Scheck on the Arts

Hillary and Bernie went mano a mano in their first two-person presidential debate last night. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here.

Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer star in The Choice, the 11th screen adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks romance. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Oscar winners Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins star in the film noir-style thriller Misconduct. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Survivors struggle with persistent memory loss in a post-apocalyptic landscape in the sci-fi thriller Embers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at the Slamdance Film Festival, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Chace Crawford and Tyler Labine play brothers trapped in the wilderness in the family dramedy Mountain Men. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A put-upon schoolteacher literally tortures a pair of students in the horror film The Lesson. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently screened at the Slamdance Film Festival, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Here are my Hollywood Reporter reviews of this year's Oscar-nominated short films, being exhibited theatrically in three different programs:

To read my review of the 2016 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts, click here.

To read my review of the 2016 Oscar Nominated Live-Action Shorts, click here.

To read my review of the 2016 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Joan Baez celebrated her 75th birthday with a concert at NYC's Beacon Theatre featuring an all-star line-up of musical friends old and new. To read my Billboard concert review, click here.

Marianne Lambert's documentary I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman features an extensive interview with the Belgian filmmaker who committed suicide last year at age 65. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck