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Review: Iconic Animator Hayao Miyazaki Gifts Us a Magical, Meaningful The Boy and the Heron

Last week, I waxed poetic about the latest documentary from the legendary Frederick Wiseman, who at 93 is still making some of the most vital work of his decades-long career. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 9, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Poe-like Mystery Swirls at the Center of the Moody, Gripping The Pale Blue Eye

    Trying to discern Netflix’s release strategy on any given film is about as productive an exercise as shoveling your sidewalk while it’s still snowing. You’ll never really get anywhere, and […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 31, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Thor: Love and Thunder, a Hero’s Promising Journey Gets Lost in a Filmmaker’s Muddled Vision

    I won’t waste your time comparing Thor: Ragnarok to the latest tale of the God of Thunder, Thor: Love and Thunder, because to do so would be to imply that […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 6, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Batman Is a New Approach to a Classic Character, Grounded in Detective Work and the Price of Power

    If you haven’t figured it out by now, filmmaker Matt Reeves knows what he’s doing. And probably without meaning to, he’s built an admirable career out of breathing new life […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 28, 2022
    • Beyond , Event , Interviews , Suburbs and exurbs

    Wizard World Chicago 2021 Sunday Panel Catchup

    Even in years past, Wizard World Chicago has seemed simultaneously long and short, with long days filled with panels, merch, cosplay and after parties. It seemed like we’d just gotten […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • October 19, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Fast-Paced Ford v Ferrari Thrills On and Off the Track

    Ford v Ferrari

    We’ve gotten to the point where I just trust director James Mangold to get it right—whatever the subject matter of one of his films, he’ll find a way to tell […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 15, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Risky Cheney Biopic VICE, Former VP is the Supervillain

    Vice

    Whether or not you enjoy this biopic on former Vice-President Dick Cheney may depend a great deal on how much you enjoy snark, skimming the surface of a subject who […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 25, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Hostiles Is Filmmaker Scott Cooper’s Best Film Yet

    Over the last decade or so writer-director Scott Cooper has amassed an impressive filmography of stories that are so bleakly human as to almost be horror films (or more precisely, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 5, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: The Promise, A Love Triangle in the Midst of Wartime Atrocities

    If your taste for a love triangle set against a horrific war hasn’t really been satiated since Doctor Zhivago, then there’s a chance you’ll enjoy The Promise. From director Terry […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 21, 2017
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