I miss baseball. I’m okay with it being gone for now, especially if it helps stave off this pandemic, but that does little to soften the sting of missing one of my […]
Review: MLB The Show 20 Player’s League is Baseball Now
Chicago Theaters Go Virtual During the Virus; Goodman Streams School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
In these “AC,” After COVID, times, Chicago theaters are offering online content to fill the gap of canceled shows and in-person instruction (as well as the yawning expanse of endless days). Chicago […]
Review: Friendship Takes Center Stage in Retro, Likeable To the Stars
Sometimes the most quiet and unassuming films pack the heaviest blow when it comes to messages about how those in society who are deemed outsiders—or even undesirables—should be treasured and protected rather […]
Review: Delight in Someone, Somewhere, a Clever, Contemporary French Romance
French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch’s latest film is a clever, original romance wherein the two leads, clearly meant to be together, are too busy living their lives as neighbors who never cross paths […]
Review: Thousand Pieces of Gold Remains a Relevant, Beguiling Romance
We’re all using our time in self-isolation differently. For me, it’s a lot of watching films that—until a global pandemic had me home 24/7—were blindspots in my viewing history (or as the […]
Review: True History of the Kelly Gang is a Bloody, Brutal Revolution
In many ways, the latest work from director Justin Kurzel (whose last two films, Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed were collaborations with Michael Fassbender) is an equally brutal if male-centric companion piece to […]
Preview: LudoNarraCon is a Great Indie Games Convention You Can Attend From Anywhere, Starting Tomorrow
Contributing author: Antal Bokor With everyone forced to stay home for threat of disease, lots of conventions are either completely canceled, or attempting to find a digital solution. LudoNarraCon already has it […]
Your #StaytheFHome Curated Weekend: 4/23 and Beyond
The stay at home ordinance continues and the days are getting all the more hard to track. Luckily there is still plenty to do while we’re stuck at home! Whether it’s working […]
Review: Eating Up Easter Tries to Capture the Robust Culture, Many Challenges of Life on an Isolated Island
If your knowledge of Easter Island is limited to its imposing Moai statues—the centuries-old stone figures that draw thousands of tourists to the small island in the Pacific Ocean every year—a film […]
Review: Time Warp, Vol. 1 Digs Into Great Cult Films, and That’s Just the Beginning
The first of a three-part documentary series on the history of some of the most famous cult films in history (calling something a “famous” cult film may be a bit of a […]
The Bright Side: Island Life and Museum Life Collide
You’d have to have been more than just quarantined at home to have not heard about the latest Animal Crossing game. It came out at exactly the right time, after years of […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Eggplant Parm, Simplified
Whaddya talking about? You don’t like eggplant? Perhaps you’ve only had plain grilled eggplant or maybe you’ve had it undercooked, so it’s sort of tough or even bitter. I’d like to suggest […]
