Category: "Hollywood Reporter"
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
May 16th
Barbara Kopple's rarely seen 2000 documentary My Generation compares and contrasts the three Woodstock festivals that took place in 1969, 1994 and 1999. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently shown at Toronto's Hot Docs, click here.
Maya Gallus' documentary The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution profiles seven female chefs facing daunting professional odds. To see my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that opened the Hot Docs festival, click here.
-------Frank Scheck
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
May 15th
Ruben Santiago-Hudson directs the NYC premiere of Paradise Blue, the new drama by Dominique Morisseau, acclaimed playwright of Skeleton Crew and Pipeline. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
Stephen Low's Imax documentary The Trolley chronicles the history of the revolutionary mode of transportation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that received its world premiere at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, click here.
--------Frank Scheck
Monday, May 14, 2018
May 13th
John Barnard's documentary Bachman profiles Canadian rock god Randy Bachman, veteran of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the fim that premiered at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, click here.
-------Frank Scheck
Friday, May 11, 2018
May 10th
Christian Borle and Laura Michelle Kelly star in the Encores! production of Me and My Girl, the 1937 British musical that was given a hit Broadway revival in 1986. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
Two teenagers team up to run for a high school board seat in Class Rank, a comedy directed by Eric Stoltz. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
-------Frank Scheck
Thursday, May 10, 2018
May 10th
Barry Avrich's documentary The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret recounts the story of Harvey Weinstein's downfall and the rise of the #MeToo movement. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that received its world premiere at Toronto's Hot Doc festival, click here.
---------Frank Scheck