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 …
Category: Movie Reviews
The French Dispatch is a gem of a film with an incredible cast
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It was two years ago — almost to the day — that I plugged Wes Anderson’s “new” movie The French Dispatch in the Sandpoint Reader…
Free documentary film at Panida to benefit PSNI
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Panhandle Specials Needs, Inc. is one of those local organizations you can’t help but love. Dedicated to providing a safe, productive environment for disabled adults, …
He said, he said
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
No matter your geographic location or the language you speak, every world citizen is familiar with the emotional and social toll that political polarization can …
From her nation to the world
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Mary Frances Thompson Fisher grew up during a tumultuous time in Native American history, coming of age at the turn of the 20th century in …
Screening of feature film F.E.A.R. to benefit Panida
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It takes a lot of work to make a feature film. All the pre-production, planning, shooting, rewriting, editing and a thousand other tasks are instantly …
Documentary White Noise paints a portrait of alt-right provocateurs
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Journalists, documentarians and certain types of social scientists have for a long time been familiar with the conundrum of researching and reporting on subjects with …
A kinder, gentler kind of film
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Living in a dramatic age when each day seems to bring some new calamity or crisis, quiet displays of empathy are refreshing. That’s truer as …
Shades of gray
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The ironies and contradictions in Passing, a 2021 Netflix film based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, are apparent from the outset.
The …
Disney delivers magic and mayhem with Encanto and The Book of Boba Fett
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Almost certainly banking on Americans hunkering down during the holiday season — it’s not like anyone’s getting anywhere via plane — Disney+ rolled out two …
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