Scheck on the Arts

Roger Paradiso's documentary The Lost Village concerns the loss of Greenwich Village's uniqueness at the hands of greedy real estate developers and New York University. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Paul Goldsmith's documentary TVTV: Video Revolutionaries recounts the brief history of the '70s-era pioneering media collective. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) plays a mysterious young woman who affects the lives of the residents of a small town in Dianne Dreyer's Change in the Air. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Val Kilmer plays a possibly homocidal building superintendent in Stephan Rick's Manhattan-set horror film The Super. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

A Family Tour, the latest feature from exiled Chinese director Yiang Liang, concerns a filmmaker in exactly the same situation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at the New York Film Festival, click here.

Emilio Belmonte's documentary Impulso chronicles famed avant-garde flamenco dancer/choreographer Rocio Molina as she prepares for the Paris premiere of her latest piece. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A preacher and his wife experience marital turmoil in Fireflies, Donja R. Love's drama set during the Civil Rights era. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Filmmaker Todd Solondz, of Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness fame, makes his theatrical debut as playwright/director with Emma and Max, about an upscale Manhattan couple and their Caribbean nanny. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Former Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi stars in a 20th anniversary revival of Sakina's Restaurant, his Obie Award-winning one-person show about an Indian immigrant in New York City. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Tom Surgal's documentary Fire Music chronicles the history and influence of free jazz. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film that received its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, click here.

-------Frank Scheck