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  • Architecture , Art & Museums , Design , Film & TV , Film fest

Dispatch: We Recap Films About Wacky Houses, Czech Design, and An Architect of Grief at the Architecture & Design Film Festival

The Architecture & Design Film Festival, opens in Chicago tomorrow, Thursday, February 19, and runs through Sunday, February 22, at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Gene Siskel Film Center. The festival […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 18, 2026
    • Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: The Salt Shed Is Back for More Tears with Crying at the Shed 2026

    What is this salty discharge? The average human tear contains about 2% electrolytes. Especially emotional droplets need even more salt ions to maintain balance in the eye. Therefore, there is […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • February 12, 2026
    • Architecture , Art & Museums , Design , Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview:  Architecture & Design Film Festival to Offer 10 Feature Films on Sustainability and Design Themes

    The Architecture & Design Film Festival, a touring international film festival, returns to  Chicago next week. The festival runs Thursday, February 19, through Sunday, February 22, at the Chicago Cultural Center […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 10, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    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 […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 5, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    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 […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 29, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    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 […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 26, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    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 […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 24, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Beyond Fest Heads to Chicago: Genre Film Festival Pops Up at Music Box Theatre in April 2026

    On the heels of Music Box Theatre’s popular annual Halloween programming, Music Box of Horrors, the theater announced this week a new partnership to bring Los Angeles’ Beyond Fest to […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • November 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Reichardt Retrospective at Chicago Int’l Film Fest Highlights the Filmmaker’s Mastery of the Mundane

    “This film will really put the hustle in you.” Director Kelly Reichardt said this of her breakout film Old Joy (2006) while introducing its screening at the Gene Siskel Film […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • October 27, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    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 […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • October 27, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    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 […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • October 21, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    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 […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • October 20, 2025
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