• Art & Museums
  • Beyond
    • Soapbox
    • Today
  • Film & TV
  • Food
  • Games & Tech
  • Lit
  • Music
    • Audio
  • Stages
  • About Us
  • Our Writers
  • Write With Us
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Contact
  • Art & Museums
  • Beyond
  • Film & TV
  • Food
  • Games & Tech
  • Lit
  • Music
  • Stages
  • Film , Film & TV , Review

Dispatch: One Last Sundance in Park City, One Last Round of Film Reviews

Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival…. Next year, it will be Boulder. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie One of the strongest docs at Sundance […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 6, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Anniversary Follows a Family and a Political Movement to Heartbreaking Ends

    I’m fairly certain that the point of Anniversary, the new film from Polish-born director Jan Komasa (Good Boy), is to illustrate how even the tightest-knit family can be torn apart […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 29, 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
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Some of the Year’s Best Performances Anchor Chicago Film Fest’s First Weekend of Screenings

    Across its first weekend (Saturday, October 18, and Sunday, October 19) the Chicago International Film Festival features several highly anticipated films with some of the year’s best performances; here are […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • October 18, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Clint Eastwood Directs Juror #2, a Courtroom-Set Litmus Test for Good and Bad

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 1, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Social Media Fame Backfires in Flawed but Entertaining Not Okay

    Brace yourself. We’re on the verge of being bombarded with higher-profile feature films about the perils of being a 20-something, raised on social media, with a skewed/warped definition of what […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 29, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Chicago Native Graham Moore on the Precision of The Outfit, the Art of the Reveal and Setting the Film in 1950s Chicago

    When last we met Chicago native Graham Moore, he was picking up an Oscar for his first produced screenplay, 2014’s The Imitation Game. If memory serves, at the time, he […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 23, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Starring Oscar-Winner Mark Rylance, The Outfit Is a Tightly Wound, Delightfully Intriguing Thriller

    Pulling together a pair of Oscar winners—actor Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) and writer Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)—The Outfit is a tightly wound, delightfully intriguing thriller that also happens […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 18, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Zombieland Sequel Reunites Original Cast, Finds Laughs Along the Way

    Zombieland Double Tap

    I’m not a big fan of the lazy question “Who asked for this sequel?” If the sequel in question is, you know, good, then I guess the answer to that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 18, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Rambling and Pointless, The Year of Spectacular Men is Anything But

    year of spectacular men

    After several decades of acting and a few more recent years of series television directing, the charming Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) is taking her first crack at feature […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 15, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Coming of Age with a Twist in Flower

    Flower

    One of the things I noticed immediately when scanning the credits for director/co-writer Max Winkler’s (Ceremony) latest work, Flower, is that it’s executive produced by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 23, 2018
  • 1
    • Film & TV
    • Film
    • Review
    • Music
    • Reviews
    • Stages
    • Theater
    • Games & Tech
    • Game
    • Review

    About us

    • About Us
    • Our Writers
    • Write With Us
    • Subscribe
    • Support
    • Contact

    Useful Information

    For general inquiries, or to submit an article idea, correction or comment, write to us here or contact us

    Support Chicago Indie Media

    Enjoying Third Coast Review news and reviews? Please consider supporting our arts and culture coverage by making a small monthly pledge or making a donation via PayPal. Choose the amount that works best for you, and know how much we appreciate your support!

    Third Coast Review is a member of the Chicago Independent Media Alliance.

    Developed By Utopian | Copyright 2016-2024, Third Coast Review LLC & Respective Authors. All Rights Reserved. No Content May Be Reproduced Without Express Written Permission From Third Coast Review.    Login