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.
For reasons I’m not even clear on, I have a tendency to respond well to road trip movies in which at least one of the travelers is examining history, whether […]
For many animation fans, the original Inside Out represents not only the best that Pixar has to offer, but also the depths to which animation as an art-form can go […]
Although filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan’s The Watchers is technically her feature filmmaking debut, she’s actually been working in the film industry since 19 (she’s about 24 or 25 presently), when […]
Just as I was afraid actor Glen Powell was on the verge of getting lost doing lightweight, unchallenging fare like Top Gun: Maverick and the current Anyone But You, he […]
Although not exactly new to directing, Ishana Night Shyamalan (daughter of M. Night Shyamalan, who is a producer on this film) marks her feature film debut with an adaptation of […]
Some movies just make you a little more cynical about the reasons people make them in the first place, and anyone who doesn’t recognize Bad Boys: Ride or Die for […]
Before making his feature debut with In a Violent Nature, writer/director Chris Nash worked as a practical effect artist (he still does, actually), and it’s not difficult to see his […]
There’s a curious trend in filmdom right now of films about religion or religious figures that aren’t necessarily your typical pandering, faith-based releases. Just a couple of months ago, I […]
Flashes of the life and career of creative visionary Jim Henson have been seen in documentaries on other subjects, including 2021’s Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, and […]
I almost skipped reviewing this one this week, but then the protector in me said, “No, the people need to know; they need to be warned.” So here I am, […]
Something I wasn’t aware of until watching Ezra, the latest film by director Tony Goldwyn (who also co-stars in the film) is that there is something of a debate going […]
Although not quite justifying its two-hour-plus running time, the true-life story Young Woman and the Sea eventually turns into a rousing, uplifting story of one of the greatest and most […]