Film Review: Kate Plays Christine, Delicate as it is Tough
Just a few weeks ago, we were fortunate enough to get the brief release of director Antonio Campos film Christine, about Florida newscaster Christine Chubbuck, who killed herself on the […]
Film Review: Office Christmas Party, Sharp as a Marble
Is it childish, with adult humans acting like drunken, out-of-control teenagers? Naturally. Are the jokes cheap and tawdry? Oh, you know it. Is there destruction of property and perhaps even […]
Win a Pair of Tickets to Reaction NYE, Dec. 30-31!
We at Third Coast Review are giving you a chance to count down to 2017 with Zeds Dead at one of the best 17+ New Years Eve concerts in Chicago, […]
Film Review: Miss Sloane, A Captivating Look at the Moral Ambiguity of Washington D.C.
Thanks to a handful of unexpected casting choices among the supporting cast and an impressive turn by lead actor Jessica Chastain, the battle of the lobbyists tale Miss Sloane is […]
Deck the Holidays: How Chicagoans Are Creating the Season
With the holiday season comes a bounty of things to celebrate: good will, love, merriment, peace, not to mention festivities associated with major holidays such as Hanukkah, Kwanza, Christmas and New Year’s. Whether […]
Film Review: Jackie, A Portrait of Strength and Courage
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy existed in a nearly impossible situation even before her husband was assassinated in November 1963. She was a fairly private person who believed that the White […]
The Body Count is High and Hilarious in The Complete Deaths at Chicago Shakes
In June, British actor and playwright Tim Crouch got his Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead on with his hysterical, empirical take on Twelfth Night’s Malvolio, and returns to Chicago Shakespeare […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/8 – 12/11
Winter is finally here and all the holidays it brings are in full effect! As you may notice, several of the events below focus on Galerie F. The gallery that focuses […]
Third Coast Rewind: Language in Music and Beyond
Welcome back to Third Coast Rewind where we are continuing to share selected readings from the Kill Your Darlings series. Chicago’s live lit series Kill Your Darlings was originally performed […]
Griffin Theatre’s Winterset Tells Poetic Depression-Era Story of Love and Injustice
Winterset is a tough and beautiful play. Griffin Theatre’s production of Maxwell Anderson’s Depression-era play, directed by Jonathan Berry, is admirable, simply staged and appropriately performed, and, for the most […]
Windy City Treble Quire and Gay Chorus Deliver Fine Holiday Fare
Holiday vocal concerts always give me trepidation. While choral concerts often include popular songs that crowd out the classical repertoire, during the holidays, any manner of music, classical and popular, […]
Goodman’s A Christmas Carol Spooky and Affecting
The 39th annual production of A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre is upon us, and this year’s production–steeped in Victorian spookiness–is a true redemptive treat. Despite Goodman’s jovial and colorful […]