Review: Pixar Does It Again with Toy Story 5, Bringing the Franchise into the Digital Age
If the folks at Pixar can keep making Toy Story movies that are as great as all five have been so far, then I’m willing to believe there is hope […]
Steve Prokopy is chief film critic for the Chicago-based arts outlet Third Coast Review. For nearly 20 years, he was the Chicago editor for Ain’t It Cool News, where he contributed film reviews and filmmaker/actor interviews under the name “Capone.” Currently, he’s a frequent contributor at /Film (SlashFilm.com) and Backstory Magazine. He is also the public relations director for Chicago's independently owned Music Box Theatre, and holds the position of Vice President for the Chicago Film Critics Association. In addition, he is a programmer for the Chicago Critics Film Festival, which has been one of the city's most anticipated festivals since 2013.
Review: A Feature Film Based on a Book Based on a Music Video Based on a Song, Girls Like Girls Makes Teenage Love Complicated
Full transparency: before seeing this film, I knew nothing of the hit 2015 song, the accompanying music video, or the 2023 book Girls Like Girls, all of which were the […]
Review: Strong Central Performances Lead the Bleak but Authentic The Death of Robin Hood
Anyone going into The Death of Robin Hood expecting a traditional telling of the Robin Hood legend is in for the rudest of awakenings. If anything, the latest from writer/director […]
Interview: Filmmaker Kenji Tanigaki Brings His History of Martial Arts and Action Movies to the Craft of The Furious
Kenji Tanigaki is a Japanese-born stuntman, stunt coordinator, fight coordinator, and director whose latest work, The Furious, might be the greatest action movie in the last 20 years. After training […]
Review: Steven Spielberg Returns with Disclosure Day, a Fascinating if Slightly Frustrating Exploration of Extraterrestrial Secrets
I’ve often said that someone being disappointed by a film because it doesn’t meet the expectations you had of it going in isn’t the fault of the film; it’s your […]
Interview: Filmmaker Adam Carter Rehmeier on Creating Carolina Caroline with Romance, Sleight of Hand and the Perfect Cast
Writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and producer Adam Carter Rehmeier first got no small amount of recognition for his divisive 2011 horror film The Bunny Game, about a prostitute searching for […]
Review: Questlove Returns to Music Documentaries with Earth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World
What separates the music documentaries directed by producer and Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Summer of Soul; Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius); Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years […]
Review: Masters of the Universe Channels ’80s Nostalgia with Self-Awareness and Well-Intentioned Silliness
Based on the Mattel toys and 1980s animated series, this current Masters of the Universe film is the second live-action adaptation of this material, following the 1987 version starring Dolph […]
Review: Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells Center the Bittersweet Yet Charming Grief Dramedy Miss You, Love You
Oscar-winning screenwriter Jim Rash (who co-wrote Alexander Payne’s The Descendants) has penned and directed his most emotionally charged film to date (after The Way Way Back and Downhill), Miss You, […]
Review: 20-Year-Old Filmmaker Kane Parsons Brings a New Style of Horror and Anxiety Fuel to the Genre with Backrooms
Before we get into the review of this top-notch psychological thriller, let’s do a quick recent history lesson. People have been posting eerie images of a fictional place called “The […]
Review: World War II Docudrama Pressure Recounts 72 Hours—and a Weather Forecast—that Changed History
I’ve said it before, but I’ll repeat myself until I pass out if I have to: docudramas are not documentaries; they don’t show us exactly what happened because they are […]
Review: Silent Friend Weaves Three Lives Into a Quietly Mesmerizing Meditation on Nature
From Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi (On Body and Soul, The Story of My Wife), Silent Friend presents us with three very different stories, all exploring the natural world as it […]