Scheck on the Arts

Illusionist Steve Cuiffo collaborates with playwright Lucas Hnath for A Simulacrum, one-man show deconstructing magic. To read my New York Stage Review review of the show receiving its world premiere at Atlantic Theater Company, click here. Two-time… more »

A knight falsely accused of murdering his queen finds an unlikely, shapeshifting ally in Nimona, a Netflix animated movie based on ND Stevenson’s acclaimed graphic novel and starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed. To read my Hollywood Reporter… more »

Ariana DeBose and Chris Messina star in I.S.S., a tense thriller about warring astronauts also featuring John Gallagher Jr. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, click here. ------Frank Scheck more »

Sam Pollard's documentary The League, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, chronicles the history and importance of Black baseball players before the integration of the sport in the 1940s. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.… more »

David Duchovny helms, scripts and acts in Bucky F*cking Dent, a screen adaptation of his 2016 novel about the reunion of an aspiring novelist and his dying dad. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca… more »