Review: Style Weighs Heavily in Dark Teen Drama Selah and the Spades
It could be that Selah and the Spades, the dark teen drama about cliques at a posh boarding school written and directed by Tayarisha Poe, comes to mean to teens […]
Lisa Trifone is Managing Editor and a Film Critic at Third Coast Review. A Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, she is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Find more of Lisa's work at SomebodysMiracle.com
Review: Not Much to Toast to in Netflix’s Love. Wedding. Repeat
Netflix’s latest rom-com, Love. Wedding. Repeat, is an adaptation of a 2012 French film called Plan de table, a film that as far as I can gather never had much of a […]
Review: A Poignant, Familiar Story of Family and Struggle in Working-Class Sorry We Missed You
The title of Ken Loach’s latest working-class drama, Sorry We Missed You, is a reference to the notes Ricky (Kris Hitchen) leaves when he can’t complete the package deliveries on […]
Review: A Brutal Revenge Fable, The Other Lamb Attacks the Patriarchy Head-On
Polish filmmaker Malgorzata Szumowska’s dramatic feature In the Name Of… won the award for Best Feature Film at 2013’s Berlin Film Festival and received a sufficiently warm welcome when it […]
Review: Convoluted Narrative Aside, The Whistlers Makes for a Bold, Fun Crime Drama
Though he’s been a productive filmmaker for the last twenty years or so, I wasn’t familiar with writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu’s work until The Whistlers, a heist film that manages to entertain […]
Chicago’s Independent Cinemas Find Creative Ways to Keep Us Entertained From Home
As we head into our second (and far from last) official week of Illinois’s “Stay at Home” order, keeping busy and entertained remains the best way to keep the Coronavirus […]
Review: Uncorked Pairs Well With a Nice Red and a Movie Night In
Every week, all kinds of new content lands on Netflix without much fanfare. Like a tree falling in the woods, if there isn’t a pandemic to keep us all home, […]
Review: In Daunting Times, Netflix’s Crip Camp Inspires and Uplifts
If you know nothing at all about it, a film with the title Crip Camp might not immediately jump to the top of your Netflix queue. Rest assured, it should. An […]
Review: A Stark Statement on Humanity in Unexpectedly Dark Bacurau
As the film industry, like the rest of us, grapples with how to move forward in the midst of a global pandemic, studios that had plans to release new films […]
Review: In Swallow, A Brutal Addiction Channels Sympathies, Gets Weird
Believe it or not, there is a mini-genre of independent films that center around women eating…weird shit. As riveting as it is disturbing, 2016’s Raw centers on sisters at a veterinary […]
Review: Genre-bending Extra Ordinary Spooks, Jokes and Thoroughly Entertains
Heading to the movie theater might not be at the top of your list of Things To Do This Weekend, and it’s understandable if so. If, however, you’re more of […]
Siskel’s CEUFF Week 2: European Films (Mostly) Worth Braving the Crowds For
With the ever-developing news around COVID-19, institutions like the Siskel Film Center are diligently implementing the recommendations and precautions necessary to keep their audiences safe while not compromising programming that’s […]