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Chicago Is Lit: June Literary Events in and Around Chicago

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Review: The Mammals We Share Our State With, Field Guide to Illinois Mammals, by Joyce E. Hofmann

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Review: John Carney’s Latest Music Movie Power Ballad Is a Slight yet Heartfelt Tribute to Songwriting and Finding One’s Voice

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Review: Nicole Kidman’s Busy 2024 Concludes with Babygirl, a Sex Drama Without Much of Either

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 […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • January 2, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV

    2024 in Review: Best Narrative Films of the Year

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 2, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV

    2024 in Review: Best Documentary Films of the Year

    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 […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 2, 2025
    • Beer and wine , Cafes and restaurants , Food

    Toasts: Your Next Reservation for Dry January Nights Out

    I’ve been what I consider part-time sober for many years now. Gone are the days of binge drinking and hangovers which is actually very lovely. My gut feels great, my […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • January 2, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Reviews

    Review: Cedille Records Gets Vocal in a Fabulous Way

    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 […]

  • Louis Harris
  • January 1, 2025
    • Fiction , Interviews , Lists , Lit , Nonfiction

    Best of 2024: The Third Coast Review Lit Section

    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 […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • January 1, 2025
    • Beyond , Soapbox

    Dear Cinnamon: The Art of Trying Something New

    Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • January 1, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Actor Ryan Destiny on Preparation and Expectations for The Fire Inside, Portraying Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields

    The new docudrama The Fire Inside tells the story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (Ryan Destiny), one of the greatest female boxers in history and the first female boxer to win […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 31, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV

    Essay: Todd Haynes’ Carol Is a Holiday Classic with Midwest Roots

    Warning: This article contains spoilers for the film Carol (2015). Carol unfolds like a memory. The vision of 1950s America mutes and blurs the pastel colors we associate with the […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • December 31, 2024
    • Lit , Nonfiction

    Review: The Working Class of the Plant World, Weeds, by Nina Edwards

    For eight months—September 1940 to May 1941—the German Luftwaffe conducted a ferocious bombing campaign over London and other British cities and towns. An estimated 40,000 civilians were killed and as […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • December 26, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu Is a Dark, Tension-Filled Journey into Violent Obsession

    For those keeping score, Dracula was basically the entire reason I got into horror movies specifically and then into film in general. But that Dracula (the 1931 Universal version, starring […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 24, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Cinematographer Rachel Morrison Takes the Helm for The Fire Inside, From a Superb Script by Barry Jenkins

    Celebrated cinematographer turned first-time director Rachel Morrison (Black Panther, Dope, and an Oscar nomination for her work on Mudbound) brings us the inspirational true story of female boxer Claressa Shields […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 24, 2024
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