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Steve Prokopy

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Review: Wartime Documentary Kiss the Future Centers Artists in Sarajevo Alongside U2

For the last couple of weeks, members of the band U2 and others connected to the documentary Kiss the Future (including producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) have been doing […]

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Review: Italy’s Harrowing Io Capitano Earns Its Place Among This Year’s International Feature Oscar Nominees

Although it’s one of this year’s five Oscar-nominated Best International Feature Films, Italy’s Io Capitano is the last of the five to finally be released in theaters stateside, and now […]

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Review: Hilary Swank Elevates Ordinary Angels From Hallmark Fare to Something of a Sweet, True Story

Based on a true story (I’m guessing with more than a few embellishments), Ordinary Angels is the story of Sharon Steves (Hilary Swank), an alcoholic hairdresser living in small-town Kentucky, […]

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Review: In Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan Coen Maps a Road Movie with Plenty of Sex and Laughs Along the Way

At least for now, the Coen Brothers as a filmmaking unit, are no more. Three years ago, Joel Coen adapted Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, and now brother Ethan counters […]

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Review: A Slight but Entertaining Thriller, Monolith Follows a Disgraced Journalist on a New, Mysterious Investigation

One-character thrillers are tough to pull off under the best of circumstances, but first-time feature director Matt Vesely and screenwriter Lucy Campbell actually make Monolith feel less like a one-woman […]

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Review: Father and Daughter Journey Toward Reconciliation (and Rehab) in Bleeding Love

Family drama is rarely depicted on screen with quite such bite as Bleeding Love, which casts real-life father and daughter Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor playing an estranged father and […]

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Review: Bob Marley: One Love Has a Narrow Focus on the Complicated, Robust Life of the Musician and Activist

Rather than attempt to tell the complete life story of iconic singer/songwriter Bob Marley, the latest from director Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men, King Richard, Joe Bell), Bob Marley: […]

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Review: Dakota Johnson Enters the Marvel Universe with Madame Web, a Frustrating Addition to the Spider-Man Franchise

Unlike some (many?), I haven’t grown weary of superhero films as a genre. What I have grown exhausted by are specifically Sony-made Spider-Verse movies that try to walk the line […]

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Review: Harmless Workplace RomCom Upgraded Isn’t Exactly First Class Fare

Certainly better than I was expected from what is essentially a rom-com with slightly more emphasis than normal on the profession of the female lead, Upgraded tells the tale of […]

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Review: Jay Duplass Stars in Ghostwritten, a Murky Literary Mystery on an Isolated Island

In this moderately effective take on the question of where inspiration truly comes from in the arts, Ghostwritten comes from writer-director Thomas Matthews (Lost Holiday) and follows the travails of […]

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Review: Semi-Autobiographical Suncoast Offers an Uneven if Well-Intentioned Coming-of-Age Story

In this strange, semi-autobiographical story from debut writer-director Laura Chinn, Suncoast tells the story of teenager Doris (Nico Parker), growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her mother Kristine (Laura […]

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Review: How to Have Sex Is a Sharp and Emotional Examination of Young Womanhood and Sexuality

Winner of the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes 2023 and the debut feature from writer-director Molly Manning Walker, How To Have Sex is a fully immersive party girl experience […]

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