Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s Adapts a Popular Video Game into a Slog of a Sort-Of Horror Film
Look, I get it. I’m not a video game player in any way, so my knowledge of the Five Nights at Freddy’s series of games is zilch. I do know […]
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.
Review: Starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, Netflix’s Pain Hustlers Treads Familiar Pharmaceutical Ground
Adding as somewhat unique spin on the slew of features and documentaries about the opioid crisis, director David Yates (taking a break from the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beast cinematic universes) brings […]
Interview: Documentarian Raoul Peck Discusses Silver Dollar Road, the Story of a Family, Land and Its Legacy on Generations
From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro, The Young Karl Marx, Lumumba), Silver Dollar Road follows the story of the Reels family as told by the […]
Review: Errol Morris Bonds with Legendary Author and Spy John le Carré in The Pigeon Tunnel
There are few documentary filmmakers with a more distinct interviewing style than Errol Morris. But having seen nearly everything he’s directed over the years (The Thin Blue Line, the Oscar-winning […]
Review: Raunchy Comedy Dicks: The Musical Delivers Limp Songs, Laughs
Riding the very thin line between musical-comedy gold and obnoxious garbage, the long-running stage show F**king Identical Twins: The Musical from writers/performers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp has been adapted […]
Review: Martin Scorsese Proves His Mastery of Cinema and Storytelling in American Epic Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann’s best-selling book Killers of the Flower Moon was primarily centered on the true story of the Osage Nation in the years immediately following the discovery of oil under […]
Interview: Chicago Int’l Film Festival Artistic Director Mimi Plauché on New Locations, Emerging Themes and the Fest’s First Miyazaki
For the first time since the two-year-plus pandemic, the Chicago International Film Festival feels like its back to full strength, in terms of both its lineup and its potential as […]
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 […]
Review: Tension and Gendered Power Dynamics Permeate Kitty Green’s Australian Outback Drama The Royal Hotel
Inspired by Pete Gleeson’s 2016 documentary about two Finnish backpackers, Hotel Coolgardie, the latest from director/co-writer Kitty Green (The Assistant), The Royal Hotel, concerns a pair of Canadian best friends […]
Review: An Energetic, Committed Cast Carry Time-Traveling ’80s Horror Comedy Totally Killer
From the comedic creator who brought us the series Fresh Off the Boat and the feature film Always Be My Maybe, Nahnatchka Khan, comes a turn into horror comedy with […]
Review: The Storms of Jeremy Thomas is a Road Movie Through an Accomplished Filmography
You may not know the name Jeremy Thomas in the realm of movie-making, but you likely know the film he’s responsible for, primarily as a producer of works by the […]
Dispatch: Fantastic Fest Selections Include a Top-Tier Thriller that Blends Live Action and Animation
Our Fantastic Fest coverage continues with these highlights from the genre film festival in Austin, Texas. Suitable Flesh Director Joe Lynch has often managed to give known-quantity actors a platform […]