Chicago’s Own C2E2 2026 and the Adventures Our Team Chose For It
I’m trying to think of how to say this where the kids of all ages will understand: When Third Coast Review’s Chicago Convention Team Goes to C2E2, We Eat. At […]
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Review: Walk Through David Byrne’s Head in Goodman Theatre’s Innovative Theater of the Mind
Ever wanted to attend your own funeral? Ever wondered if your memories are real or imagined? Ever desired to get inside the big brain of big-suited Talking Heads frontman David […]
Dispatch: As Sundance Film Festival Winds Down, On-Screen Discoveries Abound
Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! If Sundance Film Festival is about discoveries, a film like Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Surely fits […]
Dispatch: Puppet Theater Festival Ends With Shows Featuring Sexy Puppets, a Hungry Crocodile, a Cat and Two Dogs
The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival concluded Sunday, after 12 days of puppet theater productions at dozens of venues around the city. Our Third Coast writers are puppetry fans […]
Dispatch: As Sundance Film Festival Continues, Established Filmmakers Bring New Works to Audiences
Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Frank & Louis Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe makes a poignant and impressive English-language debut with Frank & Louis, the story […]
Dispatch: International Puppet Theater Festival Launches With Innovative Shows Performed by Puppeteer Teams and Solos
It’s the first week of the 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and this is our first dispatch with brief reviews of some of the shows we’ve seen so far. […]
Dispatch: Two Horror Films and a Haunting Drama as Sundance Film Festival Continues
Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival… Buddy What begins as a fairly generic but quite authentic kids television show circa 1999 (a la Barney, with a […]
Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Kicks Off Final Event in Park City; Third Coast Review Is On the Scene (and at the Movies)
Third Coast Review film critics Steve Prokopy and Lisa Trifone are attending the 2026 Sundance Film Festival (which moves to Boulder, Colorado, next year), sharing their brief takes on festival […]
2025 Theater in Review: Our Writers Remember Their Favorite Plays of the Year
During 2025 our theater team wrote almost 200 articles for our Stages page, which included opera, dance, comedy, magic, children’s theater and the occasional interview and theater book review. That […]
Recap: Chicago Film Fest Award Winners and Films Worth Seeking Out Post-Festival
The 61st Chicago International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, October 26 with a Chicago premiere screening of Eternity starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner. Ahead of the […]
Dispatch: Mid-Week at Chicago Int’l Film Festival Highlighted by Special Guests, Hidden Gems and More
Hitting the mid-week mark, the Chicago International Film Festival boasts special guests and anticipated films on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 21 and 22; here are the highlights our film critics […]
Dispatch: Chicago Int’l Film Festival Starts Weekday Screenings with Historical Epics, Avant-Garde Filmmaking
The Chicago International Film Festival begins its full week of screenings on Monday, October 20; here are the highlights our film critics recommend in the coming days. Follow along for all our […]