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Review: In Revisiting a Classic, The Exorcist: Believer Retreads Familiar Demons

My admiration for filmmaker David Gordon Green, in his days as an indie filmmaker, knew no bounds as he stunned me with great works like George Washington, All the Real […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 6, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Stacked Cast Elevates Family Squares Above Its Zoom-Filmed Family Meetings

    Another example of pure pandemic cinema is this week’s release of Family Squares, a lightweight but often quite funny work from director and co-writer (with Brad Morris) Stephanie Laing (Irreplaceable […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 25, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Fran Kranz on Making Mass and the Most Honorable, Important Thing People Can Do Right Now

    Mass

    One of the most talked-about films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Mass, the writing/directing debut of actor Fran Kranz, which thoughtfully examines the journey of two sets of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 12, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Martha Plimpton on Making Mass, the Rhythm of the Script, and Midwestern Pragmatism

    Mass

    We continue a series of interviews for one of the most talked about films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival: the writing/directing debut of actor Fran Kranz, Mass.  The film thoughtfully […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 2, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Ann Dowd on Making Mass and What She Learned from Years Working in Chicago Theater

    Mass

    One of the most talked-about films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the writing/directing debut of actor Fran Kranz, Mass, which thoughtfully examines the journey of two sets of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 2, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Parents Reckon with Unthinkable Tragedy in Emotional, Challenging School Shooting Drama Mass

    Mass

    Known primarily as an actor who pops up in a lot of Joss Whedon TV and film properties, Fran Kranz has now proven himself to be a surprisingly effective writer/director […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 15, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Modern Western, Cowboys Puts Family Dynamics to the Test

    cowboys

    Set in small-town Montana, Cowboys, the latest from writer/director Anna Kerrigan (Five Days Gone), concerns a family in crisis largely because its patriarch, Troy (Steve Zahn), is a good man […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 11, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Dispatch: Award Winners and A Few More Films as Sundance Film Festival Wraps

    My Name is Pauli Murray

    The Sundance Film Festival wrapped last week, and even though it was entirely virtual this year, it turns out it still takes just as long to recover from long days […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • February 8, 2021
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