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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 , Stages , Storefront , Theater

Review: Kokandy’s Jekyll & Hyde Makes Its Captivating Return to the Chicago Stage

The definitive metaphor for the duality of mankind, the torrid tale of Jekyll and Hyde has been familiar to lovers of literature for nearly 140 years. Adapted for the stage […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • October 28, 2025
    • Events , Lit , Live lit events

    Review: In the Carnival of Love: Monsters, Clowns, and the Holy Fool, by Satori

    Review by Tori Rego. Since making their publishing debut in 2024, local independent arts magazine and press, Raging Opossum, has sought to distinguish itself through gathering emerging voices that share […]

  • Tori Rego
  • October 28, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Reichardt Retrospective at Chicago Int’l Film Fest Highlights the Filmmaker’s Mastery of the Mundane

    “This film will really put the hustle in you.” Director Kelly Reichardt said this of her breakout film Old Joy (2006) while introducing its screening at the Gene Siskel Film […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • October 27, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Recap: Chicago Film Fest Award Winners and Films Worth Seeking Out Post-Festival

    The 61st Chicago International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, October 26 with a Chicago premiere screening of Eternity starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner. Ahead of the […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • October 27, 2025
    • Beyond , Chicago history , Music , Pop/Rock

    Feature: Bob Mould Is Tank Man / Electrical Audio Is Mecca

    Bob Mould seems to be comfortable alone. He’s released 15 solo albums since 1989’s Workbook and is currently touring to support his most recent offering, Here We Go Crazy. Even […]

  • Karin McKie
  • October 27, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: It’s a Revival! Music Theater Works Revisits Godspell Over 50 Years Later

    The musical Godspell was a colossal hit off-Broadway, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John Michael Tebelak. It was 1971, and the news trumpeted stories about […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 27, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater Crafts a Love Letter to French New Wave and Jean-Luc Godard

    If one takes a passing glance at Richard Linklater’s filmography, helming a black-and-white, mostly-in-French retelling of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal French New Wave classic Breathless might seem a […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 27, 2025
    • Dialogs , Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Writing

    Dialogs: Just an Emotion—Horror Writing and Religion at the American Writers Museum

    The American Writers Museum (AWM)’s exhibit American Prophets: Writers, Religion, and Culture will look “through the pages of American history to explore the influence of religion and spirituality on writers […]

  • Holly Smith
  • October 26, 2025
    • Beyond , Event , Food , Review

    Review: Paint and Sip at The Gwen Is an Experiment in Colorful Cuisine

    A Spirited Affair saw Fess Parker Winery, a Santa Barbara fixture, paired with The Gwen Chicago for a remarkable paint and sip event. Bites and sips pairings were designed by […]

  • Row Light
  • October 25, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos Brings his Bold, Singular Style to Timely, Sharp Satire Bugonia

    Fifteen-odd years ago, as a 20-something with a budding interest in independent and international film, I discovered a movie unlike anything I’d ever seen. To be fair, that was happening […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 24, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With a Title like Regretting You, the Bad Movie Puns Practically Write Themselves

    When a film gives you a word like “Regret” in its title and it also isn’t very good, the jokes write themselves. So I won’t stoop to that level and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 24, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Deliver Me From Nowhere, Jeremy Allen White Channels Springsteen’s Angst and Insecurities While Crafting Iconic Music

    At some point years from now, I’m sure someone will attempt an actual biopic or biographical series about Bruce Springsteen. But for now, I think Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 24, 2025
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