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Film Review: Princess Cyd is Real Life in All Its Focus and Fuzziness

Following up his 2015 sexual exploratoration story Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, Chicago-based writer-director Stephen Cone brings us Princess Cyd. It’s another version of the coming-of-age tale, this time from the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 3, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Novitiate is Coming of Age, Convent-Style

    Set in the wake of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council (more commonly referred to as Vatican II), the debut feature from writer-director Maggie Betts, Novitiate is a powerful look at the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 3, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Thor: Ragnarok Is a Fun, Funny Step in the Right Direction for Marvel

    The word I keep coming back to is “loose.” The third Thor movie, Thor: Ragnarok (the first from director Taika Waititi, whose previous outings were the glorious What We Do […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 31, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Todd Haynes Aims for Younger Audiences in Magical Wonderstruck

    Director Todd Haynes simply refuses to stop impressing me. After creating the chilly love story of Carol two years ago, he follows that up with the PG-rated, puzzle-box fable Wonderstruck, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    This Halloween, Treat Yourself to the Tricks in 1932’s The Old Dark House

    If the words “Have a potato” send a chill down your spine, then you’ve likely seen the classic 1932 haunted castle treat The Old Dark House, directed by James Whale. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger

    In director Jessica Yu’s wonderfully in-depth 2004 documentary In the Realms of the Unreal, the life and uncovered writings and art works of hermit-like artist Henry Darger were put on display […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Jane Proves a Stirring, Impressive Portrait of a Dedicated Scientist

    For most of the 2000s, documentary filmmaker Brett Morgan has found new and unique ways to tell stories that easily could have been just another biography, simply piecing together of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Film Review: Daring Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos Again Captivates with The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    One thing very few people would ever accuse the works of Greek-born filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, The Lobster) of being is accessible. Not that his films are difficult to understand […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Social Commentary Is Lost in Subpar Suburbicon

    Somewhere in Suburbicon is an interesting commentary on planned communities, race relations, and the quiet corruption of middle-class morals circa the late 1950s. And perhaps in the original screenplay that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Thank You For Your Service Takes the VA to Task in Moving Vet Story

    Editor’s Note: In addition to Steve’s film review, check out his interview with star Miles Teller, filmmaker Jason Hall and film subject Adam Schumann here. Although the film is sometimes […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Faces Places May Just Renew Your Faith In Humanity

    If you’re a film nerd like me, you follow the various film festivals during the first half of the year (Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, Cannes) with one ear to the cinematic […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 27, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: In Chavela, Chronicling an Icon’s Rise and Fall and Rise Again

    A decade ago, Marion Cotillard won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, Olivier Dahan’s biopic about the French chanteuse who enthralled a nation […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 20, 2017
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