Scheck on the Arts

Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno and Noah Schnapp of Stranger Things appear in Waiting for Anya, Ben Cookson's World War II-set thriller based on a YA novel by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

President Trump stuck to the script for his highly polarizing State of the Union address Tuesdsay, and once again demonstrated that he has nine lives. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega appears in the Off-Broadway musical adaptation of Paul Mazursky's classic 1969 film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, featuring music by Duncan Sheik. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

The famously reticent Supreme Court justice opens up about his life and career in Michael Pack's documentary Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Rosemary Hochschild plays the title role a strip club owner fighting the mob in The Queen of Hollywood Blvd., a crime melodrama written and directed by her son, Orson Oblowitz. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale star in Medea, Simon Stone's modern-day riff on Euripides' classic Greek tragedy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Sophia Lillis and Alice Krige star in Gretel & Hansel, Oz Perkins' dark reimagining of the Grimm Brothers fairy tale. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Charles Busch, drag artiste and author of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, plays the title role in The Confession of Lily Dare, his campy comedy riffing on female-driven 1930s movie melodramas. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Mark O'Brien stars in Goalie, Adriana Maggs' biographical drama about legendary hockey player Terry Sawchuk. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck