Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Designer Dresses, Mid-Century Paris and the Endearing Charm of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Based on the 1958 novel by nearly the same name (the book drops the H for a bit of added working-class cockney flair), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is only […]

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Film & TV, Review

Review: Based on a True Story, Operation Mincemeat Offers Drama, History and a Glimpse into WWII-era Personal Lives

Operation Mincemeat

One of the things I love about historical dramas is that they have a tendency to be dry, which I realize runs counter to what I typically like about films […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Creation Stories Tells the Riotous, Indulgent Life Story of Scottish Music Industry Man Alan McGee

As only Danny Boyle (credited here as an executive producer) and Irvine Welsh (who co-wrote the screenplay with Dean Cavanagh) can, Creation Stories tells the riotous, overly indulgent life story […]

Steve Prokopy /
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 /
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 /
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 /
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 /
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 /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: With Skyfire, Come for the Erupting Volcanoes, Don’t Stay Hoping for Any Character Depth

Skyfire

I’m not sure if I completely understand the semantics behind it ($$), but for some reason, British director Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Expendables 2, Con Air) seems […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Animated, Direct-to-VOD Scoob! Is Somehow Too Much and Not Enough

Scoob

If it’s possible for a film to be both too much and not enough, then that’s probably the best way to describe Scoob!, the latest studio feature film that was […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Tragic Day Recounted Impressively in Hotel Mumbai

Hotel Mumbai

Taking a similar approach as 22 July earlier this year (minus the courtroom drama of that film), Hotel Mumbai perilously walks us through the tense and bloody day in 2008 when […]

Steve Prokopy /
Film, Film & TV, Interview

Interview: Jason Isaacs Plays a Man With a Chestful of Medals in The Death of Stalin

If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to film or television in the past 25 years or so, you’ve likely seen actor Jason Isaacs in something. From early appearances […]

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