Wicked good
Apple TV series Widow’s Bay is an addictive horror comedy By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Both big- and small-screen productions have become so formulaic and derivative that pointing out that fact is, itself, formulaic and...
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A quiet, brooding masterpiece
Train Dreams is a film that captures the Gothic desperation of North Idaho By Ben OlsonReader Staff Underneath the paved streets, the brick buildings, real estate offices and fast-food joints, there exists another North Idaho. It’s...
Uncovering untold stories: Finding Lucinda
Documentary explores the early career of Lucinda Williams By Reader Staff The Finding Lucinda tour is more than a concert — it’s a traveling artistic experience. Each date includes an acoustic performance by ISMAY...
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...
Documentary film Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams, rediscovers one of 20th-century literature’s true originals
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Of the many hazards of being an artistic trailblazer is that your creations turn into tropes while your hand in inventing them gets forgotten. That’s the fate suffered by...
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns to Panida for 30th annual showing
By Reader Staff The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour will return to Sandpoint for its 30th time with three nights of screenings on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7...
Millions is a good film about good works
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff What happens when the imagination of a bereaved school kid collides with the reality of cold, hard cash? A comedy-drama about grief, morality, empathy and soul, such as the...
A 30,000-foot trust fall
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are some films you probably don’t want to watch before embarking on a long airplane trip. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing should be right at the top of...
Father act
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Those familiar with the ins and outs of literature might be familiar with the concept of the unreliable narrator — the character who tells the story, but one that...
High hopes on the slopes
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Some films draw their juice from a stellar ensemble cast. For others, it’s a killer premise. For some, like the 2019 rom-com Olympic Dreams, the setting makes the movie....
