Thousands March Through Loop to Call for ‘Sensible’ Gun Laws
Thousands marched in the Loop on Sunday to call for what they say are sensible gun laws in the wake of yet another tragic school shooting, which took place in […]
Reader Editor Out After Paper Publishes Racist Cartoon on Cover
After just 10 days, the Reader has let go of its newest executive editor, Mark Konkol. Konkol was dismissed in the wake of massive criticism for publishing an extremely racist […]
Breach at Victory Gardens: Love and Relationships, Sitcom Style
Breach: a manifesto on race in america through the eyes of a black girl recovering from self-hate is a world premiere at Victory Gardens Theater. The play’s long title might […]
Game Review: Dynasty Warriors 9 is Inept, Insipid and Tedious
Koei Tecmo’s flagship franchise for years now has been the Omega Force developed Dynasty Warriors. It is a series of games known for singularly powerful warriors battling large hordes of […]
Film Review: Mercury In Retrograde Examines the Ebb and Flow of Every Kind of Relationship
You can read the signs or ignore them, but they won’t fade away. Mercury in Retrograde, from local writer/director Michael Glover Smith, takes three couples out of their city life to […]
Video Games and Scholarly Pursuits with the VGA Reader
We at Third Coast Review have been dedicated to acknowledging that video games are more than just casual entertainment—that they are a legitimate form of art that are worthy of […]
STRFKR is Technicolor at Concord Music Hall
[soliloquy id=”24044″] Photos by Elif Geris. STRFKR had one goal Valentine’s Day at Concord Music Hall, and that was to make its audience move. Vocalist, drummer, guitarist and more Josh […]
Film Review: Pixar, Who? Aardman Studios Scores Big with Animated Early Man
This is a simple formula. If you love animation, Aardman Studios, comedies, soccer and/or movies in general, then you really have no excuse not to see Aardman’s latest, Early Man. […]
Film Review: A Ciambra Explores the Space Between Childhood and Growing Up
Jonas Carpignano’s sophomore feature, A Ciambra, follows Pio (Pio Amato), a Romani kid in southern Italy who’s doing his damn best to grow up as fast as he can. No […]
Game Review:Rust–Naked and Afraid Right Out of Early Access
Back around four or five years ago, DayZ exploded in popularity, and with it came a glut of survival game copycats. Some of them, like Subnautica and The Long Dark, ended […]
Bitch Planet Vol. 1 is Well Worth the Read
Given the current political climate and the completely welcome rebellion against male-dominated media, it’s no surprise that a comic like Bitch Planet hits all the right feminist notes. A quick-witted and […]
Slow It Down with Cafe Racer’s New LP Famous Dust
On those days when the world seems like an anxiety-ridden, dumpster fire, that not even the “This is fine” dog could anticipate, it can be hard to want to add […]