Review: Deiland: Pocket Planet Is Tedious and Poorly Paced
2020 was hard, and 2021 has been only marginally better. To cope with the dumpster fire back when this all began, I often turned to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. My […]
Review: CST’s Audio Offerings Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure Present the Music of the Meter
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents two 100-minute productions on its Chicago ShakesSTREAM platform through May 16: Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure. The music of the meter might be more appreciated […]
Third Coast Review to Participate in 2nd Chicago Indie Media Fundraiser
Do you love your local media? We think most Chicagoans appreciate our community’s array of local sources—neighborhood papers like the South Side Weekly and Bronzeville Life, specialized community papers like […]
GALLERY: Garfield Park’s Saturation Is a Colorful Stunner
Spring’s in full swing and we’re coming on in to summer, and as we continue to see things open, so too we’ve seen the beautiful blooms all over the city. […]
Interview: Getting Back to the Thrills (Safely) at Six Flags Great America
There were a lot of weird things about Summer 2020. I’m sure we don’t have to reach too far in the back of our minds to think of what […]
Review: A Gorgeous Cast Isn’t Enough to Keep Underwhelming Crime Drama Above Suspicion Interesting
For a film based on true events concerning the first-ever conviction of an FBI agent for murder, very little about Above Suspicion seems believable. Which is not to say it […]
Review: A Family Drama with Flashes of Magic, The Water Man Marks David Oyelowo’s Directorial Debut
With its slightly enlarged heart in the right place, the directing debut from actor David Oyelowo, The Water Man, is an engaging, creative family drama with flashes of fantasy to […]
Review: At a Marathon Three Hours, the Latest Adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz Is More Exhausting than Exhaustive
Berlin Alexanderplatz originated as an epic 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin; it’s the story of a man who sinks into an underworld of crime as he tries to create a […]
Dialogs: Louis Menand Commingles Art, Ideas and the Cold War in CHF Discussion
A parade of artists and pop art, literary and music figures from mid-century America populate Louis Menand’s new book, The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War. The […]
Review: A Young Black Man’s Life on Trial in Overly Polished but Moving Monster
Based on the novel by Walter Dean Myers, Monster delves into the scary reality of a young Black man caught up in a murder trial, accused of being a part of […]
It’s Possibly the Last Bandcamp Friday, So Let’s Make It a Big One
And we’re here. It’s been over a full year of Bandcamp Fridays and we’ve possibly hit the end of the road of this incredible day. What started as a one-off […]
Review: Buildings Have Feelings Too! Is Charming, Not Fun
Okay, So I’ve been sitting on this game for a couple of weeks now. After playing what looked like a charming game with talking, anthropomorphized buildings, I didn’t think I’ve […]