The Varsity Cinema Podcast is about highlighting and encouraging film exploration, covering films that will be playing at our Des Moines, IA-based cinema house. Whether you're into Hollywood fare, the off-kilter indie or the artiest of art films, we've got you covered.
Host Keith Rich discusses the upcoming screening of Ai Wei Wei's 'Human Flow' in celebration of World Refugee Day with moderator of the event, Clayton Boeynik!
Clayton is the Immigrant and Refugee Family Services Manager for Lutheran Services in Iowa at the Des Moines, IA hub.
As always, please be sure to head over to varsitydesmoines.com (https://varsitydesmoines.com) for ticketing to all Varsity screenings!
27 Apr 2026
Episode 34: Creature Comforts
Among discussing the year so far and what's to come with the Varsity, host Keith Rich and Varsity's Director of Development, Daniyel Turner, discuss their Top 5 Comfort Films. Keith's partner, Suzanne, also pays a little visit to the Varsity Cinema Podcast to piggyback on the conversation.
As always, please be sure to head over to varsitydesmoines.com (https://varsitydesmoines.com) for ticketing to all Varsity screenings!
Music Credit: Local H 'Creature Comforted'
26 Jan 2026
Episode 33: Favorite Discoveries of 2025!
Host Keith Rich switches it up as a treat for the new year, as friends, Matt Bledsoe of the Cult Movies podcast and Daniel Epler of the Cobwebs Channel on YouTube, join him for a discussion of their favorite Top 10 discoveries of 2025.
As always, check out varsitydesmoines.com (https://varsitydesmoines.com) to secure ticketing and screening information!
Listen to previous Film Discovery episodes featuring Keith, Matt and Daniel below:
Film Feast Favorite Discoveries of 2024 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ff-173-our-favorite-discoveries-of-2024-w-daniel/id1533017720?i=1000682846505)
Film Feast Favorite Discoveries of 2023 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ff-134-our-favorite-discoveries-of-2023-w-daniel/id1533017720?i=1000637401655)
Film Feast Favorite Discoveries of 2022 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ff-98-our-favorite-discoveries-of-2022-w-daniel/id1533017720?i=1000590594651)
Film Feast Favorite Discoveries of 2021 (https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bzgem-117dc57)
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