Panida to show Independence Day as $5 movie
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Perhaps the second most famous instance of Will Smith smacking somebody in the face happened during the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day when he punched an alien. See it on...
Category: Movies and Theater
Learning on the stage
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Nova High School’s student body will put on four performances of the Broadway musical Hadestown on Friday, June 13 at 6 p.m.; Saturday, June 14 at 2 and 7...
Ten String Smile to feature on Little Live Radio Hour
By Reader Staff It’s time again for the monthly Little Live Radio Hour, hosted by Panhandle Community Radio, 88.5 FM KRFY — this time featuring Ten String Smile on Tuesday, June 17 at the...
Bring back the mushroom zombies
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead. As much as it pains me to write this, Season 2 of The Last of Us left me cold. Cold like a mushroom person in...
Pro-Voice Project premiers one-woman documentary play in NYC
By Reader Staff From her days working a chainsaw and writing a regular column with the Sandpoint Reader, Jen Jackson Quintano has emerged as the go-to women’s reproductive rights activist in North Idaho. Her...
‘Anderson fatigue’ be damned, I’m excited for The Phoenician Scheme
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff If we didn’t have Wes Anderson, we’d have to create him. And every entry from the auteur director is a “creation” in the fullest sense. Anderson’s milieu is among...
Mickey 17 is another stellar satire from Bong Joon-ho, despite what some critics say
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Apparent simplicity belies deep meaning in the best stories, and the 2025 film Mickey 17, from writer-director Bong Joon-ho, is a puckish masterclass in the art of dramedy-sci fi-satire....
Andor concludes with a pitch-perfect Star Wars story
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Of all the Star Wars properties outside the three big trilogies, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) has always stood out as particularly superb. In my personal ranking,...
Panida hosts two car-themed screenings for Lost in the ’50s
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Sandpoint’s car-centered civic holiday Lost in the ’50s will take over downtown from Thursday, May 15-Saturday, May 17, and the Panida Theater is also getting in on the action...
The only medical drama worth watching
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff From House to New Amsterdam, Royal Pains to The Good Doctor, there are hundreds of medical dramas with just enough interpersonal conflict and medical jargon to deliver enjoyable but...
