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Review: Sadness at the End of a World, Unstaged Grief: Musicals and Mourning in Midcentury America, by Jake Johnson

The title of Jake Johnson’s latest book—Unstaged Grief: Musicals and Mourning in Midcentury America—is more than a bit jarring. It’s that part about “Musicals and Mourning” that seems so odd. […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • May 6, 2025
    • Film & TV , Stages , Talk show , Television

    Dialogs: Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller at the Chicago Humanities Festival—a Celebration of Somebody, Somewhere

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Doug Mose
  • November 4, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Review: Netflix’s KAOS Is a Funny, Surprising Take on Greek Mythology

    The cast of the Netflix series KAOS

    This week, Netflix made the mistake of cancelling its unique Greek mythology comedy series KAOS after just one season. But this show, led by Jeff Goldblum’s inspired take on Zeus, […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • October 10, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: True Detective (S4, Ep2) — Mystery and Character Drama Start to Wear Thin in Second Episode

    True Detective’s conflicts like to play out in the background. The best seasons of True Detective are the ones that give us all the pieces right out the gate and let said pieces melt into its rich settings.

  • Sam Layton
  • February 18, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Review: Three Little Birds Is a Poignant Series About Acclimation, Prejudice, and Overcoming It

    It could be argued that the best period pieces are the ones that feel relevant at any point in time. It’s one thing to make art that replicates the past. […]

  • Sam Layton
  • February 5, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Fargo (S5, Ep5) — Staggered but Entertaining Episode Further Proves Dot’s Capability

    Is this season of Fargo running in place a little? The show has a history of doing this sometimes—not every season of television can be this show’s second and third, […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 26, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: The Curse (S1, Ep5) — Whitney Cracks Under Pressure in Tense, Excellent Episode

    Just as I thought the first season of The Curse was meandering a little, it sucks me right back in. Things have been looser after the pilot episode, as the […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 26, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: True Detective (S4, Ep1) — Mystery Series Returns as Night Country in Solid Premiere After Five-Year Hiatus

    If you ignore the murder, tormented police, and general unpleasantness, True Detective is a show about the mystery of its protagonists. Whether they are good or bad, nihilistic or hedonistic, […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 20, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Television

    Review: The Power of Film Is an Engaging, Easygoing Miniseries About the Cycles of American Cinema

    It’s easy to forget that we all start somewhere. When I was 13, I discovered Yorgos Lanthimos’s horrific fantasy-comedy The Lobster on Netflix and became, for better or for worse, […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 18, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Fargo (S5, Ep4) — Two Tense Home Invasions Frame Another Great Episode

    The truth is undoubtedly Fargo‘s largest overarching theme. The original movie and now every episode of the show opens with text that declares that we are watching something that actually […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 12, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: The Curse (S1, Ep4) — Dougie Gets Some Time in the Light in Character-Defining Episode

    By the time “Under the Big Tree” is over, we have a greater understanding of the Siegels. Whitney (Emma Stone) is a parasite. We see it in episodes two and […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 8, 2024
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: The Curse (S1, Ep3) — Explosive Fight Reveals More Holes in the Siegel Marriage

    The Siegel marriage has seemed off from the beginning. Ignoring the weird sex and the utterly repellant people, when you look at Whitney’s (Emma Stone) and Asher’s (Nathan Fielder) vacant […]

  • Sam Layton
  • January 8, 2024
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