Scheck on the Arts

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence sparred in their first and only vice presidential debate on Tuesday night. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

A lonely Tibetan shepherd becomes romantically involved with a sophisticated younger woman in Pema Tseden's festival favorite, Tharlo. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Kurios--Cabinet of Curiosities, the latest big top extravaganza from Cirque du Soleil, delivers dazzling circus acts in a 19th century, steampunk-infused setting. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The indie film Dick and Jack imagines a series of conversations between Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and their respective fathers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Teenage mutants battle malevolent forces in Maximum Ride, based on James Patterson's best-selling series of YA books. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Four twentysomethings are attacked by killer clowns in Tom Nagel's horror film Clowntown. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

President Obama fielded questions about Syria, the role of women in combat and the problems at the VA, among other things, at CNN's Town Hall special, America's Military and Commander in Chief. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click  here.

Judith Light stars in All the Ways to Say I Love You, Neil LaBute's one-person play about a high school teacher who describes a traumatic experience involving one of her students. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck