Scheck on the Arts

The Republican presidential candidates squared off for yet another debate Wednesday night, this one focusing on the economy and featuring the vaguely sinister title Your Money, Your Vote. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here.

Iiris Harma's documentary Leaving Africa profiles two very different female friends working together to provide sex education in Uganda. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Veteran director John Hancock directs his wife Dorothy Tristan  in the family drama The Looking Glass, which she also scripted. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The long gestating documentary Heart Like a Hand Grenade provides a behind-the-scenes account of the recording of Green Day's classic 2004 album American Idiot. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Ashley C. Williams plays a rape victim who takes violent revenge on men in the horror thriller Julia. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj's one-man show Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King recounts his experiences as a first-generation Indian-American. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The Erwin Brothers' faith-based film Woodlawn tells the true tale of the history-making 1973 Woodlawn High School football team. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Director Jon M. Chu helms Jem and the Holograms, the big-screen adaptation of the popular '80s-era Hasbro animated series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck