Review: Beausoleil’s Cajun Charms Prevail Despite a Trimmed Lineup
Beausoleil has been the premier Cajun music recording and touring band for 45 years, and I have seen them so many times I’ve lost count. Every one of their past […]
Review: Awolnation Surprises Metro with Special Guest and Haunting New Single
Awolnation’s sixth show of the Falling Forward Tour, originally booked at the Riviera Theatre, came to Metro on Thursday, October 13. The tour was announced in May this year, sparking […]
Interview: Man and Moon—Trans Identity, Transitions and Outer Space Explored
Playwright Siena Marilyn Ledger and director Hayley Procacci have produced a new play, Man and Moon, which premieres at Madison Street Theater in Oak Park on October 21 and will run through November 13. The […]
Dispatch: #LifeSubtitled—Films to See This Week at the Chicago International Film Festival
#LifeSubtitled is a hashtag for this year’s Chicago International Film Festival—and it’s an appropriate one because the festival brings dozens of films from other countries to Chicago screens that we […]
Review: Black Midi Demolishes Thalia Hall
Black Midi is a force of nature. This much was indisputably proven on their 2022 hurricane of a record Hellfire. The genre-blending experimentalists pushed their avant-rock to new heights, edges, […]
36 Hours Left: How the Chicago Independent Media Alliance Helps Us Support Our Writers
This is a business story. Like many members of CIMA (the Chicago Independent Media Alliance), Third Coast Review is a very small business; other members are small nonprofits. This fundraising […]
Review: Chicago Philharmonic Season Opener Swings into Diversity
The decision by Chicago Philharmonic to open its 2022-23 concert season Thursday with a program focused on diversity was well within character for the orchestra. Diversity had long been a […]
Dispatch: Chicago Film Festival Opens With a Week of Tributes and Films, Both Live and Virtual
This is the first weekend of the 58th Chicago International Film Festival, with films on view at AMC River East 21 and the Gene Siskel Film Center—plus one at the […]
Review: Halloween Ends Sends a Classic Horror Franchise Out with a Whimper
Sometimes a film franchise goes out with a bang; other times, a whimper seems more appropriate. In the case of what is reported to be the final entry in the […]
Review: Divino Niño and Little Jesus Bring Latinx Pride to Lincoln Hall
Last Sunday night at Lincoln Hall was a night for the books. Mexico City-based indie rock band Little Jesus and Chicago-based rock band Divino Niño have joined forces and have […]
Review: Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed—Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good
When I heard Illfonic was making a 4v1 game based on the Ghostbusters franchise, I was a little skeptical. I mean, how can you capture that Ghostbusters movie feel while […]
Review: Horror Maestro Dario Argento is Disappointingly Off-Base with Messy Dark Glasses
There was a time—entire decades, if we’re being honest—that the name Dario Argento meant horror films that would be suspenseful, terrifying, bloody and inventive. Works like Suspiria, Opera, Deep Red, […]