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.
Sometimes when you can’t watch a French movie, a French-Canadian movie works just as nicely. Case in point: this sweet dark comedy about a “teen” vampire (she’s actually 68) named […]
Shorter than most films we see from India (by about an hour), the blood-soaked actioner Kill concerns two army commandos taking time off after a big mission. One of them, […]
I sometimes feel guilty about coming down on a film that hits all the nostalgia buttons and makes people feel good about the things they enjoyed growing up. But with […]
Rounding out his horror trilogy, writer/director/editor Ti West (X, Pearl) brings us MaXXXine, following up on the adventures of adult film star Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) six years after that […]
Adapted from an Aleksei K. Tolstoy novella that predates Bram Stroker’s Dracula by more than 50 years, director/co-writer Adrien Beau’s The Vourdalak is an 18th century vampire story that remains […]
Sometimes the simplest idea is the most effective. Case in point: the feature debut from writer/director Christy Hall, Daddio, about two people in a New York City yellow taxi swapping […]
For those who have been on the journey with Yorgos Lanthimos since films like Alps and Dogtooth (and yes, even his early English-language days of The Lobster and Killing of […]
Less a terrifying thrill ride and more of an introspective examination of emotional extremes, the prequel story A Quiet Place: Day One shifts the action of the first two films […]
In the current film industry landscape, Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson are two of the highest-profile, Chicago-based filmmakers working today. That’s due in large part to their latest work, Ghostlight, […]
If you’ve ever wanted to see the cinematic equivalent of a vulture picking the last bits of flesh off the bones of a long-dead animal, allow me to introduce you […]
Rarely has a group of such gifted actors been gathered to tell a story that somehow feels both insightful and shallow, depending on the scene and character. Based on a […]
The many wives of King Henry VIII are an endless source of fascination for everyone from history buffs to soap opera fans. The six unfortunate women who make up this […]