Steven Prokopy

Nine movie reviews on the #MovieMadnessPodcast this week as @SteveProkopy and I look at #Obsession, #InTheGrey, #IsGodIs, #MartyLifeIsShort, #TheWizardOfTheKremlin, #Decorado, #TheCrash and MORE! erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-651-…

"Scary, funny, and totally deranged" -- Daily Beast Rated 95% FRESH on RottenTomatoes, OBSESSION is Now Playing at the Music Box! thedailybeast.com/obsessed/obses…

Today: Chicago premieres of IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME co-presented by Black Film Club Collective, CHILI FINGER with directors Edd Benda & Steven Helstad and star Judy Greer, and BLACK ZOMBIE co-presented by @MusicBoxHorrors and Black Women Directors. 📷 Kate Scott Photography

We couldn’t have asked for a better opening night for the 13th edition of our festival than back-to-back sold out screenings of THE INVITE and THE FLY, both on 35mm, or a more gracious opening night guest than the brilliant Olivia Wilde. 📸 Kate Scott Photography

The Movie Madness podcast has seven reviews for you this week with @SteveProkopy and I including #TheDevilWearsPrada2, #DeepWater, #Hokum, #BlueHeron, #Omaha, #OneSpoonofChocolate and #AnimalFarm. open.substack.com/pub/erikthemov…

Next weekend, journalist Amy Goodman comes to the Music Box with her new documentary STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! Opens May 8th - Opening weekend Q&As with Amy Goodman in person! Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-even…

Today’s the day! The 13th Chicago Critics Film Festival begins tonight with a 35mm screening of THE INVITE followed by a post-film Q&A with director Olivia Wilde and runs through May 7th at @musicboxtheatre! What are you looking forward to watching the most?

WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS filmmaker Dawn Porter on finding inspiration in Steve James' HOOP DREAMS Read more: chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/spotlight/dawn… WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS screens Monday, May 4th at 6:30pm followed by a Q&A with Porter!

JUST ANNOUNCED! Star Judy Greer will be joining directors Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad for the post-screening Q&A after CHILI FINGER! CHILI FINGER screens at @musicboxtheatre on May 5th at 7PM Get your tickets now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-even…

Nine reviews this week on the #MovieMadnessPodcast with myself & @SteveProkopy including #Michael, #MotherMary, #OverYourDeadBody, #Apex, #ISwear, #Fuze, #Erupcja, #DesertWarrior and #PrettyUglyTheStoryoftheLunachicks. open.substack.com/pub/erikthemov…

Experience the magic of THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED, this Sunday at 11:30am! One of the great classics of animation, the 1926 silent feature will be presented with Live Musical Accompaniment, followed by a Q&A with the musicians. Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-even…

We are almost one week away from the 13th Chicago Critics Film Festival at the historic @musicboxtheatre! Have you gotten your tickets yet?? Get your passes and individual tickets now: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-fes…

This week's #MovieMadnessPodcast features nine reviews with myself & @SteveProkopy including #LeeCroninsTheMummy, #Normal, #TheChristophers, #Outcome, #MileEndKicks, #OurHeroBalthazar, #BallsUp, #Lorne & #Ballistic erikthemovieman.substack.com/p/episode-645-…

Our small theater is currently closed as we do work on the addition of a third screen. But soon… There will be even more Music Box!

Opening on April 24th, a couple's European vacation goes awry in the anti-romantic comedy ERUPCJA starring Charli xcx and Will Madden! Join us on Opening Night for an in-person Q&A with director Pete Ohs + actor Jeremy O. Harris. Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-even…

We are excited to announce the recipients of this year's @RottenTomatoes and @chicagocritics Emerging Critics Grant: Congrats to Zo Arroyo and Savannah Ray Hugueley!

SHORTS PROGRAM #1 - Q&A to follow with directors Anna Baumbarten, Carlos Lerma, Curtis Matzke, and Nick Sansore SHORTS PROGRAM #2 - Q&A to follow with Carter Amelia Davis, Jet Harris and Antonio L. Rodriguez, and Stephen Tronicek

BROKEN ENGLISH A bold experimental documentary portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter and icon: Marianne Faithfull. Directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. Also featuring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

ROMERÍA Orphaned Marina travels to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from grandparents she has never met, piecing together the fragmented and often contradictory memories of the parents she barely remembers. Directed by Carla Simón.

BLACK ZOMBIE From flickering Hollywood screens to the haunted cane fields of colonial Haiti, the film traces how a figure born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance was transformed into one of pop culture’s most profitable monsters. Directed by Maya Annik Bedward