Review: Homophobia Takes the Shape of an Invisible and Deadly Entity in Chilling Leviticus
The Book of Leviticus in the Bible provides fodder for horror and noir writers and filmmakers alike. Of the 14 laws it sets down, 11 end up with the death […]
Review: An Elderly Woman Finds Freedom On Her Own Terms in the Dystopic The Blue Trail
Brazilian cinema is having its moment just as Iranian, Taiwanese and Korean cinemas did at some point. But what happens after the flavor-of-the-month stops being the flavor-of-the-month? Answer: a select […]
Review: A Radiant Carmen Maura Anchors Calle Málaga’s Story About Aging and Community
Has the Spanish government declared Carmen Maura a national treasure? If not, what are they waiting for? Maura stands shoulder to shoulder with such icons as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, […]
Preview: Reeling 2025 Presents a Robust Selection of Films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal
Considering how many communities (and countries) have a bullseye on their backs thanks to the policies of the current administration, film festivals are more than ever a welcoming safe space […]
Review: Olivier Assayas Caught in Suspended Time—Privilege in the Time of COVID
I have mixed feelings about Olivier Assayas’ most recent film Suspended Time (his latest, The Wizard of the Kremlin, a fictional portrait of the man who enabled Putin’s rise to […]
Review: Identity and Gender Fluidity at the Heart of the Surreal and Daring Kill the Jockey
I have seen Luis Ortega’s Kill the Jockey (El Jockey) twice this year and am still in awe at the big swings it takes, how it keeps audiences on their […]
Review: A Brave Afro-Colombian Woman Faces the Powers That Be in Documentary Igualada
Three years ago two outsiders broke the stranglehold Colombia’s right wing parties had over the country when they were elected president and vice-president: the former M19 guerrilla fighter and senator […]
Review: Afternoons of Solitude Takes an Unconventional Approach to a Bloody Tradition
“It is impossible to believe the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure, classic beauty that can be produced by a man, an animal and a piece of scarlet serge draped […]
Review: You Are Not Me Offers a Macabre Twist on the Dysfunctional Family Holiday Movie
Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and […]
Review: Lisandro Alonso’s Ambitious Eureka Takes on the Ravages of Colonialism in the Americas
It’s taken close to nine years for a new film by Lisandro Alons>o, Argentina’s leading exponent of slow cinema, to reach our screens. The release of Eureka may not be […]
Review: Puerto Rican Rapper Residente Takes a Bold Step to Acting with the Delicate, Sorrowful In the Summers
For those of us who have been following the career of René Pérez Joglar, aka Residente, since he and stepbrother Eduardo Cabra exploded into Puerto Rico’s and Latin America’s urban […]
Review: Mountains Paints a Sensitive and Delicate Portrait of a Community Under Siege
The forces behind the gentrification of Miami’s Little Haiti community in Monica Sorelle’s feature debut Mountains are invisible and unstoppable. They go beyond the For Sale signs with the headshot […]