Review: An Ordinary Man Explores Life After War Crimes
Brad Silberling is a man with many job titles. He’s been a television producer and director for quite a number of years, while occasionally dipping his toe into the world […]
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: The Scares Grow Tiresome in Marrowbone
Having just appeared in the darkest of dark comedies, Thoroughbreds, as well as such works as The Witch and Split, actor Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the more reliable new faces […]
Review: A Family’s Wine Roots Explored in Back to Burgundy
After a succession of high-energy, dialogue-heavy comedies such as L’Auberge Espagnole, Russian Dolls, Chinese Puzzle, and When the Cat’s Away, writer/director Cédric Klapisch returns with something a bit more easy […]
Review: Harrowing and Intense, Brace Yourself for You Were Never Really Here
The latest from writer/director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, We Need To Talk About Kevin), You Were Never Really Here is about a lot of things for such a seemingly single-minded, unspeakably brutal […]
Review: Connection, Kinship at the Heart of Achingly Moving Lean on Pete
I walked into the latest from director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) knowing absolutely nothing about it beyond the title, Lean On Pete. As someone who sees anywhere between 450-475 […]
Review: Desperate to Scare, Truth or Dare Loses at Its Own Game
You should fully expect to see “from the producers who brought you Get Out” in front of a lot of not-nearly-as-good horror films over the next year or two, beginning […]
Review: Chicago Takes a Beating in Entertaining, Pointless Rampage
It’s been since 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon that Chicago has taken a epic-sized, big-budgeted walloping the way it does in the video game-inspired Rampage. But something curious happened […]
Review: Jon Hamm as an Ex-Diplomat in Tense, Focused Beirut
I’ll fully admit that for decades, I have been a sucker for thrillers steeped in real-world political intrigue, whether the events at the heart of the story being told are […]
Interview: Imelda Staunton on Never Repeating the Same Role, Harry Potter Fans and Working with Old Friends
Imelda Staunton is one of the single greatest and most versatile actors working today, but you might not realize it unless you’ve been exposed to her work on the big […]
Interview: Richard Loncraine on Aging, Career Longevity and the Dancing in Finding Your Feet
Across several decades of film and television directing, primarily out of the U.K., Richard Loncraine has built up an impressive body of work that covers both comedy, drama, and everything […]
Review: A Murder Investigation in Neon and Synth Beats in Gemini
It’s become clear over the years that writer-director Aaron Katz has been making films (including Land Ho! and Cold Weather, to name two of his most recent) that he has […]
Review: Gripping 1945 Is a Crisp, Impressive Day of Reckoning
This fascinating work from Hungarian director Ferenc Török (No Man’s Island, East Side Stories) combines story elements including the immediate aftermath of World War II, the beginnings of Russia’s occupation […]