Our Most-Read Posts of 2024
This year, we’ve shared nearly 900 articles on Third Coast Review, from reviews of the latest films, theater and concerts to critical essays, advice columns and our reliable weekly feature to help […]
Review: The Working Class of the Plant World, Weeds, by Nina Edwards
For eight months—September 1940 to May 1941—the German Luftwaffe conducted a ferocious bombing campaign over London and other British cities and towns. An estimated 40,000 civilians were killed and as […]
Review: Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu Is a Dark, Tension-Filled Journey into Violent Obsession
For those keeping score, Dracula was basically the entire reason I got into horror movies specifically and then into film in general. But that Dracula (the 1931 Universal version, starring […]
Review: Cinematographer Rachel Morrison Takes the Helm for The Fire Inside, From a Superb Script by Barry Jenkins
Celebrated cinematographer turned first-time director Rachel Morrison (Black Panther, Dope, and an Oscar nomination for her work on Mudbound) brings us the inspirational true story of female boxer Claressa Shields […]
Review: Timothée Chalamet Is Exceptional in A Complete Unknown About Bob Dylan’s Early Years
The title of the skillfully made Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, is appropriate, because it traces the short road Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) took from traditional folk singer (performing mostly […]
Review: Music Theater Works’ Legally Blonde the Musical Features Standout Vocalists
It’s the top of the second act. Fans of the musical will recognize the familiar bop of “Whipped into Shape” start to play from the stellar orchestra. This is the […]
Toasts: New Year’s Eve Places to Be
You won’t see me at any of these places because I haven’t left the house on New Year’s Eve since 2010 and would like to keep that streak alive. But […]
Review: The Berlin Diaries at Open Space Arts Explores a Search for Family History in Pre-War Berlin
Playwright Andrea Stolowitz’s extended Jewish family lived in Berlin in the 1930s during the rise of the Nazi party; they emigrated to New York City in 1939. Stolowitz’s parents believed […]
Glögg and Carols at Simon’s Tavern
They come every year around this time, gathering at the long bar or huddling around the worn wooden tables. Many stand in the middle of the floor shoulder to shoulder […]
Review: Ghosts in the Shadow Box—Manual Cinema’s A Christmas Carol
Has there ever been a more frequently adapted story than Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol? From Reginald Owen and Alastair Sim down to George C. Scott, Albert Finney, Patrick […]
Review: If May Only Be High School, But The Totality of All Things Dives Into Issues That Divide Us All
A story about truth, censorship and identity and a small-town high school newspaper manages to address—sometimes obliquely, sometimes directly—issues that divide us today. Despite its abstract title, Eric Gernard’s new […]
Review: Denmark’s Oscar Contender, The Girl with the Needle Is a Moody, Gothic Post-War Chamber Piece
Denmark’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the upcoming Academy Awards (and recently shortlisted in that category), The Girl with the Needle is the latest work from director […]