Scheck on the Arts

The quietly devastating film drama Our Family concerns a Japanese family beset by health and financial crises. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at the Cairo International Film Festival, click here.

The documentary Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile chronicles an annual beauty pageant featuring Tibetan exiles. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that received its world premiere at the DOC NYC festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Vegas comes to Broadway in the form of The Illusionists--Witness the Impossible, the touring magic act showcase which assembles seven flamboyant magicians of varying styles. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary The Auction House: A Tale of Two Brothers chronicles the efforts of Indian siblings to save their family business in Calcutta. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at the Cairo International Film Festival, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The documentary Touch the Wall chronicles the efforts of swimmers Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Bela Fleck: How to Write a Banjo Concerto follows the musician's year-long struggle write a classical piece for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Anthony Powell's documentary Antarctica: A Year on Ice chronicles the conditions faced by people working at the bottom of the planet. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The long-delayed crime thriller Aftermath features the final screen performance by the late Chris Penn. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The late Hussein Al-Imam's debut feature Like a Matchstick comically interweaves newly dubbed footage from his director father Hassan's vintage Egyptian films. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film recently featured at the Cairo International Film Festival, click here.

Kim Longinotto's documentary Love is All uses archival footage to depict romance over the last century. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently featured at the Cairo International Film Festival, click here.

----Frank Scheck