Scheck on the Arts

Giacomo Durzi's documentary Ferrante Fever examines the literary and critical success of the anonymous Italian author who goes by the name Elena Ferrante. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. ---------Frank Scheck more »

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 more »

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 Reporte… more »

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 more »

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 more »