Steve Prokopy is chief film critic for the Chicago-based arts outlet Third Coast Review. For nearly 20 years, he was the Chicago editor for Ain’t It Cool News, where he contributed film reviews and filmmaker/actor interviews under the name “Capone.” Currently, he’s a frequent contributor at /Film (SlashFilm.com) and Backstory Magazine. He is also the public relations director for Chicago's independently owned Music Box Theatre, and holds the position of Vice President for the Chicago Film Critics Association. In addition, he is a programmer for the Chicago Critics Film Festival, which has been one of the city's most anticipated festivals since 2013.
What has become one of my favorite repertory film festivals in Chicago begins tonight, Aug. 25 to Thursday, Aug. 31 “Noir City: Chicago—The Big Knockover” returns to the Music Box […]
The ideas that feed into director Michael Almereyda’s screen adaptation of the much-celebrated, Jordan Harrison-written play Marjorie Prime are quite extraordinary, even if the execution of the movie is flawed […]
Outside of his work on the two Amazing Spider-Man movies, Marc Webb has made some very good movies over the years, as well as a fistful of great music videos. […]
One of the more pleasantly terrifying films I saw at Sundance this year was director Matt Spicer’s debut feature Ingrid Goes West, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (U.S. […]
Apparently being a crowd-pleasing film is a problem for some, and it is for me too when a work panders and manipulates with no shame. But Patti Cake$, feature film […]
With their most recent two features, Daddy Longlegs and Heaven Knows What, the brotherly directing team of Ben and Joshua Safdie have engaged in something they’ve referred to as hybrid […]
Shot Caller is the latest in a long and frustratingly high number of decent films that get buried in suburban theaters because there either aren’t enough screens in the area […]
In times like these, it’s difficult to know what’s real and what isn’t, what’s sane and what isn’t, or where exactly good in the world still exists. But one thing […]
This review won’t take long because I’m guessing you already know if you want to see this. If you’ve seen the extraordinarily funny and clever collaborations between comic actors Steve […]
Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan has made quite a name for himself in recent years with works that feel authentic and a bit deeper than your typical crime dramas. There’s a dedication […]
I’ve often wondered why I can read a book featuring terrible parenting and allow the author to make me think that they’re actually loving people making bad decisions, but when […]
The one good thing I’ll say about the child-abduction thriller Kidnap is that the makers at least knew the film was so preposterous that it was wise to only let […]