‘Anderson fatigue’ be damned, I’m excited for The Phoenician Scheme
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
If we didn’t have Wes Anderson, we’d have to create him. And every entry from the auteur director is a “creation” in the fullest sense. …
Tagged: film review
Mickey 17 is another stellar satire from Bong Joon-ho, despite what some critics say
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Apparent simplicity belies deep meaning in the best stories, and the 2025 film Mickey 17, from writer-director Bong Joon-ho, is a puckish masterclass in …
Andor concludes with a pitch-perfect Star Wars story
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Of all the Star Wars properties outside the three big trilogies, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) has always stood out as particularly superb. …
Panida hosts two car-themed screenings for Lost in the ’50s
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint’s car-centered civic holiday Lost in the ’50s will take over downtown from Thursday, May 15-Saturday, May 17, and the Panida Theater is also getting …
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, …
Sandpoint’s Winter Carnival celebrates the Sled Hill
By Reader Staff
As part of Sandpoint’s annual Winter Carnival, the Kaniksu Land Trust will host the premiere of the short film The Sled Hill at the Panida Theater (300 …
Documentary film Jim Henson: Idea Man shows new side of visionary puppeteer
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Anyone who doesn’t know the name “Jim Henson” should go sit in a corner and think about their life choices. The legendary creator of the …
Panida screens Groundhog Day for $5 on Groundhog Day
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Anyone who works in local media knows the peculiar exhaustion that goes with covering the same event year after year. There are only so many …
Instant classic Hundreds of Beavers to screen as $5 movie at the Panida
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When director/co-writer Mike Cheslik gave an interview to the Associated Press about his black-and-white, mostly silent slapstick comedy Hundreds of Beavers last year, he said, …
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 …
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 
