Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/14 – 11/17
The snow is on the ground and the temps are getting colder by the week, so you know the winter holidays are right around the corner. So why not enjoy […]
Review: Sparklite Is an Addictive Rogue-Lite with Retro Charm
Sparklite is a top-down, action adventure game developed by RedBlue Games and published by Merge Games. Set in the constantly changing world of Geodia, you play as Ada, a young mechanic […]
Review: Sarah Vowell’s Acerbic “Past and Present” Closes Chicago Humanities Festival
Narrative nonfiction titan Sarah Vowell closed the diverse and well-curated Chicago Humanities Festival’s 30th anniversary “Power” juggernaut Sunday at Francis W. Parker School in Lincoln Park, showcasing her acerbic wit […]
Review: A Night of Excellent Psychedelic Trips with Crumb
There are few bands as alluring as Crumb. Their mixing of elements from jazz, psychedelia and indie pop into a hazy package has garnered them a pretty substantial following. After […]
Playtime Radio: The Claudettes, Stella Chen, Chad Quist, Art and Design in Chicago
Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall is our radio arts partner. Third Coast Review news and reviews are highlighted and staff members appear on the Sunday afternoon arts radio show […]
Book Review—In the Neighborhood of…—The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook
The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook Edited by Martha Bayne Belt Publishing Chicago’s neighborhoods are one of its most distinct yet indefinable elements. Despite what those ubiquitous neighborhood maps in every other […]
Disney+ has Disney Classics, Marvel and Star Wars, but also a Whole Heap of Obscure Nostalgia
Disney Plus finally launched today, and there’s lots of buzz about the selection of Marvel movies and shows, and the excitement of Disney finally “unlocking the vault” and letting their […]
Review: Superliminal is a Puzzler that Challenges your Perspective–Literally
I’m probably going to use the word “clever” more than once during this review. I can’t escape it. Superliminal is just such a damned clever game. I’ve played plenty […]
Review: Luigi’s Mansion 3–Luigi and Gooigi Dream Team
Luigi’s Mansion 3 is great. That’s it. Close the review, go buy the game. Okay, that’s not exactly fair, because it’s not perfect, but it’s pretty darn close. For […]
Interview: Larry Neumann Jr. Talks About Beckett, About His Acting Career and Growing Up on the South Side
Larry Neumann Jr. is known as one of Chicago’s finest character actors. I have seen him in a wide variety of roles in the 30-plus years I’ve been a Chicago […]
Review: Lonely Mountains: Downhill is Swift, Serene, Satisfying
Lonely Mountains: Downhill has been on my radar for the last few years. Its bright, minimalistic art style and images of little paper-doll like men jumping over chasms […]
Review: 1952’s Vibrant Moulin Rouge Still Thrills Today
While I certainly have many wonderful things to say about Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 musical extravaganza of the same name, my heart will always belong to director/co-writer John Huston’s 1952 version […]