Scheck on the Arts

Millions of people around the world were glued to television coverage of the royal wedding Saturday morning. To read my Hollywoold Reporter Critic's Notebook about the way various networks reported the nuptials, click here.

Benedict Cumberbatch headed an all-star cast in the NYC debut of the British show Letters Live, in which acting luminaries recite notable missives both moving and hilarious. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

A former arm-wresting champion returns to his native Korea in the sports-themed dramedy Champion. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----------Frank Scheck

Martin Freeman stars in Cargo, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling's Australia-set zombie horror film. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Barbara Kopple's rarely seen 2000 documentary My Generation compares and contrasts the three Woodstock festivals that took place in 1969, 1994 and 1999. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently shown at Toronto's Hot Docs, click here.

Maya Gallus' documentary The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution profiles seven female chefs facing daunting professional odds. To see my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that opened the Hot Docs festival, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Ruben Santiago-Hudson directs the NYC premiere of Paradise Blue, the new drama by Dominique Morisseau, acclaimed playwright of Skeleton Crew and Pipeline. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Stephen Low's Imax documentary The Trolley chronicles the history of the revolutionary mode of transportation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film that received its world premiere at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, click here.

--------Frank Scheck