Scheck on the Arts

A young woman begins to suspect a houseguest of being a murderer in Jason Saltiel's psychological thriller Beach House. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Two young black men encounter a mysterious white stranger in Antoinette Nwandu's allegocial drama Pass Over, previously seen at Steppenwolf, where it was filmed by Spike Lee. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Chukwudi Iwuji, Corey Stoll, Heather Lind and Alison Wright star in Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Central Park staging of Shakespeare's Othello. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

William Miller's documentary Straight Into a Storm chronicles the ten year history of the popular indie rock band Deer Tick. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The experimental theater group Elevator Repair Service, famed for its marathon F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation Gatz, delivers Everyone's Fine with Virginia Woolf, an antic satire of Edward Albee's classic. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Wendell Pierce and Jurnee Smollett-Bell star in One Last Thing, Tim Rouhana's drama about a lonely man who finds his long-lost daughter. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Lorna Tucker's documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist chronicles the life and career of the famed British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Nicolas Cage plays a veteran cop caught up in a gunfight with well-armed bank robbers in the action thriller 211. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck