Brady Corbet’s (Vox Lux) The Brutalist was recently named winner of the Golden Globe for Best Picture—Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor. The film is about a fictional Hungarian architect, […]
Pedro Almodóvar. Tilda Swinton. Julianne Moore. Three names, three reasons to see a film—zero additional context needed. But if you insist… Best known for his work in Spanish (2019’s Pain […]
Best known for her role in the 1990s television drama Baywatch (and plenty of tabloid headlines of the time, as well), Pamela Anderson is having a resurgence of sorts. That’s […]
I had considered a few ways to start this review, but after consulting the details for the first national tour of Shucked, an eight-time Tony-nominated musical comedy (for which Alex […]
It’s time for the 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival! Every year, the puppets brighten our January and remind us of the amazing joy and ingenuity of puppetry storytelling. The performers […]
It’s no secret that Chicago harbors some of the most talented and unique artists in the industry, which includes the vastly talented electropop group, Pixel Grip. The trio wrapped up […]
Director and cinematographer RaMell Ross first came onto my radar as the director behind the exquisite Oscar-nominated 2018 documentary feature Hale County This Morning, This Evening. But it’s his latest […]
2024 has been a good year for women on screen. Plenty of meaty, fully realized roles found their way to cinemas in the last 12 months, from Demi Moore in […]
2024 is finally over, so it’s time to reveal my Best Narrative Films of the Year list. As always, I was able to squeeze in about a dozen additional films […]
As I do every year, I separate documentaries into their own Best of the Year list, not because I feel they should be judged any differently than narrative films, but […]
In 2024 Chicago’s Cedille Records released several CDs featuring vocal music, continuing a trend from 2023. Several include world premier recordings of works by Chicago composers. Others resurrect long-ignored songs […]
The Third Coast Review Lit section has continued to grow in its coverage of the city and region’s ongoing literary scene. Below, several of TCR’s Lit writers share their favorite […]