Scheck on the Arts

Andrew Rossi's dishy documentary The First Monday in May chronicles the creation of the Metropolitan Museum's landmark China: Through the Looking Glass exhibit and its accompanying gala. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the Tribeca Film Festival's opener, click here.

Two temp workers attempt a relationship after first sleeping together in Ryan Sage's romantic comedy Temps. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Returning veterans Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are joined by several newcomers, including Nicki Minaj, in Barbershop: The Next Cut, the third installment of the hit comedy franchise. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The mockumentary The Phoenix Incident uses found-footage to purportedly uncover the mystery behind the real-life incident involving strange lights over Phoenix. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

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