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Interview: Documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer on His Jump to Narratives with Apocalyptic Musical The End, Lyrics versus Poetry and Casting for Vulnerability

The End marks the narrative film directing debut from Oscar-nominated documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, whose one-two punch was 2012’s The Act of Killing and 2014’s The Look of Silence. The former […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 18, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: At 78, Filmmaker Paul Schrader Confronts the Past, the Truth and More in Compelling and Complicated Oh, Canada

    At the age of 78, writer/director Paul Schrader is on a bit of a run with films like First Reformed, The Card Counter, Master Gardener, and now Oh, Canada (based […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 13, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Lord of the Rings Gets the Anime Treatment in The War of Rohirrim, with Plenty for Die-Hards to Appreciate

    Beyond having read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, I don’t know much about the stories of what came before or after J.R.R. Tolkien’s most famous works. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 13, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Spider-Verse Slogs On with Another Villain Story in the Mostly Backstory Actioner Kraven the Hunter

    If the rumors are true (and maybe they aren’t even rumors at this point) and Sony is truly done making these nonsense, periphery Spider-Man-universe films (minus actual appearances from Spider-Man), […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 13, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV

    Interview: Revisiting the Y2K “Crisis” with Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter, plus Monster Making and Creating a Late-90s Period Piece

    During his nearly 10 years as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, Kyle Mooney dipped his toe into filmmaking as the co-screenwriter on the well-received 2017 film Brigsby Bear, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 10, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: An Athlete Defeats the Odds in Uneven but Inspiring Sports Drama Unstoppable

    Directed by first-time filmmaker and veteran editor William Goldenberg (Zero Dark Thirty, Air, an Oscar winner for Argo, Heat), Unstoppable is the story of real-life wrestler Anthony Robles (played by […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Order Recounts the True Events of a 1980s Domestic Terrorism Group, All Too Timely Today

    Naturally, it takes an Australian director and a cast led by mostly non-American actors to hold a mirror to a part of recent U.S. history that has alarming ties to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Daniel Craig Delivers His Best Work Since Bond in Luca Guadagnino’s Wandering Burroughs Adaptation Queer

    The writings of William S. Burroughs were never about plot; instead, they were more thought-driven, confessional exercises about the inner workings of addiction, with such works as Junkie and Naked […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: SNL Alum Kyle Mooney Directs Y2K, Part High School Sex Comedy, Part Technology Apocalypse

    In the new comedy from first-time director/co-writer/co-star and SNL alum Kyle Mooney (who co-wrote the impressive Brigsby Bear in 2017), the collective anxiety surrounding potential disasters occurring as 1999 became […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 6, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Debut Feature Film Know Your Place Is an Unexpectedly Relatable Coming-of-Age Story

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and […]

  • Tory Crowley
  • December 4, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: You Are Not Me Offers a Macabre Twist on the Dysfunctional Family Holiday Movie

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and […]

  • Alejandro Riera
  • December 4, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Amy Adams Channels Primal Instincts and Female Identity in Marielle Heller’s Fierce, Triumphant Nightbitch

    My entire life, I’ve been indifferent on having children. As a person with a uterus, I of course grew up understanding that time is of the essence and with the […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 4, 2024
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