Scheck on the Arts

Frank Langella is currently starring on Broadway in The Father, a new play about an elderly man suffering from dementia. To read my Hollywood Reporter feature story on the actor in which he talks about losing his mind onstage eight times a week, click here.

The documentary Be Here Now (The Andy Whitfield Story) follows the Spartacus: Blood and Sand star as he struggles with a fatal illness. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Gayle Kirschenbaum's documentary Look at Us Now, Mother! chronicles her contentious relationship with her overly critical mother. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt's documentary Havana Motor Club examines the drag racing subculture in Cuba. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Ada Upshiz's documentary Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt examines the life and ideas of the author who coined the phrase "the banality of evil." To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Melissa McCarthy plays a business tycoon fallen on hard times in The Boss, a raunchy comedy directed by her husband, Ben Falcone. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Ross Lipman's "kino-essay" Notfilm documents the making of the 1965 short Film, written by Samuel Beckett and starring Buster Keaton. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

'40s-era film noir is spoofed in Kill Me Deadly, Barrett Sanders' comedy based on Bill Robens' stage play.  To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck