Scheck on the Arts

Social media becomes a nightmare for a young woman and her friends in Simon Verhoeven's horror film Friend Request. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Noah Wyle plays a man who suffers a life-threatening injury after being hit by a stray bullet in Jeremy Kagan's drama Shot. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Donald Trump gave the strangest speech ever by a U.S. president at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Michael Shannon stars in Simpatico, the Sam Shepard revival from Chicago's A Red Orchid Theater, now being presented at Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A Russian woman travels to NYC in search of her father in Alina, the directorial debut of famed indie film exhibitor/producer Ben Barenholtz. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A serial killer finds his victims through a ride-sharing app in Brian Visciglia's horror film Ryde. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Caroline Dhavernas plays a woman desperately trying to regain control of her life in Adam Keleman's debut feature Easy Living. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Adewale Akkinnuoye-Agbaje, Heather Graham, Jennifer Ehle and Christopher McDonald star in Wetlands, Emanuele Della Valie's neo-noir thriller set in New Jersey. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A group of young people spend the night in a creepy abandoned prison, with fatal results, in Brian Cavallaro's horror film Against the Night. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck