Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a Fall to screen at the Panida
By Jim Healey
Reader Contributor
Did she or didn’t she? That is the question the film Anatomy of a Fall will answer… or not!
The 2023 French courtroom drama will …
By Jim Healey
Reader Contributor
Did she or didn’t she? That is the question the film Anatomy of a Fall will answer… or not!
The 2023 French courtroom drama will …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Tim Bangle and his prolific troupe of local actors are unstoppable. Following up on the success of their 2022 debut sci-fi film The Fade: Resistance…
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
When the clock strikes midnight on April 5, Earth will be 39 years away from humanity’s first official contact with an alien race — at …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Take a quick look at the reviews surrounding the new 10-episode FX/Hulu series Shōgun and you’ll be shocked at how over-the-top they can be.
The …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It might just be my opinion, man, but The Big Lebowski could, quite possibly, be the perfect movie. If not, it is certainly among the …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
After decades of waiting, devotees of Dune may be feeling like their time has finally come — that the sleeper of their fandom has awakened …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Innovia Foundation is spending the month of February spotlighting historic theaters in communities across eastern Washington and North Idaho, including the Panida Theater in …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
At its most basic, The Holdovers reads like a Hallmark holiday special: an embittered, middle-aged man; a teenaged boy whose loneliness has honed the chip …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
A writer, essayist, poet and professor at the University of Puget Sound, where I earned my English degree, gave an insightful lecture on representation and …
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Contributor
A Trip to Bountiful is my all-time favorite movie, but a trip to Syme’s Hot Springs is my favorite trip to the surreal. Having visited …
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