Scheck on the Arts

A preacher and his wife experience marital turmoil in Fireflies, Donja R. Love's drama set during the Civil Rights era. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Filmmaker Todd Solondz, of Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness fame, makes his theatrical debut as playwright/director with Emma and Max, about an upscale Manhattan couple and their Caribbean nanny. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Former Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi stars in a 20th anniversary revival of Sakina's Restaurant, his Obie Award-winning one-person show about an Indian immigrant in New York City. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Tom Surgal's documentary Fire Music chronicles the history and influence of free jazz. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film that received its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

President Trump gave a typically mind-boggling interview to Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes Sunday night, reminding us all how great he is. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

HBO is bringing the popular political podcast Pod Save America to TV for four live episodes leading up to the midterm elections. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Nat and Alex Wolff play brothers in love with the same woman in Stella's Last Weekend, a romatic dramedy written and directed by their real-life mother Polly Draper. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Bella Thorne and Dermot Mulroney star in I Still See You, a supernatural thriller in which the world is inhabited by ghostly "Remnants" of people who were killed in a cataclysmic event. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Erik Nelson's documentary The Cold Blue features recently discovered color footage shot by William Wyler in 1943 for his classic The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the documentary recently screened at the New York Film Festival, click here.

An army of Halloween monsters is unleashed on a small town in Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, a sequel to the 2015 hit film based on R.L. Stine's best-selling children's books. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck