‘Warfare,’ ‘Sinners’ movie reviews, Nik as a teacher, Rekha Basu honored, Iowa Senate race: Nik and Doug’s America: Episode 7

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Iowa-California filmmaker Nik Heftman joins The Iowa Mercury to review two current movies — “Sinners” and “Warfare.”

Heftman and Douglas Burns also discuss Iowa State University, the developing 2026 U.S. Senate race in Iowa and the Iowa League of Women Voters honoring their colleague Rekha Basu with the Defending Democracy award.

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(Douglas Burns, founder of The Iowa Mercury and a fourth-generation Iowa journalist from Carroll, is a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. Read dozens of the most talented writers in Iowa in just one place. The Iowa Writers' Collaborative spans the full state. It’s one of the biggest things going in Iowa journalism and writing now — and you don’t want to miss. This collaborative is — as the outstanding Quad Cities journalist Ed Tibbetts says — YOUR SUNDAY IOWA newspaper. )

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