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Welcome to this destination for reviews, news
and musings on Theater, Film and Culture (Music,
Cabaret, Books and more) by veteran arts writer
and New York Post/Hollywood Reporter
critic Frank Scheck.
September 14, 2023
Sep 14th
Jim Capobianco and Pierre-Luc Grandjon's playful animated feature The Inventor concerns the later years of Leonardo da Vinci. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film features voices performances by Stephen Fry, Daisy Ridley, and Marion Cotillard, click here.
------Frank Scheck
September 13, 2023
Sep 13th
Annie Baker's new play Infinite Life concerns six patients suffering from serious ailments who are undergoing treatment at an alternative medicine facility. To read my New York Stage Review review of the play receiving its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company, click here.
------Frank Scheck
September 12, 2023
Sep 12th
Here are two more of my Hollywood Reporter reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival:
Michael Keaton directs and stars in Knox Goes Away, about a killer facing a devastating dementia diagnosis, also featuring Al Pacino, James Marsden and Marcia Gay Harden. To read my review, click here.
For Dear Jassi, his first film in eight years, Tarsem Sing Dhandwar, the director of The Cell and Mirror Mirror, tells the tragic, real-life story of two Indians from different socioeconomic backgrounds who fall in love. To read my review, click here.
-------Frank Scheck
September 11, 2023
Sep 11th
The Toronto International Film Festival is in full swing. Here are my Hollywood Reporter reviews to two notable films showcased there.
The Dead Don't Hurt, about a couple making a life in a remote Nevada town marks Viggo Mortensen's second feature directorial/screenwriting effort. To read my review of the film co-staring him and Vicky Krieps, click here.
Paul Dano and Pete Davidson are among the many notable performers in Dumb Money, Craig Gillespie's comedy about the GameStop stock phenomenon. To read my review, click here.
-------Frank Scheck
September 8, 2023
Sep 8th
The Portokalas clan travel to Greece for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, the third film in the popular film series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
The demonic sister is back in The Nun II, the latest installment in the Conjuring Universe, starring Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet and Storm Reid. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
-------Frank Scheck