Mystery reimagined
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Netflix original Enola Holmes is the latest endeavor for 16-year-old rising actress Millie Bobby Brown, who found fame in her role as Eleven in …
Category: Movie Reviews
Eat the rich… before they eat you
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
There comes a time — many, many times, in fact — when poor people have had enough of rich peoples’ bullshit. The United States’ insurgency …
Feel-good movies – without all the cheese
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Let’s face it: 2020 sucks. As we all find ways to supplant the constant bad news with ways to enrich our souls, feel-good movies often …
James Bond: The ultimate cinematic time capsule
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
There are few more enduring pop culture icons than James Bond.
For 60 years, 007 has defined and redefined the action blockbuster. But there’s more …
Complex creatures
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Midway through my first semester as a grad student in history I’d had enough of complexity. Reading about 1,000 pages a week, grading papers for …
The medium is the message
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s a common thing for people beyond a certain age — say, those who graduated high school before or immediately after the turn of the …
Sandpoint Films offers free outdoor screening of ‘G-Dog’
By Reader Staff
G-Dog is a film about second chances. The documentary focuses on the charismatic visionary Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest who rescued kids from gangs by launching the …
Thermo-nuclear family
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
In the immediate days following Sept. 11, 2001, I sat for a junior-year class called “Apocalyptic Literature” at then-Albertson College of Idaho. I remember the …
A real “American horror story’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Look past the piety of the Puritans, their stovepipe hats and buckle shoes, and an earnest reader of early American history will find a thick …
Sandpoint Film Festival celebrates 10 years with Labor Day weekend screenings at The Longshot
By Reader Staff
The Sandpoint Film Festival, usually hosted at the Panida Theater in the beginning of November, is celebrating its 10th anniversary but under different circumstances in the strange …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 