Scheck on the Arts

Danielle Macdonald plays an aspiring opera singer in Ben Lewin's romantic comedy Falling for Figaro, also featuring Hugh Skinner and Joanna Lumley. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. -----Frank Scheck more »

A drunken wastrel runs afoul of a ruling prince in 19th century Italy in The Tale of the King Crab, a surreal fable directed by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at the New York… more »

Veteran character actor Tom Skerritt plays a terminally ill man determined to end life on his own terms in East of the Mountains, the screen adaptation of David Guterson's best-selling novel. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. -----Frank… more »