Scheck on the Arts

Melania Trump delivered her first campaign speech since the Repubican convention, and it was unintentionally hilarious. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

The documentary Finding Babel follows Andrei Malaev-Babel as he retraces the footsteps of his grandfather, famed Russian author Isaac Babel. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

In her latest one-person show, Notes from the Field, Anna Deavere Smith portray dozens of real-life figures involved in the so-called "school-to-prison pipeline." To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Roundabout Underground presents the world premiere of Kingdom Come, Jenny Rachel Weiner's dark comedy about internet catfishing. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Jon Stewart hilariously riffed about the election in the benefit show Stand Up for Heroes, also featuring Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, and Bruce Springsteen. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

Tom Donahue's documentary Thank You for Your Service exposes the appalling lack of health care for veterans. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Anthony Baxter's You've Been Trumped Too is a sequel to his 2011 documentary about the GOP candidate's clashes with Scottish citizens while building a luxury golf course. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The harrowing documentary The Uncondemned recounts the story of the landmark legal case that resulted in the prosecution of rape as a war crime for the first time. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Rosie Stapel's documentary Portrait of a Garden chronicles the efforts to two Dutch men tending to a "kitchen garden" that dates back to 1630. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck