Banff Mountain Film Festival to offer virtual screenings
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There are a handful of annual events in Sandpoint that really draw people out of the woodwork. Banff Mountain Film Festival has always packed the …
Category: Movie Reviews
A Regency treat
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As a child of the Shonda Rhimes era of network television, I am always willing to give anything she puts her name to a try.…
End of days
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When Netflix hits me with a show descriptor containing words like “deadpan” and “cynical,” count me in. I’m a slave to the algorithm like all …
Doomsday films that live a world apart
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Stories of end times for humankind have been around for millennia. Likewise, generations of moviegoers have flocked to flicks depicting various apocalyptic scenarios. Whether they’re …
Sci-fi odyssey ‘The Midnight Sky’ screening at the Panida
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
George Clooney is back in the game after a four-year movie hiatus to play Augustine Lofthouse in The Midnight Sky, a post-apocalyptic space film …
Christmas in character
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Better than classic Christmas movies are the Christmas episodes from the TV shows we know and love. Beloved characters reveal their holiday hang-ups, gatherings force …
Local cinema keeps rolling
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Eric Plummer feels at home in a movie theater.
The man behind the newly revamped Sandpoint Cinemas — formerly known as the Bonner Mall Cinemas …
The Mank-ing of Citizen Kane
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Movies about movies being written by writers — much less writing a review of such a movie — risks plunging viewers and readers alike into …
British TV therapy
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As George Bernard Shaw quipped, “The British and the Americans are two great peoples divided by a common tongue.” Yet, the official …
The best Thanksgiving dinner scenes in film
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Unlike many Christmas- themed films, movies with Thanksgiving scenes often portray this holiday with a bit more realism; or, in the absence of realism, pointed …
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TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss out on Online Auctions, Purse Parties, Parties, Craft Fairs, and more! See the full list of events in the Community Calendars:
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Sandpoint in Pictures
Filmmaker Jimmy Matlosz of the Idaho Film Company has made a series of mini documentaries about influential Sandpoint locals, including the late Dann Hall and Erik Daarstad as well as icons Diane Michaels and Dan Shook. He is currently working on a series of interviews connected to the history of the Panida Theater. Jimmy is a 30-year veteran filmmaker who’s work can be seen at dpmatlosz.com.
