Scheck on the Arts

Ada Upshiz's documentary Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt examines the life and ideas of the author who coined the phrase "the banality of evil." To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. ----Frank Scheck   more »

Melissa McCarthy plays a business tycoon fallen on hard times in The Boss, a raunchy comedy directed by her husband, Ben Falcone. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. ------Frank Scheck more »

Ross Lipman's "kino-essay" Notfilm documents the making of the 1965 short Film, written by Samuel Beckett and starring Buster Keaton. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. '40s-era film noir is spoofed in Kill Me Deadly, Barrett Sanders' co… more »

The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosts the Royal Shakespeare Company's epic production King and Country: Shakespeare's Great Cycle of Kings. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II and Henry V, click here. A group of old… more »

Andrew Wakefield's controversial documentary Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, receiving a hurried theatrical release after being bumped from the Tribeca Film Festival, attempts to prove the link between the MMR vaccine and autism. To read my Hollywo… more »