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Steve Prokopy

ARTICLES: 1779
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Generation Wealth Is Part Autobiography, Part Cautionary Tale

Generation Wealth

Over her 25-plus years as a filmmaker and photographer, Lauren Greenfield has returned to the themes of wealth culture, economic disparity, the life of children of wealthy families, eating disorders, […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: The Personal Becomes Art in Fashion Doc McQueen

McQueen

It seems as if we’re getting a documentary related to the fashion world about once every other week these days. The truth is, I’m truly enjoying the immersion into a […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: The Darkest Minds Falls Short as a Poor Man’s Mutant Story

Darkest Minds

The only thing missing from The Darkest Minds is a Stan Lee cameo and maybe a quickie Wolverine appearance. And I’m fairly certain that the only thing stopping the studio […]

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Film, Film & TV, Film fest

Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention Promises Nostalgic Screenings, Appearances

child's play

Founded in 2002, the Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention is the largest and longest-running horror convention in the Chicago area (Rosemont to be specific), taking place at the Crowne Plaza […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Dark Money Delves into the Scary Reality of Money in Politics

Dark Money

It seems like it has been a while since a really effective documentary has struck fear in me for the future of our country on an issue that, on the […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Fallout Is a Genuinely Great Addition to the Mission Impossible Series

Mission Impossible Fallout

Tom Cruise is 56 years old, and I choose to believe he could keep making Mission: Impossible movies for the rest of his life. (Or Jack Reacher films or maybe […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Despite Exploring a New Genre, Unfriended: Dark Web Lacks Creativity, Inspiration

Unfriended Dark Web

As the age of the found footage films seems to be taking its final few breaths, the era of movies composed of nothing but windows popping up on a computer […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Joaquin Phoenix Carries a Moving, if Stilted, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

When Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, the latest from Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, To Die For, Milk) defies expectations, it’s a glorious thing. But when […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Creative Duo Crafts Heartbreaking, Uplifting Story of Change in Blindspotting

blindspotting

At its heart, Blindspotting is a film by and about friends. Longtime music collaborators and Oakland natives Daveed Diggs (best known for his Tony-award-winning dual role in Hamilton) and poet […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Denzel Washington Returns to The Equalizer A Changed Man

Equalizer 2

In the 2014 Equalizer movie (as the sequel is, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington), Washington’s Robert McCall was a man trying to put his deadly past behind […]

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Film, Film & TV, Interview

Interview: Blindspotting Creative Duo On Oakland, Finding a Director and the Ten Years to the Big Screen

blindspotting

Musicians, poets, actors, and general creative types Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal have been working on-and-off on the screenplay for Blindspotting for somewhere around 10 years—long before Diggs got involved […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Restored Print of Wickedly Fun The Murderer Lives at Number 21 Comes to Chicago

Murderer Lives at Number 21

In 1942, after a few years of working together with directing partner Karl Hartl, Henri-Georges Clouzot (Wages of Fear, Diabolique) broke out with his first solo effort with the old-school […]

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