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Review: Grant Park Music Festival Celebrates Juneteenth with Leah Dexter and Christopher Guzman

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Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
Jordan Arredondo (Dom) & Courtney Ricki Green (Val). Photo by Justin Barbin
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Review: Otherworld Theatre’s Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody Is a Comic Treat for Diehard Fans and Others

A zany and eclectic soundtrack by Tiffany Keane Schaefer and Brian Rasmussen meets a zany and eclectic cast in this hilarious generation-specific parody. The three background musicians (Brian Rasmussen, Mark […]

  • Anthony Neri
  • February 12, 2024
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: At Timeline Theater, Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes From the Field Walks in the Words of Racial Reality

    Sometimes the topic of a play is so big and important, a brief description falls short. Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes from the Field, now onstage at TimeLine Theatre, lands squarely in […]

  • Susan Lieberman
  • February 10, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Harmless Workplace RomCom Upgraded Isn’t Exactly First Class Fare

    Certainly better than I was expected from what is essentially a rom-com with slightly more emphasis than normal on the profession of the female lead, Upgraded tells the tale of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Jay Duplass Stars in Ghostwritten, a Murky Literary Mystery on an Isolated Island

    In this moderately effective take on the question of where inspiration truly comes from in the arts, Ghostwritten comes from writer-director Thomas Matthews (Lost Holiday) and follows the travails of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Semi-Autobiographical Suncoast Offers an Uneven if Well-Intentioned Coming-of-Age Story

    In this strange, semi-autobiographical story from debut writer-director Laura Chinn, Suncoast tells the story of teenager Doris (Nico Parker), growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her mother Kristine (Laura […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: How to Have Sex Is a Sharp and Emotional Examination of Young Womanhood and Sexuality

    Winner of the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes 2023 and the debut feature from writer-director Molly Manning Walker, How To Have Sex is a fully immersive party girl experience […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Lisa Frankenstein Aims to Reimagine the Feminist Thriller, But Fails to Spark Any Life

    The biggest problem with the latest film from writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body, Juno, Young Adult) isn’t that it doesn’t have many original ideas. It’s meant to be something of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Tótem, Lila Avilés’ Sophomore Directing Effort, Is a Small, Intimate Film With Big Heart

    We all have different mechanisms for coping with death or its imminent arrival. In the case of seven-year-old Sol’s family in Tótem, Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés’ delicate second feature, that […]

  • Alejandro Riera
  • February 9, 2024
    • Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Shines in Sharp Comedies, Biographical Documentaries and an Irish Rap Trio

    As our Sundance Film Festival coverage draws to a close, our critics reflect on the films that left the best impressions, from a touching documentary about the original Superman to […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 9, 2024
    • Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Offers Warm Comedies, Moving Documentaries and More, Each Entertaining In Their Own Way

    At the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, many of the movies feel like experiences one can’t have anywhere else. From a documentary featuring a legendary Saturday Night Live friendship to a […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 9, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Dispatch: Sundance Film Festival Allows Filmmakers Space to Take Big Swings, For Better or Worse

    As our coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival continues, our critics encountered a few of the event’s less remarkable, or at least less memorable, offerings. Krazy House They can’t […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 8, 2024
    • Food , Review

    Review: Let’s Get This Bread—Top 5 Bakeries in Chicago

    Review and photos by Lydia Schultz If you think finding good bread is easy, you’re wrong. Bread seems simple enough, but it takes substantial work to produce and find exceptional […]

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  • February 8, 2024
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