Scheck on the Arts

Historian Ron Chernow, the esteemed author of Alexander Hamilton and many other biographies, killed in his speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

Matt Wolf's documentary Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project recounts the strange tale of a Philadelphia woman who spent decades obsessively recording television programs around the clock. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the Tribeca Film Festival entry, click here.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice profiles the 10-time Grammy winning pop superstar whose career was cut tragically short by Parkinson's disease. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Elizabeth Rynecki's documentary Chasing Portraits concerns her efforts to track down artworks painted by her great-grandfather, who was killed in the Holocaust. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The enduring cultural impact of the best-selling children's horror book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is explored in Cody Meirick's documentary Scary Stories. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A seemingly deranged man claims to have Satan locked up in his basement in Josh Lobo's indie horror film I Trapped the Devil. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Maia Wechsler's documentary If the Dancer Dances chronicles the efforts of Stephen Petronio's dance company to recreate Merce Cunningham's classic 1968 piece RainForest. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Jacqui and Davis Morris' documentary Nureyev, about the famed dancer, contains much never-before-seen footage. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The latest revival of Arthur Miller's classic 1947 drama All My Sons stars Annette Bening in her first Broadway appearance in more than 30 years, alongside Tracy Letts and Benjamin Walker. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Halley Feiffer co-stars with Hamish Linklater in The Pain of My Belligerence, her world-premiere play about a toxic relationship spanning several election cycles. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck