Main character energy
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There’s a viral video going around this week featuring British actor Joseph Quinn, who has risen to international acclaim this summer thanks to his portrayal of Eddie Munson in...
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Panida hosts second week of Pride-themed films
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The second of four films in the Panida Theater’s Pride Month series will screen Monday, June 27 and Tuesday, June 28. Made possible through a grant from the Bonner...
An illustrious life
By Ben Olson Reader Staff From graduate school seminars and cadaver labs to drawing tables, police cars and movie sets, Donna Cline has charted a one-of-a-kind course from her childhood in the South to...
Small but mighty
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff It is said that some of the best things come in small packages. This is certainly the case with Oscar-nominated short films, which are known to pack a punch...
The Joker and Judy
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Aside from the tribalism of professional sports and the bloodsport of political shitposting on Facebook, the gleeful deconstruction of celebrity ranks among 21st-century Americans’ preferred pastimes. Two films released...
A striking snowmobile film
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff What the late, great Warren Miller did for ski movies, Thunderstruck Films has been doing for snowmobiling with more than 20 films since 2000. The Colorado-based company helped pioneer...
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...
Films about love that don’t suck
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Movie formulas have their place, but sometimes, the bog-standard romantic comedy just doesn’t cut it. Maybe you need a break from the quirky girl and commitment-challenged guy who fall...
And the nominees are not…
By T.J. Tranchell Reader Contributor I doubt anyone has forgotten last year’s Best Picture controversy in which “La La Land” was mistakenly announced as the winner only to have the announcement corrected with “Moonlight”...
Get out of the water: Oscar buzz films
By T.J. Tranchell Reader Contributor In discussing his gut-wrenching 1972 film “The Last House on the Left,” director Wes Craven called horror films “boot camp for the psyche.” Had Craven lived to see 2017,...
