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Review: Oscar Winner Questlove Returns to Music Docs with Rousing and Insightful SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

There’s simply no way that Oscar-winning director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul) would mess up a documentary about rock/funk/soul icon Sly Stone (real name Sylvester Stewart). But SLY LIVES! […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Collaborative Documentary No Other Land Offers a Harrowing First-Person Look at Pointless Conflict

    Th news is…a lot right now. Sometimes the easiest, healthiest decision is to just look away. To look inward, to make our circle smaller and focus on what’s right in […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Valentine’s Day RomComs Get a Murderous Send-Up in Heart Eyes

    It’s almost not fair how filmmaker Josh Ruben (Scare Me, Werewolves Within) is both a knowledgeable cinephile, a gifted filmmaker, and very funny performer, but here we are. His latest […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Oscar-Winner Ke Huy Quan Gets a Deserved Leading Man Role in Generic Actioner Love Hurts

    I’m genuinely excited that actor Ke Huy Quan is having a resurgence right now. His Oscar-winning turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once, as well as his supporting work in […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 7, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Continues with At-Home Viewing Now Available

    Our coverage of Sundance Film Festival continues with more reviews of the festival’s official selections. Last Days One of the finest documentaries from 2023 was Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 31, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Continues with an Inspiring Coming-of-Age Documentary and Rose Byrne as a Beleaguered Mother

    Our coverage of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival continues with reviews of four films making their world premiere at the festival. Folktales Documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady are a […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 30, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Continues with an Astonishing True-Crime Documentary, a Surprisingly Tense Story of Grieving Twins and More

    André Is an Idiot Marking the feature directing debut from Tony Benna, André Is an Idiot tells the creative, funny and sometimes wildly inappropriate true story of André Ricciardi, whom […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 26, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: 2025 Sundance Film Festival Opens in Park City, Kicks off a New Year in Independent Film

    The Third Coast Review film team is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and will be bringing you periodic dispatches with reviews on the latest […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 24, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Father and Daughter Reconnect and Go From Strangers to Spies on a Mission in Inheritance

    After nine months of taking care of her ailing/dying mother, Maya (Phoebe Dynevor, Fair Play, Bridgerton) has something of an emotional bender at the opening of director/co-writer Neil Burger’s Inheritance. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 24, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: September 5 Chronicles a Historic Moment in Journalism and International Politics

    Sometimes, simply telling the story the way it happened is the best approach to a docudrama. From director Tim Fehlbaum, September 5 is an extraordinary retelling of the tragedy that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 17, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Cameron Diaz Returns to Movies with Back In Action, But Maybe She Should’ve Stayed Home

    Although he’s spent the last few years working in series television, director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Baywatch) returns to films (albeit one on Netflix) with Back in Action, co-written with […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 17, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: One of Them Days Provides a Fun Ride-Along with Friends on an Adventure to Find Rent Money

    Sometimes just getting to hang out with characters is more than enough. Case in point: the new comedy from first-time filmmaker and music video veteran Lawrence Lamont, One of Them […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 17, 2025
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