg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/06222443/Untitled-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/06222443/Untitled-150x150.jpg 150w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/12/06222443/Untitled-768x768.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" /></a> 506 507 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 508 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 509 510 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 511 512 <p>Listen as host, Keith Rich, chats with world renowned opera scholar and former tenured dramaturg of the Lyric…</p> 513 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/12/06/episode-25-with-roger-pines-is-streaming-now/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 514 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 515 516</article><!-- #post-## --> 517 518 519 <article id="post-599731" class="post-599731 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-directors-cut category-general-film category-news" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 520 <header class="entry-header"> 521 <div class="entry-meta"> 522 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/10/19/directors-cut-spooky-season-and-film-festival-faves/">Director’s Cut: Spooky Season and Film Festival Faves</a></h2> 523 <p>Posted on October 19, 2024</p> 524 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/10/19/directors-cut-spooky-season-and-film-festival-faves/"><img width="2560" height="1920" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/10/19103756/IMG_4585-scaled.jpeg" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Some Varsity Cinema members at the New York Film Festival." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/10/19103756/IMG_4585-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/10/19103756/IMG_4585-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/10/19103756/IMG_4585-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/10/19103756/IMG_4585-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/10/19103756/IMG_4585-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/10/19103756/IMG_4585-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100v
524w, 2560px" /></a> 525 526 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 527 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 528 529 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 530 531 <p>Itâs been quite some time since I posted here, primarily because of how much time weâve put into…</p> 532 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/10/19/directors-cut-spooky-season-and-film-festival-faves/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 533 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 534 535</article><!-- #post-## --> 536 537 538 <article id="post-576816" class="post-576816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-film-studies category-general-film category-news category-special-events" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 539 <header class="entry-header"> 540 <div class="entry-meta"> 541 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/09/22/episode-23-of-the-pod-with-special-guest-ben-model-is-live/">Episode 23 of the Pod With Special Guest, Ben Model, Is LIVE!</a></h2> 542 <p>Posted on September 22, 2024</p> 543 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/09/22/episode-23-of-the-pod-with-special-guest-ben-model-is-live/"><img width="900" height="900" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/22183100/ben1.jpg" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/22183100/ben1.jpg 900w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/22183100/ben1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/22183100/ben1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/22183100/ben1-768x768.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></a> 544 545 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 546 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 547 548 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 549 550 <p>Listen as host, Keith Rich, chats with nationally renowned silent film accompanist, Ben Model, ahead of his live…</p> 551 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/09/22/episode-23-of-the-pod-with-special-guest-ben-model-is-live/" class="shortcode-outline-btn button">Read More</a> 552 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 553 554</article><!-- #post-## --> 555 556 557 <article id="post-575206" class="post-575206 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-film-reviews tag-4777 tag-francis-ford-coppola tag-restoration-celebration tag-the-conversation" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> 558 <header class="entry-header"> 559 <div class="entry-meta"> 560 <h2><a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/09/21/the-conversation-continues-fifty-years-later/">âThe Conversationâ Continues, Fifty Years Later</a></h2> 561 <p>Posted on September 21, 2024</p> 562 <a href="https://varsitydesmoines.com/2024/09/21/the-conversation-continues-fifty-years-later/"><img width="2048" height="1216" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/21174257/The-Conversation-Blog-Image.png" class="attachment-wide-thumbnail size-wide-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/21174257/The-Conversation-Blog-Image.png 2048w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/21174257/The-Conversation-Blog-Image-300x178.png 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/21174257/The-Conversation-Blog-Image-1024x608.png 1024w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/21174257/The-Conversation-Blog-Image-768x456.png 768w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/nightjarprod/content/uploads/sites/238/2024/09/21174257/The-Conversation-Blog-Image-1536x912.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></a> 563 564 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 565 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 566 567 <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> 568 569 <p> Sandwiched between two thick slabs of magnificent mobster films, Francis Ford Coppola served up a slice of…</p>
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