Bit Bash at MSI Blew Our Minds
What a weekend! Bit Bash made its triumphant return this weekend at the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). It was truly amazing to see Bit Bash in and around […]
Playtime Radio: We Talk With Artists, Musicians, Writers + Play Music by Bloody Tambourine
Third Coast Review is collaborating with Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall. We appear on their Sunday afternoon arts radio show once or twice a month. They’re on WCGO, […]
Music Box Theatre Celebrates 90 Years of Cinema With One Week Not to Miss
In a time when all the content anyone could ever desire is quite literally at our fingertips, a movie theater celebrating 90 years in business is a wonder. When that […]
Review: All Quiet on the Western Front Vividly Recreates the Horrors and Miseries of War
The story and imagery of All Quiet on the Western Front are very familiar to me. I’ve seen the 1930 film several times and read the Erich Maria Remarque novel from […]
Review: You Can Now Play the Beautiful and Poignant FAR: Lone Sails on Nintendo Switch
I absolutely love FAR: Lone Sails. I know, reviews usually build up to this sort of thing, but I have no shame coming out and saying it right away. It’s […]
Review: Cedille Records’ New Releases Lead up to Annual Soirée
In the lead-up to its annual fundraising Soirée on September 8, this week Cedille Records will be issuing Souvenirs of Spain & Italy, a collection of quartets and quintets performed by […]
Rare Nest Gallery in Avondale: Keith Bringe Creates Community Beyond Art
By Megan Williamson At the Rare Nest Gallery in Avondale, Keith Bringe is creating a community that goes beyond curating art on walls. Through exhibits, concerts and other events, he […]
Bit Bash at MSI is Everything We Hoped For (And More!)
Bit Bash is back. After eschewing their main event for a series of pop-ups last year, Bit Bash has brought back their titular summer festival with an impressive showing of […]
Review: Metal Wolf Chaos XD : All the President’s Mechs
Did you ever play an entry in the Metal Gear Solid series and think “this political commentary is too subtle” or “this plotline isn’t crazy enough” or even “why isn’t […]
Review: The Nightingale Isn’t an Easy Watch; It’s an Essential One
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale may just be the hardest film of the year to watch. It is brutal and intense, devastating and unflinching. It is also essential, and features perhaps one […]
Review: One Child Nation Reveals the Personal Toll of China’s Devastating Population Policy
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, One Child Nation doesn’t just tackle the seemingly endless and nefarious ways in which the […]
Review: Self-Involved Where’d You Go, Bernadette Squanders a Stacked Cast
There are moments in this adaptation of Maria Semple’s much-loved, quite successful novel Where’d You Go, Bernadette that I absolutely loathed, and part of the reason I felt this way […]
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