The medium is the message
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s a common thing for people beyond a certain age — say, those who graduated high school before or immediately after the turn of the …
Category: Movie Reviews
Sandpoint Films offers free outdoor screening of ‘G-Dog’
By Reader Staff
G-Dog is a film about second chances. The documentary focuses on the charismatic visionary Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest who rescued kids from gangs by launching the …
Thermo-nuclear family
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
In the immediate days following Sept. 11, 2001, I sat for a junior-year class called “Apocalyptic Literature” at then-Albertson College of Idaho. I remember the …
A real “American horror story’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Look past the piety of the Puritans, their stovepipe hats and buckle shoes, and an earnest reader of early American history will find a thick …
Sandpoint Film Festival celebrates 10 years with Labor Day weekend screenings at The Longshot
By Reader Staff
The Sandpoint Film Festival, usually hosted at the Panida Theater in the beginning of November, is celebrating its 10th anniversary but under different circumstances in the strange …
Amazon Prime series ‘Tales from the Loop’ is a gorgeous sci-fi rumination on impermanence
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Science-fiction — at least good science-fiction — confounds our present understanding of ourselves. Far from laser battles and the wonky speculative theory of interstellar travel, …
Wholesome Netflix for the heart
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The story of my recent television consumption begins where most stories of 2020 begin: acknowledging that this year has, in many ways, not been good.…
‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ at the Panida
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There was a time, not so long ago it seems, when the idea of a movie starring Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson flying under the …
‘Batman Begins’ playing at the Panida
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There have been a lot of great movies in the Batman franchise. There have also been some real doozies. Batman Begins, released in 2005 …
America at the movies
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Since the first decades of the 20th century, Americans have received the bulk of their self understanding as a national community from cinema and TV …
Reader in Print
Special Report
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
GO READ IT»
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
GO READ IT»
THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
GO READ IT»
STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
GO READ IT»
Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
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:
⋅ ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS»
⋅ CIVIC EVENTS»
⋅ MOVIE SHOWTIMES»
⋅ SPORTS & OUTDOOR EVENTS»
⋅ YEAR CALENDAR»
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.
