Book Review: Kevin Smokler’s Brat Pack America
Movies are a global business. This is something close to an axiom given how Hollywood iconography has swaddled the globe. Audiences from Berlin to (formerly) Bombay became acquainted with silver […]
Laughing All The Way: Second City’s Twist Your Dickens Is a Hilarious Breath of Fresh Air for the Holidays
It’s no secret that Chicago is home to a comedy powerhouse that’s given us more amazing comedic talent than there’s space to mention here. Second City is rightfully revered, and […]
Couch-Watch Shakespeare 400 Chicago Shows with The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
“For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some slain in war, Some haunted by […]
Where to See the Nutcracker This Season
It’s the holiday season, and in the dance world that means just one thing: the Nutcracker. This holiday tradition brings the magic of Christmas to life through the beauty of ballet. […]
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 […]