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.
I’ve known filmmaker Joe Lynch for many years, but I think this marks the first time I’ve actually interviewed him (outside of a joint interview for the online sitcom Holliston, […]
Look, I get it. I’m not a video game player in any way, so my knowledge of the Five Nights at Freddy’s series of games is zilch. I do know […]
Adding as somewhat unique spin on the slew of features and documentaries about the opioid crisis, director David Yates (taking a break from the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beast cinematic universes) brings […]
From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro, The Young Karl Marx, Lumumba), Silver Dollar Road follows the story of the Reels family as told by the […]
There are few documentary filmmakers with a more distinct interviewing style than Errol Morris. But having seen nearly everything he’s directed over the years (The Thin Blue Line, the Oscar-winning […]
Riding the very thin line between musical-comedy gold and obnoxious garbage, the long-running stage show F**king Identical Twins: The Musical from writers/performers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp has been adapted […]
David Grann’s best-selling book Killers of the Flower Moon was primarily centered on the true story of the Osage Nation in the years immediately following the discovery of oil under […]
For the first time since the two-year-plus pandemic, the Chicago International Film Festival feels like its back to full strength, in terms of both its lineup and its potential as […]
My admiration for filmmaker David Gordon Green, in his days as an indie filmmaker, knew no bounds as he stunned me with great works like George Washington, All the Real […]
Inspired by Pete Gleeson’s 2016 documentary about two Finnish backpackers, Hotel Coolgardie, the latest from director/co-writer Kitty Green (The Assistant), The Royal Hotel, concerns a pair of Canadian best friends […]
From the comedic creator who brought us the series Fresh Off the Boat and the feature film Always Be My Maybe, Nahnatchka Khan, comes a turn into horror comedy with […]
You may not know the name Jeremy Thomas in the realm of movie-making, but you likely know the film he’s responsible for, primarily as a producer of works by the […]