Scheck on the Arts

Erik Nelson's documentary The Cold Blue features recently discovered color footage shot by William Wyler in 1943 for his classic The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the documentary recently screened at the New York Film Festival, click here.

An army of Halloween monsters is unleashed on a small town in Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, a sequel to the 2015 hit film based on R.L. Stine's best-selling children's books. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

A teenage girl tries to sabotage her mother's new relationship in Megan Griffiths' psychological thriller Sadie. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Two young people enter into a serious relationship while one of them is suffering from cancer in Hannah Marks and Joey Power's romantic drama After Everything. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Showtime's short documentary The Family Business: Trump and Taxes chronicles the efforts of a team of New York Times journalists to uncover the information that led to their blockbuster reporting on Trump family finances. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Daniel Fish has staged a drastically stripped-down, darker version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! in a production first seen at Bard SummerScape. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Billy Crystal has co-written a new play, Have a Nice Day, that will be receiving an all-star reading at off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theater. To read my Hollywood Reporter interview with the star, click here.

A fake psychic becomes embroiled with a murderer in Trevor White's thriller A Crooked Somebody, starring Rich Sommer of Mad Men. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck