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...
The death of comedy
A political tragedy By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It seems to be a trend that as political regimes — even whole civilizations — begin to collapse, people not only keep laughing but laugh louder. The...
Panida to screen Oscar-nominated Banshees of Inisherin
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Much has been of the vagaries and mysteries of romantic love. Lovers have been spurned, seduced, forbidden and unrequited across the centuries and forms of artistic expression, but precious few...
The Substance features a lot of substance, but without the need to overthink it
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A lot of reviews of The Substance are filled with thinky references to an uncommonly large number of other films, from Carrie to The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey,...
Emily Articulated: Gossip, and the Oscars
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist The 94th Annual Academy Awards aired this past Sunday, March 27; and, despite Hollywood’s best dressed, most celebrated stars gathering as they do every year to accept awards and...
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...
From the frozen north to the red carpet
By Sharon Lewis Reader Contributor And the winner is … Sharon and Justine for attending this year’s Oscars! How is this possible? Let me explain. Justine Murray and I are avid movie goers and...
Reader Reels presents ‘The Favourite’
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff In the 18th-century English court of Queen Anne, it pays to watch your back, even if you think you’ve reached the top. Such is the situation for Sarah Churchill...
‘Green Book’ heads to the Panida with Oscar buzz
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The announcement of the 2019 Oscar nominations brought some welcome news for the cast and crew of “Green Book.” In total, the comedy-drama about a friendship between an African-American...
