Scheck on the Arts

The desperate owner of a failing radio station devises an endurance contest to drum up publicity in Billboard, Zeke Zelker's "cine-experience" featuring Eric Roberts and Heather Matarazzo. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A women's literary society has a secret murderous agenda in Madam Yanekova's Fine Literature Club, Israeli filmmaker Guilhad Emilio Schenker's darkly comic horror film. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Toni Stone, the new biographical drama by Lydia R. Diamond, author of Stick Fly and Smart People, tells the story of the first African-American woman to play professional baseball. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Oliver Murray's documentary The Quiet One chronicles the life and career of Bill Wyman, founding member and former bassist of The Rolling Stones. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Jacob Tremblay and Vera Farmiga star in Burn Your Maps, Jordan Roberts' quirky drama about an 8-year-old boy who becomes obsessed with all things Mongolian. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Eliran Malka's dark comedy The Unorthodox, based on real-life events, depicts the 1980s formation of an upstart Israeli political party representing the interests of Sephardic Jews. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Sophie Huber's documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes chronicles the history of the seminal jazz record label. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck