Scheck on the Arts

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

The debut episode of NBC's Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly spent 60 minutes trying awfully hard to be...60 minutes. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, and the world reacted with consternation. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

The documentary Letters From Baghdad features Tilda Swinton as the voice of Gertrude Bell, known as "the female Lawrence of Arabia." To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Playwright J.T. Rogers, author of Oslo, spoke to me about the genesis of his Tony Award-nominated play. To read my Hollywood Reporter feature story, click here.

------Frank Scheck