Scheck on the Arts

Shear Madness, the interactive comic whodunnit set in a hair salon, finally arrives in NYC after running for decades in such cities as Boston and Washington, D.C. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Vacationing American hikers get into trouble when one of them steps on a landmine in Levan Bahkia's twisty thriller Landmine Goes Click. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The Republicans squared off last night for the fourth of their televised debates, with fireworks predictably resulting. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

A teenage girl goes missing in Lost Girls, John Pollono's New England-set drama starring Piper Perabo. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Adam Bhala Lough's documentary Hot Sugar's Cold World provides a fly-on-the-wall look into the life of musician Nick Koenig. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Kristine Nielsen stars in Hir, playwright and performance artist Taylor Mac's dark, dysfunctional family comedy written in a style that he describes as "absurd realism." To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Pretty Little Liars star Ian Harding plays the lead role in Addiction: A 60's Love Story, a real-life tale about a heroin addict working in the porn industry. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

A small-time crook makes a teenage boy his accomplice in the crime drama Lost in the Sun. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film starring Josh Duhamel, click here.

A family struggles to cope with tragedy in Sex, Death and Bowling, marking actress Ally Walker's directorial debut. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck