Scheck on the Arts

Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan and Elisabeth Moss are among the stars of Michael Mayer's screen adaptation of Chekhov's classic The Seagull. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that recently received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, click here.

PJ Raval's documentary Call Her Ganda chronicles the legal, political and media firestorm that ensued after a Filipina transgender woman was murdered by an American serviceman. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the Tribeca Film Festival entry, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Sky Bergman's documentary Lives Well Lived profiles dozens of seniors aged 75-100. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Jon Kean's documentary After Auschwitz chronicles the post-war lives of six female Holocaust survivors. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Former FBI director James Comey has embarked on an expansive media tour to promote his recently published memoir A Higher Loyalty. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

Matthew Broderick stars in the Off-Broadway revival of The Seafarer, Conor McPherson's modern classic about a Dublin card game featuring a demonic guest. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Mlima's Tale, the latest drama from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Ruined, Sweat), is told from the perspective of an African elephant killed by poachers for its tusks. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----------Frank Scheck

Ben Kingsley plays a war criminal who forms a close bond with his young maid in Brad Silberling's thriller An Ordinary Man. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Serena Dykman's documentary Nana profiles her grandmother, Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, a Holocaust survivor who served as Josef Mengele's personal translator. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.