Film Review: Arrival, A Beautifully Human Story
I’m not sure if Paramount deliberately set the release date for Arrival for the Friday after Election Day, but in so many ways, it makes sense. What happens in the […]
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.
This Week in Art House Cinema: Tower and The Alchemist Cookbook
The big news is that the Cubs won the World Series and the city has been in a state of perpetual hysteria ever since. Earlier this week, we took a […]
Trolls Film Review: Uncut Joyous Mania
It may not happen right away, but there will likely come a point while watching the new Dreamwork Animation film Trolls that it will win you over. Although for some, […]
Hacksaw Ridge Film Review: Hope Within the Horrors of War
Continuing with my theme this year of reviewing the film and not the scandal, allow me to introduce you to Hacksaw Ridge, the latest battle-laden epic from director Mel Gibson. […]
Doctor Strange Film Review: Lush and Mystical
Part of the reason Marvel’s latest comic book adaptation, Doctor Strange, works is because huge swaths of it don’t feel like a Marvel comic book adaptation at all. And while […]
This Week in Art House Cinema: The Handmaiden, Moonlight and more
It’s been another solid week in cinema here in Chicago. The Chicago International Film Fest wrapped up it’s stellar two week run yesterday. We took a look at Inferno, the […]
Film Review: Inferno, Forgettable
Can we be honest? Ron Howard’s adaptations of author Dan Brown’s ongoing chronicles of symbologist (or whatever his job title is) Robert Langdon were never particularly good. The Da Vinci […]
This Week in Art House Cinema: American Pastoral, Certain Women and more
There was a lot going on in film this week. We previewed the second week of the Chicago International Film Festival. We took a look at the new Jack Reacher […]
Film Review: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Entirely Devoid of Originality
I’ll be honest, I don’t have much to say about the second Jack Reacher movie, because it didn’t say much to me. Considering how I really enjoyed the way the […]
Some of the Best Films to See During Week 2 of the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival
Last Friday, we took a look at some of of the best films screening during the first week of the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival. This week, CIFF continues into […]
The Accountant Film Review: Mostly Unpredictable and Highly Entertaining
In one of his most interesting roles in recent years, Ben Affleck takes on the persona of Christian Wolff, a math genius who also happens to be on the highly […]
Music Box of Horrors Returns For Another Year of 35mm Grainy Evil
Every October, for an exhausting but enriching 24 hours, the Music Box Theatre unleashes some of the creepiest, bloodiest, scariest and just plain weirdest horror films in existence, most of […]