Review: Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition for Switch Is Too Obscure for Its Own Good
If you’ve ever wanted to get a taste of cult life without the pesky problems that come along with actually being in a cult, you’re in luck, because there’s a […]
Review: Brandi Carlile’s Virtual House Concert–Almost Like Being There
The concert by Brandi Carlile and her band at Huntington Bank Pavilion in June 2019 was the first that I covered for Third Coast Review. The atmosphere was electric […]
Dispatch: A Saturday Filled with Films at Day 3 of Sundance Film Festival
By this point in most film festivals, there’s typically been a lot of take-out food, very little sleep and more movies in a single day than some people see in […]
Dispatch: A Second Day of Films at Sundance Brings Hits…and One Big Miss
When you’ve got two film critics with nothing to do but watch films from home during the Sundance Film Festival, daily dispatches turn into hefty reading material. On the second […]
Dispatch: Highlights from Day One at a Virtual Sundance Film Festival
The winter storm that blew through Chicago this week might not have been welcomed by some, but for those of us used to heading to the snowy mountains each January […]
Review: Defeat Oppressive Deities in Flawed but Interesting Gods Will Fall
There are a few epic tropes that have stuck with me over the years, and one of them is that of a people who decide to rebel against, and destroy […]
Review: Featuring Shimmering Performances, Love Endures in Tender Supernova
The sophomore feature film from actor/filmmaker Harry Macqueen (Hinterland), Supernova is a deeply felt, beautifully acted drama about a long-married couple facing the sort of tough end-of-life decisions that threaten to […]
Review: CityFiles Press Photography Books Bring History into Focus
CityFiles Press is a small publishing company based in Chicago that has been producing books filled with stunning photography along with compelling text. Since its inception in 2003, co-publishers Michael […]
Review: Justin Timberlake Anchors the Well-Meaning if Flawed Drama Palmer
At this point, I don’t watch Justin Timberlake in a movie any more and think “There’s that singer who also acts.” He’s become such a reliable, versatile actor that I […]
Review: The Night Builds Sustained, Insulated Scares in a Hotel That Never Sees Dawn
With his new film The Night, director Kourosh Ahari made history by making the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since the revolution in […]
Review: In Very British The Dig, Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes Draw out the Human Effort of Unearthing History
Way back in the 1990s and into the early 2000s, there seemed to be a succession of films out of the UK that usually revolved around a mission of some […]
Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 1/28 and Beyond
Things still aren’t fully ok in the world, even with Trump officially out of office and Chicago getting closer moving to tier 1. Yeah, that’s a thing that really happening. […]