Movie

Barbara Lee discusses the event, the target audience and other 2026 initiatives.

First Tracks: Michigan’s Skiing Legacy, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s 100th season, Grand Rapids LGBTQ+ Healthcare Consortium, COVID-19 in high-risk kids, and sump pump and drain preparation for spring.

Mike Panich is our guest

Filmmaker Jake VanKersen joins us

First aired January, 2026 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about Leave Her To Heaven, an iconic 1945 film noir that was filmed in technicolor starring classic Hollywood actress Gene Tierney. The movie explores jealousy and deadly control

First aired January, 2026 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about the John Sayles film The Secret of Roan Inish, a family movie based on a novel that explores some of the myths of Ireland

Michigan power crews head to Arkansas, GR secures funding for Monroe North, sidewalk snow removal, Transplant House, classroom cell phone ban, and more

Ryan Busch joins in to talk about his new film.

First Aired December, 2025 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf continue their conversation about some lesser known Akira Kurosawa films. Today they discuss the Soviet produced Dersu Uzala. It’s the only movie Kurosawa directed with a non-Japanese cast

First aired December, 2025 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf discuss two hard-boiled crime thrillers by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa: Stray Dog from 1949 and High And Low from 1963