Review: A Story of Resilience, Resistance Misses the Humanity of Actual Events
Depending on how you look at it, this is either a very good or very bad week to be Jesse Eisenberg. He has not one, but two new movies being […]
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: A Sense of Place, Tension and Mystery in Female-Driven Blow The Man Down
So much of what makes the debut feature from writing/directing team Bridget Savage Cole (The Distance Between the Apple and the Tree) and Danielle Krudy is its sense of place. […]
Review: Pete Davidson Channels Star Potential in Big Time Adolescence
[Editors Note: Starting this week, Third Coast’s film coverage will shift to streaming options in order to continue to deliver critical takes on the latest films until cinemas re-open. We’ll […]
Review: ‘Deplorables’ As Target Practice in Once Delayed, Still Timely The Hunt
Quite often, when producer Jason Blum presents something controversially topical, we get The Purge franchise. But every once in a while, we also get Get Out. Blum may not have […]
Review: First Cow Explores Male Friendship and American Entrepreneurship
Some are better than others, but I don’t think director Kelly Reichardt has made a bad movie. From her debut with the recently restored and reissued River of Grass, Old […]
Review: Vin Diesel is Yet Another Action Hero in Generic Bloodshot
We’ve almost reached a point now (and perhaps some reached it long ago) where we’re going to start wondering if certain films that we want to see are worth risking […]
Interview: Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin on Growing Up, Working with “Wild” Kids and the Wait for His Next Film
Considering that filmmaker Benh Zeitlin’s first feature film, Beasts of the Southern Wild, was one of the most celebrated indie discoveries of 2012 (the film also was also nominated for […]
Review: Little Sympathy for Racists in Burden, A Mediocre Story of Forgiveness
In the last few years, I feel like I’ve seen a handful of films that attempt to illustrate or at least make a case for the redeem-ability of white supremacists. […]
Review: With Plenty of Wonder and a Touch of Melancholy, Wendy Reimagines Perpetual Childhood
One of the most anticipated films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Wendy is the latest work from Beasts of the Southern Wild filmmaker Benh Zeitlin, his first in the […]
Review: Pixar’s Latest, Onward Finds Adventure, Humor and Heart in a Fantasy World
Before I dive into the latest Pixar film, Onward, I just noticed in looking at the cast list that Julia Louis-Dreyfus voices a character named Laurel Lightfoot, which is a […]
Review: At the Intersection of Hollywood and Politics, Seberg Falls Short
The late, American-born actress Jean Seberg certainly led a fascinating life, from her first film, 1957’s Saint Joan (in which she was actually burned during the film’s climactic sequence) to […]
Review: The Times of Bill Cunningham Discovers the Man Behind the Photographs
In 2011, I saw a wonderful documentary about New York Times “On the Street” photographer and fashion historian Bill Cunningham called Bill Cunningham: New York. At the time, Cunningham was […]