Review: A Gender-Swapped Remake of His Own Classic, The Killer Misses the Target
As much as I tend to cringe at the idea of most film remakes, for some reason, the thought of legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo (Face/Off, Broken Arrow, Hard […]
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: Horror Creature Feature Hell Hole Unearths More Than Expected Under the Surface
From the highly entertaining and inventive horror filmmakers The Adams Family (last year’s Where The Devil Roams, and 2021’s Hellbender) comes their take on and love letter to classic sci-fi-driven […]
Review: The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat Chronicles Three Friends Over Decades and Through Years of Tribulations and Triumph
Based on the best-selling 2013 novel by Edward Kelsey Moore (adapted by Cee Marcellus, which is actually a pen name for Gina Prince-Bythewood, with revisions by director Tina Mabry), The […]
Review: Alien: Romulus Revives a Classic Franchise with a Fast-Paced, Beautifully Violent, Lived-In New Story
Set 20 years after the original Ridley Scott-directed Alien, Alien: Romulus centers on a much younger but no less grungy group of characters who escape their mining colony home/prison planet […]
Review: Elliot Page Stars in Close to You, a Personal and Touching Story of Family and Change
Although the film isn’t meant to be autobiographical, it probably comes as no surprise that Close to You star/producer Elliot Page has a “Story by” credit for this small and […]
Review: Elizabeth Banks Stars in Skincare, a Beauty-Industry Thriller That’s Barely Skin Deep
Feeling more like a well-made TV movie of the week than an actual big-screen film, Skincare is the feature debut by director Austin Peters (a popular music video director, who […]
Review: Matt Damon Teams Up with the Other Affleck for a Middling, Very Boston Heist Drama
For some, the best news about the new film starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, The Instigators, is that it’s not a sequel to their original pairing, the 2002 Gus […]
Interview: Cast of Sing Sing Recounts Vulnerability On Set, Learning from Colman Domingo and Restoring Humanity Post-Incarceration
There are few films released in the last few years whose authenticity is a priority as much as director Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing, starring Colman Domingo (Rustin) as John “Divine […]
Review: Eddie Izzard Stars in a Modern-Day Retelling of Split Personalities in Doctor Jekyll
Released under the Hammer Films banner (although I’m not exactly sure what the connection is between this iteration of Hammer Films and the blood-soaked classics from the 1960s-’70s) comes a […]
Review: A Change of Scenery Sparks a Change of Heart in Peak Season, Relationship Drama on a Picturesque Backdrop
When I was in my early teens, my family and I made a habit of taking cross-country trips (I grew up in the Washington, DC, area). We’d always take a […]
Review: Kneecap Blurs the Lines of Art and Reality with Irish Rap Group’s Commitment to their Craft—and the Irish Language
When a British writer/director takes on the true story of an Irish rap group whose unifying theme and unlikely rise to fame centers on the preservation of the Irish Gaelic […]
Preview: Long-Running Horror Convention Flashback Weekend Spotlights Directors, Cast Reunions to 2024 Event
Chicago’s largest and longest-running horror convention, Flashback Weekend, is throwing the spotlight on four legendary horror directors and three massive cast reunions for its 2024 outing, August 2-4 at the […]