Panida screens Oscar-winning film Hamnet
By Reader Staff The Panida Theater will screen one of 2025’s most award-winning films, Hamnet, on Friday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. Based on the novel of the same name by Maggie O’Farrell, the...
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Perfect Days, at the Panida, contemplates the simplicity of a well-lived life
By Reader Staff It’s a well-worn concept that from small, intentional actions can come good — even great — things, which is the animating idea behind the 2023 film Perfect Days, which will screen...
Weighing the head and heart for 2026 Oscars picks
By Willie WittezehlerReader Contributor For me, the Oscars are basically the Super Bowl. My family has treated them that way for years. We dress up in tuxes and gowns, walk a makeshift red carpet...
What’s on at the Panida
By Soncirey Mitchelland Zach HagadoneReader Staff Amateur Hour Racing Filmmaker Nick Hyphen and Baja Ironman Finisher Kevin Clyde will take the Panida stage on Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. for the world premiere...
So far the 2019 Oscars have been… interesting
By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor The story of the 91st Academy Awards so far: a “Best Popular Film” category announced and then scrapped after immediate ridicule; Kevin Hart invited to be the host, only...
The Politics of Oscar
By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor Every year, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vote for what they consider to be the best films of the year. This inevitably upsets people,...
