Scheck on the Arts

Gabrielle Brady's impressionistic documentary Island of the Hungry Ghosts is set on Christmas Island, the location of an Australian detention center for refugees. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Alan Cumming, Ronald Peet and Charlayne Woodard star in "Daddy,"  Jeremy O. Harris' new play about the battle of wills between a wealthy, white Los Angeles art collector and the mother of his much younger, black artist lover. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Debra Jo Rupp plays a conservative Southern baker asked to create a wedding cake for her lesbian goddaughter in The Cake, the new comedy by This is Us writer Bekah Brunstetter. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Two men become caught up in a deadly cat-and-mouse game while cruising on a hiking trail in Matthew Montgomery's thriller Devil's Path. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Tyler Perry promises that his new film A Madea Family Funeral marks the last screen appearance of his foul-mouthed matriarch character. We'll see. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

A troubled female detective teams up with a young woman with hidden powers to solve a mysterious death in Joe Sills' supernatural thriller Stray. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Sharkwater Extinction, the final effort from the late documentarian Rob Stewart and a follow-up to his acclaimed 2006 film Sharkwater, once again shines a spotlight on the issue of shark preservation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck