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Review: Ellie Kemper and Cast Don’t Get Much to Work With in Mediocre Rom-Com Happiness for Beginners

Much like with her debut film, The Volunteer, writer/director Vicky Wright chooses to place a woman in an apathetic fog at the center of her sophomore effort, Happiness for Beginners […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 27, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: An Underdeveloped The Tomorrow Man Squanders Talent of Veteran Actors

    Tomorrow Man

    The feature debut from writer/director Noble Jones (a short film and music video veteran), The Tomorrow Man, is less a film about two older people finding each other and more […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 31, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Elizabeth Chomko and Robert Forster on Coming of Age and Coming Back to Chicago for What They Had

    What They Had

    What They Had is about a lot of things, most of which are related to a family’s inability to talk about medical care, but also bigger-picture drama like the inability […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 8, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Chicagoan Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had Is So Polished It Shines

    What They Had

    What They Had is a wonderful film. There’s no use burying the lede on Chicagoan Elizabeth Chomko’s writing and directing debut. The script won the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 26, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Hearts Beat Loud Hits All The Right Notes

    Hearts Beat Loud

    One of my absolute favorite films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Hearts Beat Loud, the latest from writer-director Brett Haley (I’ll See You in My Dreams, The Hero), […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 15, 2018
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