Category: "Hollywood Reporter"
Monday, April 11, 2016
Apr 10th
Gayle Kirschenbaum's documentary Look at Us Now, Mother! chronicles her contentious relationship with her overly critical mother. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt's documentary Havana Motor Club examines the drag racing subculture in Cuba. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
------Frank Scheck
Friday, April 8, 2016
Apr 8th
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
Thursday, April 7,2016
Apr 6th
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
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Apr 6th
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' comedy based on Bill Robens' stage play. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
-----Frank Scheck
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Apr 5th
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 friends gather together to host a wake in Antlia Pneumatica, Anne Washburn's supernatural-tinged drama featuring Annie Parisse and Rob Campbell. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the Off-Broadway play, click here.
------Frank Scheck