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 may come as a surprise to some of you, but the comedy troupe known as Broken Lizard (Super Troopers, Club Dread, Beer Fest) doesn’t really care that much about […]
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The newest documentary film from Academy Award-winning directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo, Meru), Wild Life is a bit of a departure for the pair: There are very […]
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Like most “original” ideas from “The Walking Dead” and “Invincible” creator Robert Kirkman, Renfield isn’t that original, but it is damn fun. From director Chris McKay (The LEGO Batman Movie, […]
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Ever wonder what happens to a film that breaks out of Lifetime/Hallmark Channel jail? Me neither, but apparently one such film is One True Loves, from director Andy Fickman (Paul […]
Lest you think that the new Owen Wilson-starring film Paint is some veiled biopic of public television superstar Bob Ross, let me assure you that any similarities between Wilson’s Carl […]
I don’t normally read press notes on a film before viewing it (and rarely after, other than to retrieve the occasional cast list), but I noticed in the outreach for […]
And I thought I was a little bit lost during the recent Dungeons & Dragons movie. I don’t live under a rock, so I know a little something about the […]
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