Scheck on the Arts

On his show Friday night, Bill Maher got taken to the woodshed by his own guests for his using the N-word in a joke the previous week. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

Andrew Cohn's documentary Night School follows three adults over the course of a year as they pursue their high school diplomas. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Former FBI director James Comey's testimony before Congress yesterday riveted Washington, D.C. and the nation. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

The lives of four lonely people, two of them physically challenged, intesect in Martyna Majok's new drama Cost of Living. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Fiona Tan's lyrical documentary Ascent provides a meditative portrait of Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

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

Rebecca Hall plays a woman suffering an emotional meltdown in the new off-Broadway play Animal. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Otis Mass' documentary The Incomparable Rose Hartman delivers a personal portrait of the iconoclastic celebrity and fashion photographer. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher and Kathy Griffin have all gotten into trouble in recent weeks for humor that many people felt crossed the line. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the controversies, click here.

Matthew Perry and Jennifer Morrison star in The End of Longing, marking Perry's playwriting debut. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the off-Broadway production, click here.

--------Frank Scheck