Review: Fall Crackles with Relationship Drama and Vertigo-Inducing Filmmaking
The idea of facing one’s fears head-on is hardly a new one, but when the fear in question used to be a passion, that seems especially important to face. That’s […]
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.
Review: Jamie Foxx Vampire Saga Day Shift Features Solid Action Worthy of a Big Screen
My entry point, not just into horror films but movies in general, was vampires, specifically Dracula movies. So I’m always a bit more interested in a scary movie when vampires […]
Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies Gets Ruthless, Funny and Sometimes Bloody About Youth and Social Media Culture.
Quite frequently, I’ve knocked films that have supposedly smart people doing ridiculously dumb things in a movie just to keep the plot moving or just in the name of comedy […]
Review: Diane Keaton Is Just More of the (Annoying) Same in Cliché-Ridden Mack & Rita
Up front, I completely know that it’s wrong to say this, but having just watched her latest work, Mack & Rita, I have to say once again that I have […]
Interview: Filmmaker Hannah Mark and Star Mia Isaac on Making the Father-Daughter Road Movie Don’t Make Me Go
Director Hannah Marks entered into directing in the midst of what most would consider a thriving acting career (one that she still enjoys), with regular roles on series like “Weeds,” […]
Review: Comedian Jo Koy Goes Personal for Easter Sunday, Complete With a Chaotic Family and Mouth-Watering Food
Fully admitting that I have no prior exposure to stand-up comic Jo Koy, I walked into what I believe is his feature debut in a starring role, Easter Sunday, a […]
Review: Claydream Follows the Highs and Lows of a Creator’s Long, Eventful Career in Claymation
What I thought was going to strictly be a loving documentary tribute to the beloved Father of Claymation, Will Vinton (head of Will Vinton Studios), Claydream turned into something both […]
Review: Bloody and Action-Packed Prey Finds a Captivating Prequel Story in a Familiar Franchise
The idea behind the Predator prequel is so simple and so perfect, I’m actually genuinely glad that someone took the time to get it right before they tried filming it. […]
Review: Bullet Train Speeds By With Chaotic Action and Brad Pitt’s Under-Utilized Comedic Wit
Did you ever have a friend who took one semester of Intro to Psychology and immediately started analyzing themselves and your lives like they wrote the damn textbook? So, that’s […]
Review: Reality and Delusion Are Nearly Indistinguishable in Moody, Angsty Resurrection
After hoisting herself up as the new queen of angsty acting (with such films as Christine and The Night House) and equally impressive writing/directing (last year’s Sundance offering Passing) Rebecca Hall returns to hold […]
Interview: Documentarian Sara Dosa Explores the Fiery World of Volcanoes, Science and Love in Fire of Love
In her previous documentary, The Seer and the Unseen, director Sara Dosa adopted an almost magical-realism-like approach to telling the real-life story of an Icelandic woman who spoke on behalf […]
Review: Paradise Highway Features a Strong Cast But a Loose Grip on the Horrors of Human Trafficking
In a week filled with oddities at the movie theater, few are stranger in my mind than the feature debut from writer/director Anna Gutto, Paradise Highway, which features two Academy […]