Scheck on the Arts

Oscar-winning actor, Alan Arkin, who died at the age of 89, turned irascibility into an art form — and made it seem like the most natural and intelligent response to a world gone mad. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Appreciation, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Maika Monroe, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jamie Foxx star in God is a Bullet, Nick Cassavetes' thriller about a cop who goes undercover in a murderous cult to find his kidnapped daughter. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Thor star Chris Hemsworth is back for another thrill-ride adventure as mercenary Tyler Rake in Extraction 2, the follow-up to the hugely popular 2020 Netflix action film. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Illusionist Steve Cuiffo collaborates with playwright Lucas Hnath for A Simulacrum, one-man show deconstructing magic. To read my New York Stage Review review of the show receiving its world premiere at Atlantic Theater Company, click here.

Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson, who spent 23 years as a member of the U.K. parliament before returning to Broadway and winning a Tony Award in 2018, has died. To read my Hollywood Reporter tribute, click here.

A knight falsely accused of murdering his queen finds an unlikely, shapeshifting ally in Nimona, a Netflix animated movie based on ND Stevenson’s acclaimed graphic novel and starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck