Film Review: Paris Can Wait, An Interesting Failure
It’s an interesting failure, but a failure nonetheless. At age 81, writer-director Eleanor Coppola (wife of Francis Ford Coppola) has made her first film, Paris Can Wait, a dalliance of […]
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.
Film Review: A Quiet Passion, A Delicate Capture of Emily Dickinson’s Angst-Ridden World
One of the more delicate works you’re likely to see about such a strong personality, writer-director Terence Davies’ (The Deep Blue Sea, The Long Day Closes, Distant Voices, Still Lives) […]
Film Review – Alien: Covenant, Feels Like An Autopsy of Ridley Scott’s Original Masterpiece
In Ridley Scott’s 2012 foray into the Alien universe, the prequel Prometheus, the mission was to find the origin of humankind. But with his latest work, Alien: Covenant, Scott reveals […]
Film Review – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Guy Ritchie’s Latest Chooses Spectacle Over Substance
Guy Ritchie is apparently committed to making all of his protagonists scrappy, edgy and unable to play well with authority figures. In the early days of his career, that formula […]
Film Review: The Lovers A Laugh Out Loud Funny Tragicomedy
There’s nothing quite like having some of the best actors available take a difficult subject matter and making sense of it, even if making sense of it reveal how painful […]
Film Review – Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, Who Knew Urban Planning Could Be So Captivating?
Nothing says the early days of early-summer moviegoing like a documentary about architecture. In fact, the latest from director Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) is more than just that; […]
Film Review: Snatched, Goldie Hawn’s First Movie in 15 Years is Both Fun and Messy
Of course it’s not as good as Trainwreck, but guess what: it’s also nothing like Trainwreck, if for no other reason than the millions of people who discovered actress/writer Amy […]
A Complete Guide to the 5th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival
In the nearly 20 years I’ve been a part of Ain’t It Cool News, I’ve been very fortunate to be a part of some truly great events. But never in […]
Film Review: The Dinner, A Junk Movie with Garbage Characters
Oh, how I loathed this movie. And it’s not just that I hated the characters in the film—I’m certainly capable of liking a work with bad people at its center—I […]
Film Review – Risk: An Astonishing Look into the Worldview of Julian Assange
If I’ve got my timelines correct, when Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras (CitizenFour), was holed up in a Hong Kong hotel room with Edward Snowden and a pair of journalists, […]
Film Review – My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea: A Perfect Blend of Sly, Cynical, and Silly
I feel that John Hughes would approve. From noted graphic novelist Dash Shaw (“New School,” “Cosplayers”) comes an animation experience that combines a high school comedy with a disaster movie […]
Film Review – David Lynch: The Art Life, A Portrait of a Cinematic Mastermind
In this strangely organic and homey approach to a biography documentary, David Lynch: The Art Life concentrates exclusively on the filmmaker’s early years, leading up to and concluding with the […]