Scheck on the Arts

Samuel D. Pollard's documentary Maynard recounts the life and career of Maynard Jackson, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at DOC NYC, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Tommy Haines, John Richard and Andrew Sherburne's documentary Saving Brinton concerns  a collector who discovers century-old film reels that had been exhibited by a barnstorming movie pioneer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer and Quinn Costello's documentary Rodents of Unusual Size relates the story of Louisiana residents struggling to deal with a profusion of giant rodents living in their wetlands. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Reality show singing-competition winners, popular YouTube performers and Oscar-nominated actor Danny Aiello appear in Home for the Holidays, a Christmas-themed Broadway concert. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Billy Crudup plays a man who assumes a British identity and insinuates himself into a wealthy family in Harry Clarke, a solo play by David Cale. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Actress-turned-playwright Jocelyn Bioh's debut comedy School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play depicts catfighting among the students at a girls' boarding school in Ghana, competing for a place in a beauty pageant. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

An elderly woman's suicide leads to a series of mysterious events in the Icelandic horror thriller I Remember You. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Barbara Kopple's documentary A Murder in Mansfield focuses on Collier Landry, whose father killed his mother when he was a young boy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The central character in Qasim Basir's drama Destined is seen living two very different parallel lives. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck