Robbery and romance
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Released in 1982, The Grey Fox tells the story of stagecoach robber and recently released prisoner Bill Miner, played by Richard Farnsworth. A restored version …
Category: Movie Reviews
Ground control to Spaceship Earth
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you think the coronavirus quarantine has lasted a long time, talk to the crew of Biosphere 2.
In 1991, a group of eight visionaries …
Small town, big story
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
An acclaimed coming-of-age documentary based in a small Florida town serves as the next film in the Panida Theater’s Virtual Viewing Rooms Series. The theater …
When the going gets weird…
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When researchers of intellectual and social history someday assess “The Coronavirus Era,” the smart money is on them framing it as a period of mass …
True crime is truly divine
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
America is obsessed with true crime. It seems everywhere you turn there is another true crime documentary series that delves into the dark, evil, sometimes …
French ‘therapy drama’ playing in Panida’s virtual screening series
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
If there isn’t one yet, there needs to be a name for the principle that, “If you can think of it, there’s a movie genre …
Escapism at its best
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Panida Theater’s Virtual Viewing Rooms series will be screening Supa Modo, an endearing Kenyan film that has critics and audiences raving.
Directed by …
Where the bananas belt
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The local libraries have been closed for more than a month and my personal collection of DVDs has run dry. The TV antenna, which captures …
From perp to priest
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Panida Theater is continuing its Virtual Viewing Rooms series by screening Corpus Christi, a Polish drama about an ex-con accidentally turned priest.
The …
Dune might be Hollywood’s most cursed property
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As Frank Herbert wrote in his iconic sci-fi novel Dune, “God made Arrakis to train the faithful.” Faithful his fans have been, from 1965 …
Reader in Print
Special Report
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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Curious about what media the locals use? Check our 2018 Local Media Survey. GO SEE »
Community Calendars
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Science fun, the Backcountry Film Festival, Insanity Fab, 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.
