Scheck on the Arts

James Franco co-directs and stars in Future World, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller also featuring Milla Jovovich, Snoop Dogg and Lucy Liu. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----------Frank Scheck

Natalie Dormer plays a blind woman who becomes involved in a murder in In Darkness, a thriller she co-wrote with director Anthony Byrne. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer and Phoebe Robinson play three friends on a sex and drug-filled Spanish vacation in the raunchy Netflix comedy Ibiza. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----------Frank Scheck

Director/choreographer Susan Stroman, composer John Kander and writer David Thompson, who previously collaborated on The Scottsboro Boys, reunite for The Beast in the Jungle, a "dance play" inspired by the Henry James novella. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Lois Smith plays the dying matriarch of a dysfunctional family in Peace for Mary Frances, Lily Thorne's drama receiving its world premiere. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

One of the surest bets in this year's Tony Award race is Glenda Jackson winning Best Actress in a Play for the revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with the two-time Oscar winning actress to discuss her careers in show business and politics. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Phylicia Rashad directs Our Lady of 121st Street, the Off-Broadway revival of the 2002 dark comedy by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Between Riverside and Crazy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck