Scheck on the Arts

Director Phyllida Lloyd's trilogy, reimagining Shakespeare's classics as the performances of female prison inmates, concludes with The Tempest. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the production at Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Three people are trapped in an apartment without food and water in C. A. Cooper's debut horror film, The Snare. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Barack Obama continued his greatest hits tour with a final broadcast interview as president on 60 Minutes. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Jamie Foxx plays a crooked cop desperate to save his kidnapped son in Sleepless, a remake of a 2011 French crime thriller. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

J.K. Simmons is featured in Worlds Apart, an Athens-set triptych of love stories between Greeks and foreigners. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Donald Trump went scorched earth on the media during his first press conference as president-elect. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here.

-------Frank Scheck