Scheck on the Arts

Wallace Shawn stars in his new drama Grasses of a Thousand Colors at the Public Theater. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this bizarre fantasia by one of our most provocative playwrights, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall form the starry cast of Mike Nichol's new production of Harold Pinter's classic 1978 drama Betrayal. To read my review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

An American ex-Marine and a Chinese ballerina overcome language barriers in the cross-cultural love story Lost for Words. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Not Yet Begun to Fight depicts the healing effects of fly-fishing on emotionally and physically scarred war veterans. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Richard Trank's documentary The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers delivers an insider's account of several key political figures in Israel's history. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Drug-addled young people search for the gates to hell in Jason Banker's experimental horror film Toad Road. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Two parents discover unsettling facts about their adopted African son in the new Off-Broadway Luce, being presented by LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The indie film drama Torn concerns the unlikely friendship that develops between two mothers after their sons are killed in a shopping mall explosion. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck