Scheck on the Arts

Maggie Siff of Mad Men and Billions stars in the Signature Theater's revival of Sam Shepard's 1977 classic Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Terry Kinney. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A teenage girl desperately attempts to dissuade her best friend from killing himself in Matt Walting's debut feature, Just Say Goodbye. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A young man gets more than he bargained for when a date goes awry in The Skin of the Teeth, Matthew Wollins' darkly comic, surreal thriller. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

A trio of twenty-something friends go out for a night on the town in Aziza Barnes' raunchy comedy BLKS, receiving its NYC premiere at MCC Theater. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Laurie Lynd's documentary Killing Patient Zero tells the story of the man falsely accused of spreading AIDS in North America. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Larry Weinstein's documentary Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies examines the connections between art and propaganda. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film that recently received its world premiere at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The French documentary Lourdes delivers a behind-the-scenes portrait of the French town that has become one of the most important sites of religious tourism. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Fred Peabody's documentary The Corporate Coup D'Etat examines the ways in which corporate interests increasingly control society. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck