Scheck on the Arts

The soft-spoken Hilary Mantel isn't someone you imagine spearheading a second Britsh invasion of America. But that's exactly what the two-time Man Brooker Prize-winning author has done with her books Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. To read my Hollywood Reporter interview with Mantel about the theatrical adaptation of her works being presented on Broadway by the Royal Shakespeare Company, click here.

Muta'Ali Muhammad's documentary Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee is a loving tribute to his grandparents, famed actors and social activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at BAM's New Voices in Black Cinema, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Here are two of my Hollywood Reporter reviews of films recently featured in the New Voices in Black Cinema Festival:

Gone Too Far concerns the culture clash between a British teenager and his older Nigerian brother. To read the review, click here.

C.J. "Fiery" Obasi's Nigerian zombie flick Ojuju brings the familiar undead creatures to a new and exotic setting. To read the review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The horror film Pod concerns a PTSD-afflicted veteran who claims to be the victim of a mysterious government conspiracy. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film recently screened at SXSW, click here.

A family unwittingly falls victim to a home invader who keeps them under constant surveillance in the found-footage suspenser Hangman. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film screened at SXSW, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The documentary Freeway: Crack in the System recounts the story of Freeway Rick Ross, one of the most successful drug kinpins of the 1980s. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Ross Partridge stars in his screen adaptation of the novel Lamb, about the disturbing friendship that develops between a middle-aged man and an 11-year-old girl. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at SXSW, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Malcom Ingram's documentary Out to Win explores the lives and careers of gay athletes past and present. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at SXSW, click here.

----Frank Scheck