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Richard Propes

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Biography:

Richard Propes is an award-winning film critic based in Indianapolis and one of the country's leading disabled film journalists with an outreach that spans web, print, and broadcast outlets. He is founder/publisher of The Independent Critic and a founding member of the Indiana Film Journalists Association. In honor of his long history of community service, the Academy Award-qualifying Heartland International Film Festival annually presents the Richard D. Propes Social Impact Award to a narrative and documentary feature.

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The Mummy (2026) 2.0/4.0 EDIT “There's little possibility of confusing this film with the current Lee Cronin's The Mummy.” – TheIndependentCritic.com May 3, 2026 Full Review Arranged Love (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Arranged Love is an engaging cinematic treat.” – TheIndependentCritic.com May 2, 2026 Full Review Vacation Plantation (2024) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Lauren Cudmore offers a sure and steady presence with a quietly warm interview style that digs deeper without ever creating more drama than the story itself creates. I would watch more docs with Cudmore in a heartbeat. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 26, 2026 Full Review The Solution (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “This story weaves together a tapestry of honest human interactions with ample amounts of both comedy and drama.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 26, 2026 Full Review Frankie, Maniac Woman (2025) 100% 3.5/4.0 EDIT “Frankie, Maniac Woman is an immensely fun film, yet it's the film's storytelling that makes it truly memorable.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 19, 2026 Full Review Balls Up (2026) 23% 1.0/4.0 EDIT “Balls Up is a film that derails quickly and never gets back on track. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 18, 2026 Full Review Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes (2025) 92% 3.5/4.0 EDIT “As a storyteller, Marcellus Cox doesn't always tell us the stories we want to hear. Cox tells us the stories we need to hear.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 14, 2026 Full Review Iron Family (2022) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “ Emotionally satisfying and genuinely entertaining.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 5, 2026 Full Review Time Helmet (2026) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Time Helmet is a retro-vibed little work of wonder.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 4, 2026 Full Review Strait Undercover (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “There are so many ways that Strait Undercover could have gone wrong. It never does. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 4, 2026 Full Review Molt (2025) 2.0/4.0 EDIT “While you may or may not fall in love with the film, you'll appreciate it.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 4, 2026 Full Review The Caretaker (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “A quietly mesmerizing character-driven drama.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Apr 3, 2026 Full Review The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) 42% 2.0/4.0 EDIT “The best thing that I can say about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is that somewhere bubbling underneath its cinematic surface, there's a film with an abundance of heart and humanity trying to run, dash, and jump its way into our lives. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Mar 31, 2026 Full Review Stockton to Table Rock (2024) 3.5/4.0 EDIT “Stockton to Table Rock pulled me in and refused to let me go.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Mar 29, 2026 Full Review Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) 76% 3.5/4.0 EDIT “One of the best action comedies to come along in quite some time. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Mar 22, 2026 Full Review Stripper Boyz (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Stripper Boyz is one of those films that feels like a gimmick as it gets rolling and yet grows on you the longer it plays.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Feb 26, 2026 Full Review In Cold Light (2025) 55% 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Monroe is pretty mind-blowing as Ava.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Feb 21, 2026 Full Review I Can Only Imagine 2 (2026) 63% 3.0/4.0 EDIT “John Michael Finley, star of such Broadway hits as The Book of Mormon and Les Miz, returns as Millard and is particularly moving when the film gives him an opportunity to sing because boy can this dude sing.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Feb 21, 2026 Full Review The Paper Bag Plan (2025) 3.5/4.0 EDIT “A well-told, beautifully realized story.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Feb 10, 2026 Full Review The Mortuary Assistant (2026) 36% 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Holland is absolutely terrific here as Rebecca, occasionally steely and confident yet also vulnerable in all the right ways and more than a little off-kilter. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Love & Other Crimes (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Love & Other Crimes may not tread a whole lot of new narrative ground, however, the ground it does cover is well done and leaves us with maximum impact” – TheIndependentCritic.com Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2025) 100% 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Standout is a rich, engaging documentary that tells a meaningful story and tells it well. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Chiquita (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “At a mere 46-minute running time, writer/director Trivikram Gajulapalli's Chiquita isn't your usual narrative feature fare in a myriad of ways.” – TheIndependentCritic.com Jan 25, 2026 Full Review A Fighting Legacy (2025) 2.5/4.0 EDIT “It's an engaging, entertaining documentary as much about the Muay Thai community as it is the actual fighting. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Hazel's Heart (2025) 3.0/4.0 EDIT “Convincing both as the gruff, unforgiving father and the relentlessly devoted man doing whatever it takes to save his children, Savante adds much of the electricity that engagingly moves Hazel's Heart forward. ” – TheIndependentCritic.com Jan 9, 2026 Full Review
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