Scheck on the Arts

Beth Behrs of 2 Broke Girls stars in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City, Halley Feiffer's caustic comedy about two mismatched people who meet in their mothers' shared hospital room. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Jillian Elizabeth and Neil Dalal's immersive documentary Gurukulam depicts day-to-day life in an Indian ashram. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Family tensions escalate after a matriarch suffers a stroke in War, the latest provocative drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, author of  An Octoroon and Gloria.  To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Mark Strong plays an astronaut on an ill-fated mission to Mars in the sci-fi thriller Approaching the Unknown. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Victor Kanefsky's documentary Art Bastard presents an intimate portrait of the iconoclastic artist Robert Cenedella. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover star, sort of, in the dystopian sci-fi thriller Andron. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

James Demo's documentary The Peacemaker profiles a celebrated peace negotiator who has had less success taming his inner demons. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently showcased at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, click here.

A public relations expert working for an international aid organization succumbs to the lures of drugs and sex in the German film drama The Weather Inside. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The hard-shelled superheroes are back in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the sequel to their 2014 franchise reboot, featuring Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Laura Linney. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Andy Samberg plays a singer/rapper whose burgeoning solo career gets derailed in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, a mockumentary written and directed by the members of  The Lonely Island. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck