Bring back the mushroom zombies
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead.
As much as it pains me to write this, Season 2 of The Last of Us left me cold. Cold like …
Tagged: movie review
‘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. …
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 only medical drama worth watching
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
From House to New Amsterdam, Royal Pains to The Good Doctor, there are hundreds of medical dramas with just enough interpersonal conflict and …
Lifestyles of the rich and worthless
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Most sources credit Jean-Jacques Rousseau with writing, “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” No one knows for …
Original Toy Story to screen in Panida’s Sunday $5 film series
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Calling the 1995 Disney-Pixar animated film Toy Story a cultural juggernaut is no exaggeration.
From its then-cutting edge computer-generated graphics depicting the sentient denizens of …
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, …
Panida to host double screenings of classic mockumentary Best in Show
By Reader Staff
Some may not know that writer-director Christopher Guest is also a baron and member of the British House of Lords. What everyone already does know is that …
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 