British playwright Moira Buffini has delivered a free adaptation of the long suppressed Russian dark comedy The Suicide with Dying For It, now receiving its American premiere at off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The politially themed thriller Black November depicts the devastating effects of corruption in oil-rich Nigeria. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film featuring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger, click here.

-----Frank Scheck