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Review: At Chicago Children’s Theatre, Goodnight, Moon Has a Talented Cast in Constant Motion and Merriment

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Review: Pianist Evgeny Kissin joins Andre Boreyko and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for an excellent Concert at Symphony Center

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Review: French Filmmaker François Ozon Adapts Albert Camus’ The Stranger with Haunting, Art-Filled Visuals

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Review: Longtime Saturday Night Live Producer Lorne Michaels Remains an Enigma in Morgan Neville’s New Doc Lorne

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Review: Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton Star in Ballad of a Small Player, a Gambling Drama with Little Payout

Capturing on film a high-stakes gambler’s inner workings, let alone a degenerate gambler with seemingly no bottom in which to bottom out, is tough for any filmmaker—and many have tried. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 31, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Creates Tension, Sympathy in It Was Just an Accident, a Story of Survival and Revenge

    Winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival’s top honor, It Was Just an Accident is the latest from Iranian writer/director Jafar Panahi (who previously won the award for […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 31, 2025
    • Fiction , Lists , Lit

    Horror Stories: Abbott and Costello Meet the Crazy Mixed-Up Featured Creatures from Planet X

    Welcome to the sixth installment of Third Coast Review’s Featured Creatures, in which we ask Midwestern horror authors to recommend writers, artists, musicians, and stories that deserve more attention. Find […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 31, 2025
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/30 and Beyond

    It’s the day before Halloween and there are so many fun events ready to make this fall weekend a blast! Take in the last few hours of Halloween goodness before […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • October 30, 2025
    • Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Nonfiction

    Interview: Becky Siegel Spratford’s New Anthology Asks Horror Authors Why They Love Their Genre

    Horror authors are often asked where they get all their wonderful, horrible ideas, but rarely why they get them. Librarian Becky Siegel Spratford wondered about this herself. Since 2007, she’s […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2025
    • Preview , Stages , Theater

    Preview: “It’s All Inside Your Head, But Is Any of It Real?” Theater of the Mind, Co-Created by David Byrne, to Open Next March

    Chicago will have a new entertainment space that will enable you to “step into a new world of totally different experiences” from those you usually find in a theater or […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 30, 2025
    • Interviews , Opera , Stages

    Interview: Maestro Enrique Mazzola Shares his Vision for the Lyric Opera of Chicago

    Maestro Enrique Mazzola is now entering his 5th year as music director and conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Mazzola is the third music director since Bruno Bartoletti, when […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 30, 2025
    • Fiction , Lit , Reviews

    Review: Monsters Loom but Heart Prevails in Christina Henry’s Latest Release The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

    Christina Henry’s latest release, The Place Where They Buried Your Heart, is for more than just horror fans. It’s a story of redemption. The book is a David and Goliath […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • October 30, 2025
    • Comics and Graphic Novels , Lit , Nonfiction , Reviews

    Review: Ginseng Roots: A Memoir, by Craig Thompson, Runs a Bit Too Deep

    Most Americans likely think of ginseng as an exotic ingredient, showing up on occasion in candy, tea, and energy drinks. But ginseng has (literal) roots in the United States as […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 29, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV

    Review: Animated Halloween Flick Stitch Head Harbors Few Treats for Kids or Adults

    Much like the title character of this handsome animated movie, Stitch Head has sewn together elements of Frankenstein, Pinocchio, and a Tim Burton sensibility and turned it into fairly bland […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 29, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Anniversary Follows a Family and a Political Movement to Heartbreaking Ends

    I’m fairly certain that the point of Anniversary, the new film from Polish-born director Jan Komasa (Good Boy), is to illustrate how even the tightest-knit family can be torn apart […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 29, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Mary Bronstein on If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, What’s Scary About Motherhood, and Collaborating with Rose Byrne

    Currently in theaters, writer-director Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You tells the story of a young mother and therapist named Linda (an edgy Rose Byrne) whose life […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 29, 2025
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