Scheck on the Arts

Kristina Lindstrom and Kristian Petri's documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World recounts the story of Björn Andrésen, who shot to fame as a teenager thanks to his appearance in the 1971 Luchino Visconti film Death in Venice. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Stefan Forbes' documentary Hold Your Fire relates the details of a 1973 Brooklyn robbery that led to the NYPD's landmark use of hostage negotiation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently given its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A trio of African mercenaries become embroiled with malevolent supernatural forces in Jean Luc Herbulot's genre-defying Senegalese thriller Saloum. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at the Toronto Film Festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck

An emotionally repressed man assumes the job of informing family members when unfortunate accidents occur in Bent Hamer's darkly satirical comedy The Middle Man. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently shown at the Toronto Film Festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Stephen Karam has directed and written the screen adaptation of his award-winning play The Humans, featuring an ensemble including Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun and June Squibb. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film that recently received its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, click here.

Gerard Butler stars in Joe Carnahan's action thriller Copshop, also featuring Frank Grillo and Alexis Louder and concerning a ruthless hitman and his would-be prey who get locked up in the same jail. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck